Book Review: The Spindlers

Media Type: Print Book
Title: The Spindlers
Author: Lauren Oliver
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: Hardcover; 256
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Source: Library
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Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade
Content Screening: Mild Violence
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HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart
Recommended to: Young readers who love a good story and aren’t afraid of a little darkness in their reading.

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One night when Liza went to bed, Patrick was her chubby, stubby, candy-grubbing and pancake-loving younger brother, who irritated and amused her both, and the next morning, when she woke up, he was not. In fact, he was quite, quite different.

When Liza’s brother, Patrick, changes overnight, Liza knows exactly what has happened: The spindlers have gotten to him and stolen his soul.

She knows, too, that she is the only one who can save him.

To rescue Patrick, Liza must go Below, armed with little more than her wits and a broom. There, she uncovers a vast world populated with talking rats, music-loving moles, greedy troglods, and overexcitable nids . . . as well as terrible dangers. But she will face her greatest challenge at the spindlers’ nests, where she encounters the evil queen and must pass a series of deadly tests–or else her soul, too, will remain Below forever.

I’m in love with Lauren Oliver’s writing, and to be honest all I’ve read so far are her Middle Grade novels. If they are at all indicative of her overall writing style, I’m sold. Head over heels in love. Even as an adult reader The Spindlers captured my heart and mind. You couldn’t have pried this book out of my hands.