The Unfinished Angel

There are so few books that have touched me deeply enough that I couldn't imagine my life without having read them: The Alchemist, The Little Prince, The Graveyard Book. And now, I add to that list The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech. The story is simple. It goes like this: an angel lives in a towe......more

This lovely children's novel tells a tale of an angel who lives in an old house in a small village in Switzerland. For a long time the angel has been watching theneighbours, an old lady Signora Divino and her grandson Vinny, but not really doing that much. The angel feels like it doesn't know what i......more

Sharon Creech is one of my favorite authors - and I really wanted to love this book. It is cute and told from the angel's point of view. But is is confusing with mixed up words that would make it difficult for children to read and understand.......more

At first the way the angel spoke didn't really jive with me, it felt faker than fake and a bit jarring compared to the content of the tale, but it grows on you in time and you sort of hand wave it for the rest of the story that really comes into its own! The angel was a strange enigma, Zola was, of......more