So, overall, I enjoyed this book, but wanted more action, and more adventure. And although thoughts are so interesting, particularly the thoughts of the amazing Mina, you cannot fill a whole book with just thoughts and feelings.
I simply felt that there was not enough action - and yet, there was so much that Almond could have done to provoke the adventure in the book, however he dampened it, loosened it, prolonged it with just thoughts. However, the plot lacked adventure - there was no real plot. One which made the reader's ears prick up to listen to her words. In Skellig, David Almond's first and still most popular children's novel, Mina is the nine-year-old William Blake-loving girl who lives opposite the boy hero Michael and shares his knowledge of. However, the basic step to introduce yourself to strangers or the general public is by stating your name. She has a unique voice, one of character and originality. My Name Is or My Names Are Recommended: Differences between manslaughter and murder Format in Introducing Yourself Generally, introducing yourself is much more than saying your name. She wasn't a girly, giggly teenager that is in all the books on the shelves at the moment. I loved the way Mina wrote, her voice engaged me, I loved the metaphors she used and she was so different to other characters I'd read about. In My Name Is Mina, Almond takes readers into Mina’s world as she ponders life’s metaphysical and philosophical questions, while grappling with the pain of growing up in a society that values conformity over creativity. Mina became so real to me, her presence next to me.
Almond shows us Mina in a sensitive, perceptive way that I loved.
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