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Ingo #5
Stormswept
Morveren lives with her parents and twin sister Jenna on an island off the coast of Cornwall - an island that in the long distant past was devastated by a tidal wave. Only some of those taken by the sea may not have been lost at all. Morveren's life changes when she finds a beautiful teenage boy in a rock pool after a storm.
299 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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Helen Dunmore
117 books965 followersI was born in December 1952, in Yorkshire, the second of four children. My father was the eldest of twelve, and this extended family has no doubt had a strong influence on my life, as have my own children. In a large family you hear a great many stories. You also come to understand very early that stories hold quite different meanings for different listeners, and can be recast from many viewpoints.
Poetry was very important to me from childhood. I began by listening to and learning by heart all kinds of rhymes and hymns and ballads, and then went on to make up my own poems, using the forms I’d heard. Writing these down came a little later.
I studied English at the University of York, and after graduation taught English as a foreign language in Finland.
At around this time I began to write the poems which formed my first poetry collection, The Apple Fall, and to publish these in magazines. I also completed two novels; fortunately neither survives, and it was more than ten years before I wrote another novel.
During this time I published several collections of poems, and wrote some of the short stories which were later collected in Love of Fat Men. I began to travel a great deal within the UK and around the world, for poetry tours and writing residences. This experience of working in many different countries and cultures has been very important to my work. I reviewed poetry for Stand and Poetry Review and later for The Observer, and subsequently reviewed fiction for The Observer, The Times and The Guardian. My critical work includes introductions to the poems of Emily Brontë, the short stories of D H Lawrence and F Scott Fitzgerald, a study of Virginia Woolf’s relationships with women and Introductions to the Folio Society's edition of Anna Karenina and to the new Penguin Classics edition of Tolstoy's My Confession.
During the 1980s and early 1990s I taught poetry and creative writing, tutored residential writing courses for the Arvon Foundation and took part in the Poetry Society's Writer in Schools scheme, as well as giving readings and workshops in schools, hospitals, prisons and every other kind of place where a poem could conceivably be welcome. I also taught at the University of Glamorgan, the University of Bristol's Continuing Education Department and for the Open College of the Arts.
In the late 1980s I began to publish short stories, and these were the beginning of a breakthrough into fiction. What I had learned of prose technique through the short story gave me the impetus to start writing novels. My first novel for children was Going to Egypt, published in 1992, and my first novel for adults was Zennor in Darkness, published in 1993, which won the McKitterick Prize. This was also my first researched novel, set in the First World War and dealing with the period when D H Lawrence and his wife Frieda lived in Zennor in Cornwall, and came under suspicion as German spies.
My third novel, A Spell of Winter, won the inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction in 1996, and since then I have published a number of novels, short story collections and books for children. Full details of all these books are available on this website. The last of The Ingo Quartet, The Crossing of Ingo, was published in paperback in Spring 2009.
My seventh novel, The Siege (2001) was shortlisted both for the Whitbread Novel Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction. This was another researched novel, which grew from a lifelong love of Russian history, culture and literature. It is is set in Leningrad during the first year of the siege of the city by German forces, which lasted for 880 days from the fall of Mga on 30th August 1941. The Siege has been translated into Russian by Tatyana Averchina, and extracts have been broadcast on radio in St Petersburg. House of Orphans was published in 2006, and in 2008 Counting the Stars. Its central characters are the Roman poet Catullus, who lived during the last years of the Republic,
Poetry was very important to me from childhood. I began by listening to and learning by heart all kinds of rhymes and hymns and ballads, and then went on to make up my own poems, using the forms I’d heard. Writing these down came a little later.
I studied English at the University of York, and after graduation taught English as a foreign language in Finland.
At around this time I began to write the poems which formed my first poetry collection, The Apple Fall, and to publish these in magazines. I also completed two novels; fortunately neither survives, and it was more than ten years before I wrote another novel.
