The Vanishing Sculptor
The Vanishing Sculptorby Donita K. Paul
- A Fantastic Journey of Discovery for all ages
Some of the things I love about it, is the fantastic imagery this book offers it’s audience. I really could get into this. It was funny. I mean SERIOUSLY FUNNY. I mean I love how Paul wrote this. I got it. The play on words. .. I’m actually at a loss of words on how to describe it but I wanted to show you a sample. I don’t do this very often, but I wanted you to see how funny it is. This is a discussion between Tipper and her mother:
“He is not my suitor, Mother.”
“The tumanhofer may not suit you, dear one, and I can’t say I blame you. There was that bit of nonsense about the furniture, but you must be open to the idea of someday accepting some man as your bemused.”
“Betrothed.”
Generally when a man falls head over heels in love, he is befuddled. A more polite way of saying that is bemused. Befuddled implies a simpleton, and I don’t think you father would allow marriage to a simpleton. Not that simpletons can’t be rather nice. But he would rather announce your befuddlement to a man with a bit of brains.”
“Engagement.”
“Oh, I do hope you don’t have a day filled with engagements. I need you to help me get ready to depart.”
The witty banter just tickles me. I mean I can vividly picture these conversations going on.
You still have to have your own imagination going on with the dragons flying over head and the wizards about, but really this is a fun and enjoyable book for all. You feel like you know the characters intimately and you’ll be looking forward to reading the next book!
Paul offers something that I haven’t found in a lot of fantasy books. She captures the genre with a fresh and delightful take. I literally could picture the tiny dragon Tipper’s father brought home. I could not just picture the wizards, but could see them vividly in my mind.
I think most people will enjoy this book, even if you’re not into “sci-fi”. I think it is imaginative and creative and couldn’t help but enjoy it.
If you’ve read this book, did you enjoy it? And what sort of things help your imagination to really take flight?
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That sounds like a fun book! I will have to look it up
Another book (or rather, series of books) that has wordplay that’s very witty and fun is the “Thursday Next” series by Jasper Fforde. It includes the books “Lost in a Good Book” and “The Eyre Affair” among others. If you haven’t read those, I highly recommend them. If you have read the, I’d be interested to know what you think!
I like the witty wordplay too. I really enjoyed getting a preview of this at critique group at Donita’s house. I recall thinking Lady Peg was absolutely hilarious and I’m glad Donita included such a quirky character!
Thank you, Amy, for participating in the tour. I am delighted that you enjoyed the humor. Sometimes when I am writing late at night and I laugh at the characters banter, I wonder if it is because I’m slap happy from lack of sleep, or these people really are funny. It’s nice to know that you laughed too.
You are right, The Vanishing Sculptor is a fresh and delightful book, a joy to read, unlike so many fantasy works which emphasize the darkness (and eventual release from it of course). I liked it a lot too.
Wasn’t this a fun read? You did a great job of detailing the humor in the book. Great post!
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That was one of my favourite conversations in the entire book. I typed it up and sent it to a friend the same evening I read it
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