Eren

Simon P. Clark — 2014

'Tell the story to its end,' says Eren with a grin. His yellow eyes are glowing like embers in the night. 'When I reach the end,' I say, 'what happens? You'll have the whole story.' 'Hmm,' he says, looking at me and licking his lips with a dry, grey tongue. 'What happens then? Why don't we find out?' People are keeping secrets from Oli. His mum has brought him to stay with his aunt and uncle in the countryside, but nobody will tell him why his dad isn't with them. Where is he? Has something happened? Oli has a hundred questions, but then he finds a secret of his own: he discovers the creature that lives in the attic. Eren. Eren is not human. Eren is hungry for stories. Eren has been waiting for him. Sharing his stories with Eren, Oli starts to make sense of what's happening downstairs with his family. But what if it's a trap? Soon, Oli must make a choice: learn the truth - or abandon himself to Eren's world, forever.

Reviews

Ella Zegarra@ellieroth

Jan 9, 2022

Lee la reseña en: El Extraño Gato del Cuento Los cuentos para niños son tan adorables... NO!. Tiende a confundirse, a veces, al menos, cuando te dicen que un niño es el narrador, antes tenía la idea que este tipo de narración era muy sencilla, cuanto para niños, y sobre que no podrían ser misteriosos. Eren ha cambiado por completo mi idea de libros escritor por niños. Desde el inicio el libro me hizo entender que no sería como otro de este género que hubiera leído. El prefacio nos dice "Esta es una historia sobre contar historias", me atrapó desde ahí sin duda. No es secreto que una de mis metas es ser escritora (algún día, ojalá) y siempre se me hace interesantísimo leer sobre contar historias, es un arte, son muy pocas personas las que pueden seducirte contando un cuento, sobre todo cuando eres adulto y no te crees mucho las cosas. Eren es un libro muy gráfico, mi cuaderno está lleno de garabatos intentado recrear alguna de las escenas, tengo una puerta roja con un gato en un pedazo de página, no es muy bonito. Lo que sí es bonito es el libro, una preciosidad, está decorado con varias imágenes en algunos capítulos, dándonos más para trabajar en los escenarios. En serio, son escenas precisas las que han son graficadas. ... y también realmente aterradores "I can wait" "How long?" "Till the end. What did you think? Till the end, of course" La narrativa del escritor es interesante, nos narra la historia en pasado y presente, esto es muy importante porque es exactamente eso la parte aterradora, no augura un final feliz. Una historia muy imaginativa y oscura, personajes encariñables y un final... Léanlo! Twitter || Blog || Pinterest || Tumblr || Instagram

Iween Suni@iweennn

Nov 8, 2021

I really enjoyed this read. Poetic, unique and intriguing - the story really captured my heart. It reminds me a lot of A Monster Calls. I wasn't a 100% engaged in the story all the time but there were too many things I loved about the read as a whole that I just cannot ignore. The format is really interesting, for me. There are little snippets at the beginning of each chapter that was a huge page-turner factor. It gave a little extra that wrapped up things really wonderfully. And I absolutely adored the stories that are told within - they really had me excited to read through; so yes, LOVE. The writing - I loved. The descriptions are DIVINE you can almost taste it. And I don't know if this is vain in any way or whatever but I feel like the writing is somewhat the same as what I write like. Some parts the normal storytelling style, other parts poetic and whimsical string of words. So beautiful, I loved it. Here's a snippet: "White eyes in the night. Black eyes in the day. A quiver in the shadows, a haunting in the woods. Flames in the sky, cracks in the moon." Please tell me: how does that not make you want to go straight into this?? A few things that did mot make me LOVE LOVE this book would be the dialogues. I mean, I love them, I do - but they're not the most realistic things for people to say. Would have maybe worked for characters of older ages, probably. And a little more backstory would have really been a cherry on top of a great read. I definitely recommend this to lover of words. To writers and aspiring writers who practically live for good stories and devour them like I devoured this book (it took me a while to finish I know but every time I picked it up I was like YEAH I WANT MORE so). To people who search for something whimsical and dark and absolutely beautiful. Go for Eren.

Ciel Zero@clumsyciel

Jan 11, 2024