During this time I published several collections of poems, and wrote some of the short stories which were later collected in Love of Fat Men. I began to travel a great deal within the UK and around the world, for poetry tours and writing residences. This experience of working in many different countries and cultures has been very important to my work. I reviewed poetry for Stand and Poetry Review and later for The Observer, and subsequently reviewed fiction for The Observer, The Times and The Guardian. My critical work includes introductions to the poems of Emily Brontë, the short stories of D H Lawrence and F Scott Fitzgerald, a study of Virginia Woolf’s relationships with women and Introductions to the Folio Society's edition of Anna Karenina and to the new Penguin Classics edition of Tolstoy's My Confession.
During the 1980s and early 1990s I taught poetry and creative writing, tutored residential writing courses for the Arvon Foundation and took part in the Poetry Society's Writer in Schools scheme, as well as giving readings and workshops in schools, hospitals, prisons and every other kind of place where a poem could conceivably be welcome. I also taught at the University of Glamorgan, the University of Bristol's Continuing Education Department and for the Open College of the Arts.
In the late 1980s I began to publish short stories, and these were the beginning of a breakthrough into fiction. What I had learned of prose technique through the short story gave me the impetus to start writing novels. My first novel for children was Going to Egypt, published in 1992, and my first novel for adults was Zennor in Darkness, published in 1993, which won the McKitterick Prize. This was also my first researched novel, set in the First World War and dealing with the period when D H Lawrence and his wife Frieda lived in Zennor in Cornwall, and came under suspicion as German spies.
My third novel, A Spell of Winter, won the inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction in 1996, and since then I have published a number of novels, short story collections and books for children. Full details of all these books are available on this website. The last of The Ingo Quartet, The Crossing of Ingo, was published in paperback in Spring 2009.
My seventh novel, The Siege (2001) was shortlisted both for the Whitbread Novel Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction. This was another researched novel, which grew from a lifelong love of Russian history, culture and literature. It is is set in Leningrad during the first year of the siege of the city by German forces, which lasted for 880 days from the fall of Mga on 30th August 1941. The Siege has been translated into Russian by Tatyana Averchina, and extracts have been broadcast on radio in St Petersburg. House of Orphans was published in 2006, and in 2008 Counting the Stars. Its central characters are the Roman poet Catullus, who lived during the last years of the Republic,
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March 27, 2012
I've always loved the Ingo books and this was just the cherry on top of the cake. Writing is awesome believable goodness (and I've always maintained that, that a fantasy book shouldn't be realistic so much as believable) and beautiful pacing and characterisation sigh. This stuff is like Animorphs for me, I love it so bad.
I do miss stories about Sapphire, Connor, Faro, Elvira (dislike) and Rainbow (*squeal*!) but really after The Crossing of Ingo I wasn't sure how much could be done.
The only thing I'm really against in this book was how much of a bitch Jenna was. And then Morveren just forgives her like that because they're twins. LIKE WHAT. Morveren never calls Jenna on any of her shit, and there is a lot of shit. Like seriously. And Morveren is meant to be the troublemaker.
And the romance never happened, and I was all excited about it with the build up with the 14 years old thing! (not creepy in context) She just rejects him and you can see why, but it was pretty sad.
Digory stuck me as a cute little prodigee. I would worry he'd lapse into Mary sueism but I should learn to expect better from Dunmore, even if the bookshop owner gave me a dissaproving look when I bought it (!).
God, I really do love Manil. I always love all of Dunmore's male Mer guys they're just so dreamy. Protective and all fierce and awesome. And this is aimed at middle schoolers probably, language is PG-13.
Also Helen used like a bajillionn dolphin metaphors, but that's forgivable because it's about the ocean and there are only so many likenesses to sea turtles you can make.
All in all I loved it, I never expected this series to be continued (and was estatic to find it within the prewritten series) I can't wait for more of these books, they really are great reads. This might be the foolhardy speech of youth, but I can see myself rereading these ten years from now and looking back with a smile. They're those sort of humble, pretty things.
