Julia E. reviewed on
Helpful Score: 2
I read David Almond's Skellig, and since I liked that, I thought I'd try Heaven Eyes. It was fine at the beginning I have a soft spot for books about runaways and orphans, so it started out promising.
Honestly, though, I just didn't like the characters. Erin, although I felt bad for her at times, seemed just a tad immature and kind of got on my nerves. I'm not a fan of dependent, puny characters, so I didn't like Mouse for that. Grampa wasn't bad, but I didn't really understand him. And Heaven Eyes...she made me think of a slightly clueless four-year-old. The only remotely likable character was January but that's only because I like characters with minds of their own. He was way too angry for my taste.
The setting was pretty good the Black Middens were interesting, and the docks where Grampa and Heaven Eyes lived were somewhere I'd like to explore. And the digging for treasures in the Black Middens was neat; there seemed to be a little bit of everything buried there.
The plot...well, I'm not sure there was much of a plot. The basic storyline went January and Erin running away, finding Heaven Eyes and Grampa in the Black Middens, January trying to get Erin to leave and Erin not wanting to go without Heaven Eyes. Mix that up with irrelevant information, some thoroughly confusing parts, and an unsatisfying conclusion, and that's pretty much the book.
Honestly, though, I just didn't like the characters. Erin, although I felt bad for her at times, seemed just a tad immature and kind of got on my nerves. I'm not a fan of dependent, puny characters, so I didn't like Mouse for that. Grampa wasn't bad, but I didn't really understand him. And Heaven Eyes...she made me think of a slightly clueless four-year-old. The only remotely likable character was January but that's only because I like characters with minds of their own. He was way too angry for my taste.
The setting was pretty good the Black Middens were interesting, and the docks where Grampa and Heaven Eyes lived were somewhere I'd like to explore. And the digging for treasures in the Black Middens was neat; there seemed to be a little bit of everything buried there.
The plot...well, I'm not sure there was much of a plot. The basic storyline went January and Erin running away, finding Heaven Eyes and Grampa in the Black Middens, January trying to get Erin to leave and Erin not wanting to go without Heaven Eyes. Mix that up with irrelevant information, some thoroughly confusing parts, and an unsatisfying conclusion, and that's pretty much the book.
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