Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

Title: Charlie Bone and the Time Twister (Children of the Red King #2)
Author: Jenny Nimmo

Initial Thoughts: better than the first as far as rereading goes.

The first book in a series has to have all the intro stuff, which can be very dull when you're rereading it for the umpteenth time. Luckily, you can skip a lot of that with the later books. This one was fun. I feel a little sorry for Billy sometimes, and others definitely not. Like, okay, he's only 7, he just wants to be adopted, you can't totally blame him for doing what Ezekiel Bloor says, especially when his best friend is a dog who seems to like Ezekiel Bloor well enough so there's a recommendation, I guess. Other times it's like, okay, you may be young, but even you should know that that isn't right, or he's just got a really bad attitude at points. To other topics, I like the Pets' Cafe, especially that little scene of Paton with a gerbil in his pocket. Lol. I like that Charlie and Henry will get to have a relationship and that Henry and his brother were reunited. Sadly, I don't think we see Henry again during the series, but I imagine that he and Charlie probably have a lot of fun together, teaching each other about their respective times, playing marbles, wandering the beach, etc. Plus, those visits are a great excuse for Charlie to get away from Grandma Bone and his evil aunts. They are seriously annoying. I don't think I really have a lot else to say about this one. Oh, except that I do wonder exactly what happened to poor Mrs. Bloor. What kind of time travel do they believe in? Would going back restore her hand or would there just suddenly be two of her? I mean, they didn't let Henry go back because that would change what had already happened, but if Mrs. Bloor went back, wouldn't that have changed things as well? They seemed to imply that going back would restore her hand, but I only see that happening if she takes the place of her old self, but then she would change things. If you want to avoid changing things, there could just be two of her and the second one just makes sure to avoid running into herself or her family, but then that wouldn't restore her hand. I don't really know. Now I'm finished. On to the next one!

Rating: 4 (it's fun and I've reread it multiple times so it kind of keeps a higher score than if I was reading it for the first time at this age)