I do miss stories about Sapphire, Connor, Faro, Elvira (dislike) and Rainbow (*squeal*!) but really after The Crossing of Ingo I wasn't sure how much could be done.
The only thing I'm really against in this book was how much of a bitch Jenna was. And then Morveren just forgives her like that because they're twins. LIKE WHAT. Morveren never calls Jenna on any of her shit, and there is a lot of shit. Like seriously. And Morveren is meant to be the troublemaker.
And the romance never happened, and I was all excited about it with the build up with the 14 years old thing! (not creepy in context) She just rejects him and you can see why, but it was pretty sad.
Digory stuck me as a cute little prodigee. I would worry he'd lapse into Mary sueism but I should learn to expect better from Dunmore, even if the bookshop owner gave me a dissaproving look when I bought it (!).
God, I really do love Manil. I always love all of Dunmore's male Mer guys they're just so dreamy. Protective and all fierce and awesome. And this is aimed at middle schoolers probably, language is PG-13.
Also Helen used like a bajillionn dolphin metaphors, but that's forgivable because it's about the ocean and there are only so many likenesses to sea turtles you can make.
All in all I loved it, I never expected this series to be continued (and was estatic to find it within the prewritten series) I can't wait for more of these books, they really are great reads. This might be the foolhardy speech of youth, but I can see myself rereading these ten years from now and looking back with a smile. They're those sort of humble, pretty things.
January 29, 2012
When I first received my copy of Stormswept I was unsure of whether I would be able to read it without having read any of the previous books in the series. I was happy to find that Stormswept stands alone by itself as a great read and I did not feel like I had missed out on any of the plot or continuing story by not having read any of the other books.
Stormswept is about a girl called Morveren who lives with her family on an tiny island, and on helping search for a missing sailor stumbles upon Malin, a mer boy, and makes it her mission to help him get back to Ingo. However it's not as easy as a task as imagined and Morveren ends up getting involved in the world of Ingo and discovers a secret to her heritage.
Stormswept is the second book I have read that involves mer people and I found myself really enjoying it even though it is aimed at a much younger age than I am and what I usually read.
I really felt like I could get lost in the world that Helen write about, not only the island that Morveren lives on with her family, but also the world of Ingo. The scenes described made it easy to imagine everything that was happening and it only took a short while to read as I wanted to find out what was happening next.
After finishing Stormswept I intend to read the previous books in the series to see where it all started and will be looking out for the next book in the series if one is released.
Stormswept is about a girl called Morveren who lives with her family on an tiny island, and on helping search for a missing sailor stumbles upon Malin, a mer boy, and makes it her mission to help him get back to Ingo. However it's not as easy as a task as imagined and Morveren ends up getting involved in the world of Ingo and discovers a secret to her heritage.
Stormswept is the second book I have read that involves mer people and I found myself really enjoying it even though it is aimed at a much younger age than I am and what I usually read.
I really felt like I could get lost in the world that Helen write about, not only the island that Morveren lives on with her family, but also the world of Ingo. The scenes described made it easy to imagine everything that was happening and it only took a short while to read as I wanted to find out what was happening next.
After finishing Stormswept I intend to read the previous books in the series to see where it all started and will be looking out for the next book in the series if one is released.
January 11, 2012
If you've never read any middle grade, you are missing out! This story is so pure. Stormswept is so well written. It is almost lyrical, like music.
I've not read a Mer story in awhile, and the summary intrigued me. I'm so glad I picked it up. I loved it! Morveren lives by the sea and finds a Mer Boy who has been beached. With her twin sister, she gets him to safety in a pool of water close by. But, not back in the sea. While Malin is trying to recover, Morveren is trying to find out how to make him better and get him back to the sea and to his people. She goes on an adventure. She finds out about the Mer people and more about herself.
This is a beautifully crafted story. I can almost feel the sea calling to me now. I know it sounds weird, but it truly feels like you become part of the ocean when you're reading. I can not wait for more Ingo Chronicles!
