Samuel Gest Gest থেকে Dayıcık Köyü, 28520 Dayıcık Köyü/Güce/Giresun, Turkey
This book is the story of a man and his life told through the perspective of his eight children. The children are all grown up now and they gather every week to discuss their past and share things never shared before. They talk about the secrets only a few were able to see and experience. Mostly, they talk about a Magic Box. This book emphasizes the importance of dreams and wishes. The author wants the reader to learn that dreams and wishes can come true. I thought this was a very nice lesson and it contrast very well with the tone of the book. The book itself is a bit tragic but the lesson gives the characters and the readers hope. I like this book. I thought it was nice that the children, even thought full grown, still remember their past. They remember all the good and bad memories and it was fun reading about those memories. I started to loose interest in the book when I got half way. The book just got repetitive because it's the same pattern of occurrence that the children remember. It was fun reading about it the first time but then it got boring.