Francesca Simon
Teoksen Horrid Henry tekijä
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A Triple Treat of Horrid Henry: "Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse", "Horrid Henry's Revenge", "Horrid Henry… (2002) 62 kappaletta
A Hat Trick of Horrid Henry 3 Books in 1: Horrid Henry Mega-Mean, Football Fiend & Christmas Cracker (2007) 39 kappaletta
Horrid Henry's Thank You Letter (Early Reader: Horrid Henry) (2011) — Tekijä — 37 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine (Early Reader: Horrid Henry) (2016) — Tekijä — 13 kappaletta
Horrid Henry 5 Book Set: Horrid Henry's Underpants, Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb, Horrid Henry and the Mega Mean Time… (2013) — Tekijä — 13 kappaletta
A Monster Helping of Horrid Henry 3-in-1: Horrid Henry Rocks/Zombie Vampire/Monster Movie (2013) 9 kappaletta
A Greedy Gulp of Horrid Henry 3 Books in 1: Horrid Henry Abominable Snowman, Robs the Bank & Wakes the Dead (2011) 8 kappaletta
Horrid Henry's Jumbo Joke Book: Horrid Henry's Hilariously Horrid Joke Book/Purple Hand Gang Joke Book/All-Time… (2015) 7 kappaletta
Horrid Henry Versus Moody Margaret: "Horrid Henry's Double Dare" AND "Moody Margaret Strikes Back" (2009) 6 kappaletta
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman, Horrid Henry's Rainy Day, Moody Margaret's Makeover. (2009) — Tekijä — 6 kappaletta
Horrid Henry's Loathsome Library Collection 30 Books Bundle (Horrid Henry,Horrid Henry Meets the Queen,Horrid Henry's… (2016) 2 kappaletta
A Double Dose of Horrid Henry, Volume 2: Horrid Henry's Nits & Horrid Henry and the Haunted House (2002) 2 kappaletta
Grozi Gašper in tajno društvo 1 kappale
Grozi Gašper in smrdljiva bomba 1 kappale
Grozni Gašper na hitro obogati 1 kappale
Grozni Gašper in prekletstvo mumije 1 kappale
Grozni Gašper in spodnjice 1 kappale
Grozni Gašper in vražja varuška 1 kappale
Grozi Gašper goljufa zobno miško 1 kappale
Grozni Gašper se maščuje 1 kappale
Grozni Gašper sreča kraljico 1 kappale
Grozi Gašper oropa banko 1 kappale
Grozni Gašper in hiša strahov 1 kappale
Grozi Gašper nogometni navdušenec 1 kappale
Grozi Gašper ima uši 1 kappale
KOSZMARNY KAROLEK Starcie na starcie 1 kappale
Horrid Henry: A Yucky Year 1 kappale
Dónall Dána agus Fear Sneachta an Uafáis 1 kappale
Horrid Henrry and the Football Friend 1 kappale
Ag Maisiú Pheidí Pusach 1 kappale
Rosszcsont Peti és a foci 1 kappale
Rosszcsont Peti iskolai rémtettei 1 kappale
Rosszcsont Peti otthoni rémtettei 1 kappale
Grozni Gašper 1 kappale
KOSZMARNY kAROLEK Potwory i stwory 1 kappale
KOSZMARNY KAROLEK Arcycuchnąca bomba 1 kappale
Horrid Henry: School Stinks 1 kappale
Horrid Henry: Prank Wars 1 kappale
Horrid Henry: Fright Night 1 kappale
Henri Helynt a'r wrach warchod 1 kappale
Opa, da ist was 1 kappale
Opa, wo bist du? 1 kappale
Ne bodi grozen, Gašper! 1 kappale
Grozni Gašper in strašljivi snežak 1 kappale
Koszmarny Karolek Wariacje z krolowa 1 kappale
Koszmarny Karolek Napadzisty typek 1 kappale
Koszmarny Karolek Wszedobylskie wszy 1 kappale
Koszmarny komplecik: Koszmarny Karolek i wszy, koszmarny Karolek i wielka forsa, Koszmarny Karolek i nawiedzony dom, (2004) 1 kappale
Potrójna paskudna porcja: Koszmarny Karolek i klątwa mumii, Zemsta koszmarnego Karolka, Koszmarny Karolek i… (2009) 1 kappale
Szatańskie sztuczki: Koszmarny Karolek i megabombowa machina czasowa, Koszmarny Karolek i bestia boiska, Koszmarny… (2007) 1 kappale
Koszmarny zbiorek: Koszmarny Karolek, Koszmarny Karolek i tajny klub, Koszmarny Karolek i zębowa wróżka (2009) 1 kappale