I've done some research, and Stormswept is the 2nd wave in the Ingo Chronicles series. The earlier books are; Ingo (2005), The Tide Knot (2006), The Deep (2007), The Crossing of Ingo (2008). I can not wait to read them!
I've not read a Mer story in awhile, and the summary intrigued me. I'm so glad I picked it up. I loved it! Morveren lives by the sea and finds a Mer Boy who has been beached. With her twin sister, she gets him to safety in a pool of water close by. But, not back in the sea. While Malin is trying to recover, Morveren is trying to find out how to make him better and get him back to the sea and to his people. She goes on an adventure. She finds out about the Mer people and more about herself.
This is a beautifully crafted story. I can almost feel the sea calling to me now. I know it sounds weird, but it truly feels like you become part of the ocean when you're reading. I can not wait for more Ingo Chronicles!
I've done some research, and Stormswept is the 2nd wave in the Ingo Chronicles series. The earlier books are; Ingo (2005), The Tide Knot (2006), The Deep (2007), The Crossing of Ingo (2008). I can not wait to read them!
August 20, 2013
Given my current schedule,I can't believe I read this in two days flat and neglected other more pressing issues *coughs* like homework *coughs* Anyway,it has been a long time since I last read a book from the 'J' section in the public library,and I have to say that this sequel to the Ingo series did not disappoint. I first read the Ingo series when I was in primary school and I remember being absolutely enchanted by and so passionate about it. So,it had all the charm that Ingo held (can you resist the call of the deep?),and it made me feel like re-reading the series once more (which I shall certainly do,once I'm able to get my hands on the books.) Thank you,Morveren,for reminding me of Sapphy... And yet,I have to say that I prefer Ingo to this. I will definitely read the sequel to Stormswept (if there is one). Quite interested to see whether it will link to Sapphy and Conor. Oh,and now I am going to sleep. It's 00:05 here and I have to get up at 05:45 for another school day.
December 31, 2021
A low 5*.
i first read the Ingo series over 15 years ago, and loved it so much, but never got hold of this sequel. All these years later,it still has a hold on me - the realism of the sea and the richness of the descriptions.
This will appeal to you if you are fond of the sea or swimming - and willing to suspend disbelief for a little while.
The pace was good, making you want to continue reading at all times.
There were some convenient plot devices in there, but they weren't too intrusive.
The only annoying thing is the character of Digory - seven years old yet has been written with adult dialogue.
It could be argued that the story is quite formulaic - I knew the choice the character would take at the end, being familiar with previous books in the series - but this is a comfort book, and that can be forgiven quite easily.
i first read the Ingo series over 15 years ago, and loved it so much, but never got hold of this sequel. All these years later,it still has a hold on me - the realism of the sea and the richness of the descriptions.
This will appeal to you if you are fond of the sea or swimming - and willing to suspend disbelief for a little while.
The pace was good, making you want to continue reading at all times.
There were some convenient plot devices in there, but they weren't too intrusive.
The only annoying thing is the character of Digory - seven years old yet has been written with adult dialogue.
It could be argued that the story is quite formulaic - I knew the choice the character would take at the end, being familiar with previous books in the series - but this is a comfort book, and that can be forgiven quite easily.
May 16, 2017
I love the Ingo books but I was a little disappointed with this one (but not so much that I read it all in an evening!).
This is the fifth Ingo book but the first without Sapphire and Connor. This one instead stars Morveren and Jenna, twins who live on a tiny island off the coast of Cornwall.
One day in October, there is a terrible storm and a ship is wrecked and the sailors lost to sea. 5 out of 6 are picked up but one is missing. The next day everyone goes out to look for him, but Morveren finds Malin, instead, a Mer. He's been washed up on the sand dunes by the storm and has been badly hurt.
Morveren persuades Jenna to help her move him to a large rock pool while he heals. He insists she tell no one, but as time goes on, other people discover Malin's existence and Morveren and Jenna's relationship is pushed to the limit, loyalties are tested and difficult choices have to be made.
