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In Griffin's Castle, Jenny Nimmo uses fantasy to create a brilliant psychological portrait of Dinah, an impoverished lonely young girl, who fears she is losing her mother, Rosalie, the only person she loves to the mother's boyfriend/ boss, an unsympathetic character that Dinah hates. For most of the book, I was uncertain whether it was a story about a girl who was trying to save herself, by substituting her imaginary world for reality, or a story of a fantasy world in which the girl is a both protected and imprisoned by stone animals that have sprung to life. I finally decided it was both. In my opinion, Griffin's Castle is the best book that Nimmo has written.


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Griffin Castle Jenny Nimmo 9780439025546 Books Reviews

Dinah is an eleven year old girl neglected by her mother and despised by her mother's new boyfriend. All she has ever wanted was a home to call her own. When her mother's new boyfriend moves them into his family's dilapidated mansion, Dinah fantasizes about the way she wants it to look, believing she can wish it into existence. She calls upon the stone figures of a nearby castle to come to life and come to her garden to protect it from being torn down. The book was well written and a pleasure to read. However, the abrupt, happily-ever-after ending was unexpected and disappointing. There was nothing leading the reader up to the way the book ended it was just suddenly thrust upon the reader to accept. I would most definately give this book a four out of five stars.
This is a very well written book with a strong female lead, beautiful imagery, and haunting magic. I was enthralled right up until the end but the weak ending changed it from potentially great to mediocre. Such a missed opportunity!

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It doesn't take long for you to start wondering why a wealthy man would put his fiance in a house that stinks of mildrew and dry rot, is falling-down dangerous, has faulty electricity, and has no heat in the winter. The author made Gomer relentlessly bad throughout the book. This was unnecessary but could be forgiven by the reader because it sets up the premise for being in this secretly magical house.

The magical creatures were mysterious and wonderful but no explanation is ever made for why they wanted to keep Dinah at the house, what their powers were for keeping her at the house, or why those powers failed. It made the book feel incomplete.

On Christmas Day, Dinah almost dies. If she had, the book would have finished with a powerful, hearbreaking event, reminiscent of Pan's Labyrinth. Failing that, there should have been about 50-100 more pages with her solving the mystery of the magical creatures and conquering them (with the help of the cat.) Instead, her great grandfather appears out of nowhere, the magical creatures stop whatever they are doing, and the story ends with a highly unbelievable "happily ever after."

Unless it was all a metaphor for Dinah dying after all and meeting her great grandfather in her imagination ... but I don't think so.
First, if you are thinking of sampling a Nimmo book or moving on to another Nimmo book after the Charlie Bone series, I recommend Nimmo's "Magician Trilogy". In those three volumes Nimmo uses mostly the same young characters, set in the same Welsh village, to live out one major story arc, and three individual stories, all of them based to some extent on actual Welsh legends and tales. It is a very satisfying reading experience and almost as good a treatment of Welsh legends as Susan Cooper's "Dark is Rising" set

That said, "Griffin's Castle" is a very weak addition to the canon. It has a nice atmosphere, but its basic conceit, stone figures that come to life and threaten the heroine, is not at all compelling. Even with a relatively strong start, (that is, though, awfully loaded with heavy-handed teen girl angst), the book sort of drifts to an abrupt and unsatisfying conclusion. If all you want is a wintry mood piece, this should fit the bill. Otherwise, to borrow from the editorial review above, the work is awfully muddled and contrived.
I KNEW WHAT i WAS ORDERING BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER RECCOMENDED THE BOOK. WHEN I FIRST ORDERED IT IT WAS NOT IN STOCK BUT i WAS NOTIFIED AND I ORDERED IT.
Very enjoyable
I really enjoyed this book for two reasons. One it's written by Jenny Nimmo who is a wonderful young adult author who is best known for the Charlie Bone Series and the Magician Trilogy. Second it's so relatable since anyone can relate to the characters and wish they weren't so stubborn or that they too could talk to stone animals and make them come alive. I found myself wanting to yell, cry, laugh, and cower throughout the entire book. Give it go and read Griffin's Castle because you may find yourself enjoying yourself and having a hard time putting the book down.
This book is a good read for adults and children. It takes me back to simpler things. I like all of Jenny Nimmo's books. I like Harry Potter too. Easy to read and their usually like eating popcorn.. My book came in in beautiful condition and was delivered promptly. I trust the sellers and to give good service and they always do. Nimmo's books are part of my permanent collection. Good going !!
In Griffin's Castle, Jenny Nimmo uses fantasy to create a brilliant psychological portrait of Dinah, an impoverished lonely young girl, who fears she is losing her mother, Rosalie, the only person she loves to the mother's boyfriend/ boss, an unsympathetic character that Dinah hates. For most of the book, I was uncertain whether it was a story about a girl who was trying to save herself, by substituting her imaginary world for reality, or a story of a fantasy world in which the girl is a both protected and imprisoned by stone animals that have sprung to life. I finally decided it was both. In my opinion, Griffin's Castle is the best book that Nimmo has written.