Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence
Written by Michael Marshall Smith
Narrated by William Roberts
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
An unpredictable, poignant, and captivating tale for readers of all ages, by the critically acclaimed author of Only Forward.
There are a million stories in the world. Most are perfectly ordinary.
This one… isn’t.
Hannah Green actually thinks her story is more mundane than most. But she’s about to discover that the shadows in her life have been hiding a world where nothing is as it seems: that there's an ancient and secret machine that converts evil deeds into energy, that some mushrooms can talk — and that her grandfather has been friends with the Devil for over a hundred and fifty years, and now they need her help.
Michael Marshall Smith
Michael Marshall Smith lives in north London with his wife Paula, and is currently working on screenplays and his next book, while providing two cats with somewhere warm and comfortable to sit.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This is an odd book -- ostensibly the adventures of 11 year old Hannah Green, but definitely not aimed at the 11 year old age group. The omniscient narrator works really well. The incredibly horrifying casual violence and destruction of the devil is well, awful, and for all the talk about dark and light coexisting, there's not much to balance out the dark.
In some ways, I'd recommend it for snackulars (best demon name ever) and the squirrel of destiny alone, but I have to admit that's a thin hanger to carry it.
I guess I want it to make more sense -- for the violent episodes to serve some kind of purpose or meaning, for there to be an overarching reason why Hannah is experiencing this, for some kind of moral compass. And the fact that that is not present says something in itself -- that's life, right? But then you have an omniscient narrator talking about story and the structure of story and you have some fairy tale like structures going on and it just seems confusing and sort of pointless.
Advanced reader's copy provided by Edelweiss. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hannah Green is an ordinary 11-year-old staying with her grandfather as her parents’ marriage falls apart. Unfortunately, her grandfather happens to be the devil’s engineer, responsible for the upkeep of an infernal engine that has, for reasons unknown, stopped working. The engine was supposed to take the power derived from evil acts and give it to the devil, but it’s not (and the resolution of this is the weakest/most confusing part of the book); Hannah is dragged along with her grandfather in the attempt to fix things, but there are people/entities who are not friends of the devil trying to stop them. There are a number of clever bits derived from the omniscient POV, commenting on Hannah’s reasoning and on the ultimate fates of minor characters, but I’m not sure it added up to much.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hannah's world is turned upside down when her parents split up - just as the Devil wakes from a long sleep to discover someone is stealing the evil deeds of humanity. And Hannah and her family will be central to putting this right. For various definitions of right. He is the Devil, after all. This is a book that's perfectly fine, but I can't help but be a little disappointed after many years waiting for a new outing from MMS.While this is charming and exhibits Smith's trademark humour and ability to home in on the heart, I mostly found it a little bit too young for my taste - perhaps more young adult than adult with its eleven year old heroine and clean lines. That said, it's oddly jarring in some of its juxtapositions of tone; in places perhaps bordering on too grown up for an 11 year old like Hannah. Consequently, I'm not sure who it's intended for but I hope it finds an audience to bring a new generation to MMS and his dark worlds. I also hope there's a more grown up book in his future. I received a free copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.