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\nEarwig and the Witch<\/i> by Diana Wynne Jones and illustrated by Marion Lindsay<\/center><\/p>\n
On a rainy day (streets flooding and trapping me at someone’s house rainy) I read three Diana Wynne Jones stories, Earwig and the Witch<\/i> and The Vile Visitors<\/i> all illustrated by Marion Lindsay.<\/p>\n
First off, Marion Lindsay’s art is adorable and charming, so that’s what I chose to post instead of quotes.<\/p>\n
Earwig and the Witch<\/i> was a major disappointment, and I don’t know how much of that is because it’s a posthumous book. It feels like two thirds of the book is missing, and that it was setting up for a series. Little is explained, characters are introduced significantly, only to never appear again, and the conflict vanishes suddenly. I was disappointed, because the start was very clever.<\/p>\n
Almost forgot: The plot is Earwig lives in an orphanage and enjoys it very much. One day a witch takes her out to make her the witch’s slave. Hijinks start to ensue, then don’t. <\/p>\n
The second book, Vile Visitors<\/i> is a combination of two stories (see? I didn’t forget one when I said I read three above) which are Who Got Rid of Angus Flint?<\/i> and Chair Person<\/i> which have an unexpectedly large furniture presence. As the title suggests, it’s about vile visitors. The first is Angus Flint, a friend of the children’s father who shows up and decides to stay, making life hell. The second is about a horrible old sitting chair that a family decides to take out to put on a bonfire that… turns into a human and things go very wrong from there. <\/p>\n
Vile Visitors<\/i> was lots of fun, plus Marion Lindsay’s artwork really brought the characters and situations to life. Skip Earwig and the Witch<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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\nChair Person from the short story Chair Person<\/i> by Diana Wynne Jones and illustrated by Marion Lindsay<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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