I enjoyed the story in the main but I found I didn't like the characters as much as the other books and I kept waiting for them to turn up as a bit of a crossover, but they never did. As daft as it sounds, some of it was just too unbelievable (the magnificent 7 year old violinist for one) - although the idea of Ingo isn't unbelievable, bizarrely!
This is the fifth Ingo book but the first without Sapphire and Connor. This one instead stars Morveren and Jenna, twins who live on a tiny island off the coast of Cornwall.
One day in October, there is a terrible storm and a ship is wrecked and the sailors lost to sea. 5 out of 6 are picked up but one is missing. The next day everyone goes out to look for him, but Morveren finds Malin, instead, a Mer. He's been washed up on the sand dunes by the storm and has been badly hurt.
Morveren persuades Jenna to help her move him to a large rock pool while he heals. He insists she tell no one, but as time goes on, other people discover Malin's existence and Morveren and Jenna's relationship is pushed to the limit, loyalties are tested and difficult choices have to be made.
I enjoyed the story in the main but I found I didn't like the characters as much as the other books and I kept waiting for them to turn up as a bit of a crossover, but they never did. As daft as it sounds, some of it was just too unbelievable (the magnificent 7 year old violinist for one) - although the idea of Ingo isn't unbelievable, bizarrely!
January 29, 2021
This has been a slow read for me due to work, tiredness and distractions.
I’ve enjoyed the setting of Cornwall , and places I recognised . This made the novel more intriguing a read with an added familiarity at times .
I really enjoyed the earlier books , but this one was a more sluggish read that didn’t quite capture my attention like the others. I felt that the characters needed a bit more enhancement to make them stand out.
I’ve enjoyed the setting of Cornwall , and places I recognised . This made the novel more intriguing a read with an added familiarity at times .
I really enjoyed the earlier books , but this one was a more sluggish read that didn’t quite capture my attention like the others. I felt that the characters needed a bit more enhancement to make them stand out.
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August 15, 2012
Getting straight to the point, Stormswept was just OK for me. It wasn't good, but it wasn't bad either. I did not like this as much as the other four books in the Ingo series. The ending in Crossing of Ingo was one of my favs so far. I was hoping for more of what I read in those for books but I was kinda disappointed.
When I finished this book, I felt lost. I felt as if I read a lot and yet understood nothing. There was not enough of character development in Stormswept (for me). There was not enough of Ingo. I somehow couldn't really understand the actions of Jenna & Morveren. The story is supposed to be connected with Morveren's discovery of Malin but I didn't really like it. It's no so much of the idea but the way the whole story happened. I couldn't connect with any of the characters.
Bran was even more infuriating. Who is he? Why is he there? He is both the bad guy & the good guy. So which is he? Why did he lead his dad to Malin? Why did he tried to stop his dad later? Why, why, why, that's all I was thinking when I read the book. There wasn't enough to keep me reading. The reason that I didn't just drop it halfway was because I loved the Ingo series so much that I just want to know if Stormswept is anything like it. But it turned out that it just wasn't as great as the previous books.
When I finished this book, I felt lost. I felt as if I read a lot and yet understood nothing. There was not enough of character development in Stormswept (for me). There was not enough of Ingo. I somehow couldn't really understand the actions of Jenna & Morveren. The story is supposed to be connected with Morveren's discovery of Malin but I didn't really like it. It's no so much of the idea but the way the whole story happened. I couldn't connect with any of the characters.
Bran was even more infuriating. Who is he? Why is he there? He is both the bad guy & the good guy. So which is he? Why did he lead his dad to Malin? Why did he tried to stop his dad later? Why, why, why, that's all I was thinking when I read the book. There wasn't enough to keep me reading. The reason that I didn't just drop it halfway was because I loved the Ingo series so much that I just want to know if Stormswept is anything like it. But it turned out that it just wasn't as great as the previous books.
