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The Tin Princess por Philip Pullman
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The Tin Princess: A Sally Lockhart Mystery

por Philip Pullman

Séries: Sally Lockhart Mysteries (4)

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Knopf Books for Young Readers (2008), Paperback, 304 pages

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Was disappointed that this was not a Sally Lockhart mystery. After reading the other Lockhart mysteries. ( )
  cindysprocket | Jun 29, 2009 |
Philip Pullman is vooral bekend van de serie 'Het gouden kompas' en de verfilming van het eerste deel: 'Het noorderlicht' met Nicole Kidman en Daniel Craig in de hoofdrollen. Als je de boeken hebt gelezen dan weet je dat Pullman een beeldend schrijver is die, hoewel zijn boeken een schijnbaar historische achtergrond hebben, vooral veel fantasie in zijn verhalen stopt. Zo ook in zijn verhalen die in meer of mindere mate over Sally Lockhart gaan. In de eerste delen uit deze serie, De Sally Lockhart mysteries, speelt Sally inderdaad een hoofdrol. In het laatste deel verschijnt ze nog slechts in een bijrolletje ten tonele.

'Het raadsel van de robijn'en 'De schaduw in het noorden' zijn door de BBC verfilmd met in de hoofdrol Billie Piper. Het is de BBC wel toevertrouwd de typische Engelse sfeer uit de boeken op het filmdoek over te brengen. De 'foggy' achterbuurten van het victoriaanse Londen, de louche figuren die rondscharrelen tussen het afval in de schaars verlichte straten en de benepen streng burgerlijke uitstraling van de beter gesitueerden. Sally echter is een zelfbewuste, onafhankelijke vrouw die bij voorkeur haar eigen boontjes dopt en niet terug schrikt voor een beetje leven in de brouwerij. Ook in 'De tijger in de put' volgen we Sally nog.

'De tinnen prinses' speelt zich vooral af in een minuscuul Midden-Europees land vol politieke onrust eind negentiende eeuw. Ook nu toont Pullman zich een meesterlijk verteller al vond ik het verhaal in dit deel iets minder vlot op gang komen. Uiteindelijk bleek het echter weer de moeite waard.
  BieblogHengelo | Apr 2, 2009 |
After “The Tiger in the Well” I was anxious to read another Sally Lockhart mystery, but sadly “The Tin Princess” did not deliver as its three predecessors did.

“The Tin Princess” is billed as the fourth book in the Sally Lockhart series, although a better description would be “spin-off”, as few characters from the series feature prominently; Sally herself only has brief cameo appearances.

In “The Tin Princess” Philip Pullman solves the mystery of Adelaide, the little street urchin from the ending of “The Ruby in the Smoke” and he places her center stage as a most unlikely queen of the small kingdom of Razkavia (nestled between Germany and Austria), where conspiracy and murder abound. By her side is Jim Taylor, continuing his detecting activities, and Becky Winter, a young exiled Razkavian, acting as Adelaide’s language tutor and confidante.

There were occasional nice touches in description and imagery that I found very enjoyable, "The streets (of Eschtenburg) are so crooked and narrow that they have no names...the Devil went there once, and couldn't find his way out. “ But unfortunately they were not enough to grab my attention and I had to struggle to get through.

Some brief explanation is given as to Adelaide’s life in the intervening years since her disappearance, but it did not seem plausible in preparing her for her new station in life and I felt no emotional connection with this main character, nor did she with anyone else in the story, which makes her even less likeable.

I felt a spark of interest when the conspiracy began to unfold itself, but I think ultimately the storyline fell flat and it felt contrived, because Adelaide, as an outsider, has no real connection to Razkavia. Maybe a better choice of heroine would have been Becky.

Overall this story was a disappointing read, especially since the previous titles were so sharp and tightly plotted with terrific characters which this one lacked. I wanted to like it, really... ( )
2 vote DerBuecherwurm | Jul 24, 2008 |
Dernière aventure de la série - pour l'instant, peut-être y en aura-t-il d'autres un jour?
Très peu de Sally cette fois, c'est Jim le héros. Peut-être le tome le plus *jeunesse* de la série, avec son royaume imaginaire, toujours agréable à lire et prenant, mais tout de même un peu moins passionnant que les précédents. ( )
  PandoraBlack | Feb 6, 2008 |
first line: "Rebecca Winter, gifted, cheerful, and poor, had lived sixteen years without once seeing a bomb go off."

While this addition to the Sally Lockhart series isn't as compelling as those featuring Sally herself, The Tin Princess is still a recommended, entertaining read. And it's Philip Pullman, so of course the characters are well-developed, the story is imaginative, and the writing is top-notch. ( )
  extrajoker | Jan 10, 2008 |
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0679876154, Mass Market Paperback)

Days after she witnesses a mysterious explosion in 19th-century London, 16-year-old Becky Winter is on her way to a small country In Central Europe, as a companion to Adelaide, a Cockney commoner who'd rather play board games than be a princess. But after an assassination makes Adelaide ruler of Razkavia, she rises to the occasion and her new station, gleefully playing international politics with the help of Becky and Jim Taylor, a dashing young detective.

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