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The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
The Boy with the CuckooClock Heart
Author: Mathias Malzieu
FIRSTLY: don?t touch the hands of your cuckoo-clock heart. SECONDLY: master your anger. THIRDLY: never, ever fall in love. For if you do, the hour hand will poke through your skin, your bones will shatter, and your heart will break once more. — — Edinburgh, 1874. Born with a frozen heart, Jack is near death when his mother abandons him to ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307271686
ISBN-10: 0307271684
Publication Date: 3/2/2010
Pages: 192
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2.5 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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I'm not sure if it's the original writing or the English translation to blame, but this book falls flat for me. The premise (neatly summed up in the title) is interesting, but there is far too much telling, rather than showing. The timeline is jarring and the characters do not come alive for me. The author is the lead-singer of a French band, who apparently writes novels in conjunction with concept albums. It feels like the storyline of a concept album.


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