Children's book of the week - Sunday Times - Times Online
Sunday Times Children's Book Of The Week
Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson
the novel’s sentence-long paragraphs do not make it simple, and an inconsistent pace diffuses its emotional power. Ambitious in its range of times and places, the book can be confusing in its allusions, with, for instance, unexplained references to Schr?ger’s cat, Atlantis and Robert Hooke. It is far from a wreck, but it is a bit of a tangle. NICOLETE JONES
In the interests of balance, and since Winterson's publisher objected when I posted an extract from another criical review, I shall point out, for those who don't click the link to the full rview, that Jones also says - besides calling the book 'ramshackle and rambling' - "Some details are beautifully made."
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