Review: Brunswick
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2012
In the beginning I was having a hard time getting into the story, I actually read a very small amount over about 4 days which is unlike me.  The closer it got to the weekend, I decided I had to commit to this book and when I sat down and actually focused on reading it, I really enjoyed it.  The reason it was not a 4 or 5 star rating for me is because I believe it was a bit of a younger story and that's the reason I could not get into it as much as I would have liked.  Most YA that I do read seems to be targeted at older teens whereas this story seems targeted to pre-teens or early teens.  I definitely recommend it to someone in the 11 to 15 age category.Ann Haines did a wonderful job of world building with the imaginary land of Brunswick. I could really envision what Brunswick looked out and picture it in my mind and that is something that I really look for,  if I can't imagine the world it takes place in, the story will fall flat for me.I also very much enjoyed how much of Jonathan's real life tied in with the imaginary land as well, I thought that was a unique factor and I liked how it also tied in Jonathan's father.The ending was a twist I did not expect, which I shall not spoil for anyone, but it was really a twist that I did not even think of!All in all this was a nice, cute read about a young boy who travels to an imaginary land.