December 26, 2018
I was so excited about this book when it came out because I was a hardcore Ingo fangirl. I am no longer such, but the magic of salt water and the magic of words remain with me, and I continue to love books about water. It was a delight to return to this book. As a twin, I am wary of books about twins; we are no that magical to be honest. But I liked Stormswept, although it is slight non-contigunous with the other ingo books (with what it implies about language and lore, which makes sense because different groups of Mer may be different or CONSPIRACY THEORY if this is some elaborate delusion in the minds of certain children, then maybs the details would differ) Anyway, I found Stormswpt enjoyable but laking some of the cohesive purpose of the other Ingo books. This is Ingo as intersecting with ordinary life, not Ingo as glorious adventure; and the meditations on death and music which emerge are enjoyable.
January 10, 2017
This book was amazing... set on an island cut off from the mainland... surrounded by Mer... has that lovely, atmospheric, Celtic mythology kind of feel to it... and also works perfectly as a stand-alone novel as I was blissfully unaware that it's number FIVE in a series until I came here to review it! Definitely make me want to go back and read the earlier books.
December 26, 2014
Loved this book. Great addition to the series though I still prefer the original characters but this was great and cant wait for the next one to come out.
January 21, 2012
this was amazing I kinda felt sorry that she never joined him. she choose family i hope make sequel for her and him.
May 1, 2018
The fifth book surprised and confused me a little as it has no intersection to its previous four peers of the series. Yet the story is vivid as always. I feel that the colour of the cover is well fitted with the tone of the story. Enchanted music, twins and legend of an Island, it seems as if Stormswept is weaving all of my favourite elements into one single story. Additionally, the atmosphere set in this book is somehow vague, like a thin veil of mist cast on Morveren and Jenna's Island in a late autumn morning. And I like it very much.
March 2, 2019
This seems like a standalone set in the world of the series Ingo. That is fine. It was a nice read.
However, it just didn't feel right after reading four books with Sapphire, Conor, Faro and Elvira. I feel like some kind of nod to the previous novels would have been better. I got attached to them and I thought that I would at least get some feeling of them in here as well but I didn't. That feeling just kept me from feeling as good as I could about this book
Aside from that, the novel was good. It explored another aspect of the Ingo story that was mostly just touched on; the capture of the Mer. None of the Mer were in danger of humans in the previous novels. Here, Morveren must keep Malin safe and get him back to the sea without humans finding him. Bran's father is a looming threat that finally pays off when he attacks them.
Morveren is fine. Bran is awful. Malin is a bit like Faro but not quite Faro. Digory is interesting and I feel like more about him and his perspective would have been interesting as well. Jenna is frustrating. I just couldn't stand her at times but Morveren just moved past it because TWINS!!!!
However, it just didn't feel right after reading four books with Sapphire, Conor, Faro and Elvira. I feel like some kind of nod to the previous novels would have been better. I got attached to them and I thought that I would at least get some feeling of them in here as well but I didn't. That feeling just kept me from feeling as good as I could about this book
Aside from that, the novel was good. It explored another aspect of the Ingo story that was mostly just touched on; the capture of the Mer. None of the Mer were in danger of humans in the previous novels. Here, Morveren must keep Malin safe and get him back to the sea without humans finding him. Bran's father is a looming threat that finally pays off when he attacks them.
Morveren is fine. Bran is awful. Malin is a bit like Faro but not quite Faro. Digory is interesting and I feel like more about him and his perspective would have been interesting as well. Jenna is frustrating. I just couldn't stand her at times but Morveren just moved past it because TWINS!!!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 11, 2018
Bercerita tentang gadis pulau bernama Morveren yang berusaha menyelamatkan Malin, pemuda Mer yang terdampar di pinggiran pantai. Morveren dan kembarannya, Jenna, berusaha menyembunyikan Malin agar tidak ketahuan orang lain. Jika Malin sampai ketahuan, bisa-bisa ia dijadikan berbagai objek penelitian atau tontonan yang menghasilkan uang banyak.
