By Theresa Breslin
The story is set in Spain, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile are ruling the country. The story is about a girl and boy, zarita and saulo. Zarita is the daughter of a rich magistrate, whereas saulo is a peasant living with his Ill mother and beggar father. However when an unfortunate incident happens saulo’s future changes dramatically. As the plot thickens both Zarita and Saulo have to confront their mistakes, their guilt and their losses. The story is about the life religion and love of two different types of people and how the holy inquisition, which control people committing heresy, changed their lived and lots of other peoples.
the story starts with a gripping paragraph which is about what happens if you commit heresy, and I think throughout the book there are lots of gripping moments of suspense like when high status characters are introduced and I think Breslin writes these perfectly giving hints without revealing to much information.
The story is set in Spain, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile are ruling the country. The story is about a girl and boy, zarita and saulo. Zarita is the daughter of a rich magistrate, whereas saulo is a peasant living with his Ill mother and beggar father. However when an unfortunate incident happens saulo’s future changes dramatically. As the plot thickens both Zarita and Saulo have to confront their mistakes, their guilt and their losses. The story is about the life religion and love of two different types of people and how the holy inquisition, which control people committing heresy, changed their lived and lots of other peoples.
the story starts with a gripping paragraph which is about what happens if you commit heresy, and I think throughout the book there are lots of gripping moments of suspense like when high status characters are introduced and I think Breslin writes these perfectly giving hints without revealing to much information.
The story is told by saulo and zarita and this technique in writing really makes the story more interesting as if not yo9u may get bored of one storyline and listening to different ones makes you hooked. I like how at the start zarita and saulo are in the same scene and then further in they drift apart, when saulo goes on the ship, but at the end the storyline means they have to end up meeting and how different links are made and pieces of the puzzle fit together. Although the book is made up some of the book has factual information and I like it when books give you some knowledge about history or life in a certain period of time.
The setting of 15th century Spain was greatly described and every inch of detail gave you more knowledge of that period the description however was interesting and not boring, which in other books it sometimes can be.
I personally the book could have spread the drama more throughout the book and answers and conclusions should have maybe been made earlier to make the reader want to read on more. Also I think also some more explanation of scenes could have been clearer.
All in all I think this is definitely my favourite book so far with the interesting plot descriptive characters and settings it’s a book I couldn’t put down! 9/10!
By Chloe yr 8:)
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