The+Empty+Mirror



Do you know R.L. Stine? Did you like his books? Then I bet you would like James Lincoln Collier’s book, “//__The Empty Mirror”__// too. It is about a boy(Nick), who has lost his reflection. The reflection had to relate with Nick's guardian, Gyspy(a friend of the main character) and Nick’s parents. Nick’s parents died because of the flu. There is a boy who is called Jared Solter. He came by Nick’s house for help, but Nick’s guardian kicked him out.Nick's guardian couldn't bring him into the house, or one of the family will die of the flu. Nick's guardian had no other choice. The next day he was dead, lying not few blocks away, seeking for help. The story is basically the revenge of the boy after taking Nick’s reflection, causing troubles and trying to kill both Nick, and Nick’s guardian. Do you think Nick would get his reflection back? If you want to know the answer you should read the book now!

James Lincoln Collier is a journalist, an author, and a professional musician. James Lincoln Collier is an American. He was born in June 27th, 1928. He was born to Bobby Collier and Katherine Brown. James came from a family of writers and teachers, including his father and several aunts and uncles. A journalist with 30 years experience, James worked with his brother, Christopher Collier, to create work of historical fiction to be fun and education for children. That is when he started to publish books. “//__The Empty Mirror”__// is a recently published book in 2004. The very first book to be published is called “//__The Chub Peabody Story: A portrait in Courage”__//. It is a non-fiction book published in 1964.

This book is very easy to follow. Even though if has very simple verbs, and adjectives, the way the author used his words were really well done, and it creates strong sensory images. It is very well structured with climax. It is easy to draw a time-line map, because it is well illustrated. The book has a very strong grabbing hook, with simple words. The author doesn’t make the reader to put the book down, which made me finish the book fairly quick. It is a very good book for children age from 8 to older people. Even very old adults can read it. One critic I can make on this book may be the ending. The ending was very short, and it made me feel like futile. I think the ending was done very quickly. I didn’t like it so much. I was more of looking for a turn over, but there was none, and it ended very quickly.

The book in general is very good, and the story has a meaning. It’s about a boy’s revenge. It is somehow a very sad story when we look in the boy’s perspective, unlike it is in Nick’s perspective. The story becomes very different in two of those perspectives. I liked it.