Meskipun masih berlatar dunia Ingo, cerita ini berbeda dengan empat buku lainnya yang bercerita tentang petualangan Sapphire dan Connor di Ingo. Alur cerita Stormswept tidak jauh berbeda dengan seri Ingo lainnya, cenderung datar dan agak membosankan. Tetapi entah kenapa saya tetap penasaran dengan akhirnya. Ketika sampai di akhir, saya malah bertanya-tanya, "Udah, gini doang endingnya?" KZL.
Meskipun masih berlatar dunia Ingo, cerita ini berbeda dengan empat buku lainnya yang bercerita tentang petualangan Sapphire dan Connor di Ingo. Alur cerita Stormswept tidak jauh berbeda dengan seri Ingo lainnya, cenderung datar dan agak membosankan. Tetapi entah kenapa saya tetap penasaran dengan akhirnya. Ketika sampai di akhir, saya malah bertanya-tanya, "Udah, gini doang endingnya?" KZL.
May 18, 2018
I enjoyed this book as a stand-alone book but not as the "5th" instalment to the Ingo books. I started this book in full knowledge that it wasn't going to be about Sapphire and Conor, but I was disappointed not to be continuing their narrative. Almost every page I was expecting them to turn up. I guess I'd have been able to give this book a higher rating if the book wasn't a part of the same series as the 4 previous books. Maybe as a stand-alone book that loosely ties into the whole Ingo world. It would have saved some disappointment if it had been.
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July 10, 2020I am really disappointed in this book. I was expecting it to be as interesting as the other books, and to not be able to stop reading it like the other books, but I got the opposite.Where's the action? This has no relation to the other books AT ALL except for the same author. I don't see why it is in this series, it is like putting together two puzzle pieces from different puzzles, they just won't match. I'm sorry to say that I absolutely DON'T recommend his book to others.
August 6, 2022
The whole Ingo series is definitely one of my favourites. I’ve reread the books several times and I’d do anything to read them for the first time again. These stories really dove me deep into the fantastical world of Ingo and made me feel like I was really experiencing what the protagonists were feeling- which is absolutely everything I could ask for in books.
Therefore I would rate the series as a whole as 5 stars.
Therefore I would rate the series as a whole as 5 stars.
February 27, 2024
Dunmore #5
Ingo #5
Well that's all she wrote for this series unless of course she decides there is more tales to tell, for me it was a struggle to get through, and I don't reckon I'll remember much of it, others are big fans and I hope they really got a lot out of it.
I may try something else by her to see if I enjoy her other writing more.
Ingo #5
Well that's all she wrote for this series unless of course she decides there is more tales to tell, for me it was a struggle to get through, and I don't reckon I'll remember much of it, others are big fans and I hope they really got a lot out of it.
I may try something else by her to see if I enjoy her other writing more.
November 3, 2019
This was okay, but a little unexpected- I was under the impression that this would be a continuation of the first four books, but it involved completely new characters. It was a good story, as a stand-alone, but I would have preferred to have been told it before I read it. Still good though.
March 25, 2022
Segala hal yang memberi vibe Peter Pan akan selalu punya tempat istimewa di hatiku. Begitu juga buku ini. Sayangnya, buku ini belum menggugah hati untuk membaca seri utamanya Ingo.
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November 15, 2017
Really boring and not about the same plot at all.
November 6, 2018
DNF this series actually but will do in the future after having babies. Haha
January 17, 2020
Read this book in year 8 or 9 don’t remember wen
April 11, 2020
beautifully written.
April 16, 2020
I love mermaid books.
May 30, 2020
Just as beautiful as other Ingo novels with a bittersweet ending. Check out my profile/website for more mermaid reviews!
Sirenita The Selkie
Sirenita The Selkie
December 28, 2020
My favourite Ingo book - slower and more intricate and with a neater ending.
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never-read
November 7, 2022[ read the fourth book in the series, 'The Crossing of Ingo' and didn't enjoy, so will not continue with the series ]
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