Drakońska dawka: Koszmarny Karolek i cuchnąca bomba, Koszmarny Karolek i wstrętne gacie, Koszmarny Karolek i wizyta… (2009) 1 kappale
Horrid Henry 4 Books Set: Horrid Henry's Stink Bomb, Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse, Horrid Henry's Underpants &… (2011) 1 kappale
Horrid Henry's Christmas Stocking (Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker & Horrid Henry's Jolly Joke Book) (2007) 1 kappale
Horrid Henry Collection: Horrid Henry, Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick, Horrid Henry's Haunted House, Horrid Henry and the… (2011) 1 kappale
The Complete Horrid Henry Collection: Includes Horrid Henry, the Secret Club, Tricks the Tooth Fairy, Horrid Henry's… (2011) 1 kappale
Rosszcsont Peti megmutatja, ki a főnök 1 kappale
Faoi gheasa ag PeigÌ Pusach 1 kappale
Pablo Diablo y Marga Caralarga 1 kappale
Koszmarny Karolek Bestia Boiska atakuje 1 kappale
Horrid Henry's Diary [DVD] 1 kappale
HORRiD HENRY’S 1 kappale
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- Syntymäaika
- 1955-02-23
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
UK - Syntymäpaikka
- St Louis, Missouri, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- California, USA
London, England - Koulutus
- Yale University
Oxford University (Jesus College|mediaeval studies and Old English) - Ammatit
- journalist
author - Suhteet
- Simon, Mayo (father)
- Organisaatiot
- Sunday Times
Guardian
Mail on Sunday
The Daily Telegraph
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- 9,702
- Suosituimmuussija
- #2,463
- Arvio (tähdet)
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The story follows Hel, the half-dead god Norse goddess of death, from birth to Ragnarok, casting her as snarky, 'boy crazy', emo, girlboss teen with an acerbic attitude.
At first I was really enjoying the similarish tone to Harrow from Tamsyn Muir's Locket Tomb series, especially with the wonderful performance of Eleanor Tomlinson that has a similar timbre to Moira Quirk's glorious narration for Muir's books, but it's kind of left no actual impression on me and I had to kinda force myself to get though it. I thought Circe by Madeline Miller was great and I would most compare it to that with less depth, story arc, and the fact Circe seemed to be doing something new with the story from a historical/ mythological fantasy perspective.
I suppose the question I'm left with is, what was the point? The historical/ mythological fiction giving a character a new first person, protagonist perspective is generally used to explored a character in greater depth, especially one done dirty by events and their screen time, interpret them in a new way, often through a feminist lens, or using them much like science fiction as a medium to explore and/ or interrogate a contemporary issue. I don't really see this doing any of those beyond showing that Hel had a tough life. Unfortunately, this book doesn't really give her much depth or narrative, and, with the handling of her feelings for Balder and reaction to her yassification by the mortal Freya, it doesn't seem like a feminist reading.
I think the real shame is that this tone and prose really could have been something, but it ultimately comes off as running Hel's story through an 'AI' filter. That's really unfair and I don't mean to be so harsh on Simon, I simply mean that this is what if Hel was an emo teen girlboss? without actually exploring what that means.
The narration really is something else and I think I would have struggled so much more without it, but this is also the first audiobook I've upped the playback speed because I just wanted to finish it sooner.… (lisätietoja)