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Project M
Madhu Mahavir heeft een uitzonderlijke gave. Samen met zijn oom Ranga, een beroemde arts, reist hij naar het bergdorp Fontelmiro om de geheimzinnige aandoening van professor Shiverling te onderzoeken.
Al snel blijkt dat er iets buitengewoons verborgen wordt gehouden op het afgelegen landgoed van de familie Shiverling. Er volgen zes broeierige dagen en nachten, waarin Madhu en Ranga steeds meer te weten komen over de ziekte van de professor en het sprookjesachtige Project M, waaraan de Shiverlings al generaties lang werken.
Al snel blijkt dat er iets buitengewoons verborgen wordt gehouden op het afgelegen landgoed van de familie Shiverling. Er volgen zes broeierige dagen en nachten, waarin Madhu en Ranga steeds meer te weten komen over de ziekte van de professor en het sprookjesachtige Project M, waaraan de Shiverlings al generaties lang werken.
156 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2008
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September 20, 2014
Madhu Mahavir has an extraordinary ability. Together with his uncle Ranga, a famous doctor, he travels to the mountain village Fontelmiro to research the mysterious disease professor Shiverling is suffering from.
Soon it appears something exceptionnel is hidden at the remote Shiverling estate. Six days follow, in which Madhu and Ranga find out more and more about the professor's disease and the fairylike Project M, on which the Shiverlings have been working for generations.
I recently picked up a book by this author not knowing to much about it and was pleasantly surprised, so I decided to pick up one of his childrens books. What I loved most about the other book was the interesting and original world Hofmans created. Project M again features a very imaginative world. I loved how some things are very familiar to our own world, but other things are very different. I'm not always a fan of books that are science fiction but also feature magical creatures, but for this book I thought it worked well.
I thought the mystery in the book was interesting and I liked how at first you are led to believe one thing, while later you realise that the truth is very different. The only thing about this book that I did not like that much was that the badguy, once he was discovered, revealed his master plan to the main character. I have always found it a bit annoying when that happens in movies or books, becaue I cannot really see that happening in real life. Even if it does, it doesn't happen that often. I feel like it is a trope that is used a little to often for convenience.
Eventhough this book is a finished story on its own, Hofmans wrote another book featuring Madhu Mahavir and I'm sure I'll be reading that one too.
Soon it appears something exceptionnel is hidden at the remote Shiverling estate. Six days follow, in which Madhu and Ranga find out more and more about the professor's disease and the fairylike Project M, on which the Shiverlings have been working for generations.
I recently picked up a book by this author not knowing to much about it and was pleasantly surprised, so I decided to pick up one of his childrens books. What I loved most about the other book was the interesting and original world Hofmans created. Project M again features a very imaginative world. I loved how some things are very familiar to our own world, but other things are very different. I'm not always a fan of books that are science fiction but also feature magical creatures, but for this book I thought it worked well.
I thought the mystery in the book was interesting and I liked how at first you are led to believe one thing, while later you realise that the truth is very different. The only thing about this book that I did not like that much was that the badguy, once he was discovered, revealed his master plan to the main character. I have always found it a bit annoying when that happens in movies or books, becaue I cannot really see that happening in real life. Even if it does, it doesn't happen that often. I feel like it is a trope that is used a little to often for convenience.
Eventhough this book is a finished story on its own, Hofmans wrote another book featuring Madhu Mahavir and I'm sure I'll be reading that one too.
March 8, 2013
Soms zijn hoofdpersonages sympathiek omdat ze zo gewoon en vertrouwd overkomen. Harry Potter was bijvoorbeeld maar een heel eenvoudige, bescheiden tiener in het eerste boek van de reeks. In andere gevallen zijn hoofdpersonen juist innemend omdat ze zo excentriek durven te zijn, zoals Dr. House uit de gelijknamige tv-serie. In Project M van Milan Hofmans vormen de hoofdpersonen een mengeling van beide types: ze zijn ‘gewoon’ net en beschaafd, maar tegelijkertijd van een wel heel bijzonder kaliber…
Red professor Vinton Shiverling!
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Red professor Vinton Shiverling!
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July 4, 2013
Erg vermakelijk boek. Leuke karakters en een leuk mysterie.
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