Book Reviews: The Bafut Beagles + The Glass Casket
The Bafut Beagles by Gerald Durrell
A good account of Durrell’s expedition in the Cameroons.
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The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman
In this fairytale like story; Rowan lives in the forgotten mountain town of Nag’s End dreaming of cultural and intellectual freedom. Her father makes pathetic excuses, Rowan sheds endless bitter tears, warnings are lost to history and a toxic situation of death and impermissible behaviour besmirches the once quiet town. Rowan knows a disturbing thing lurks in the wasted forest filled with dark secrets and that she must face it. This is a good tale with languorous world-creating, a volatile and arrogant ‘hero’, emotional distress, an overlooked hero and unsuspected villains full of negative emotions, barely concealed contempt and cold blooded insincerity.
Best Lines:
“She said it was a poison thing.”
“Witches are a dying clan.”