The Silver Hand by Noah Lynch
Audience: YA and NA
Genre: portal fantasy
My summary: Matthias has trouble making friends. He's in college and is surrounded by people, but his autism makes it hard to create a connection. Just when Matthias does find two friends, a silver light encases his hand and transports him to another world. Torn between maintaining his friendships on Earth and helping save another world, Matthias struggles to find a place to truly belong.
Positives
I love portal fantasy. In this book Matthias has some control over when he goes to the other world, and the whole concept of another fantasy world existing and that people can go to it is inviting and exciting.
I enjoyed the fantasy world. Its inhabitants were interesting and creative, its problems thought-out and important, and its atmosphere inviting.
I found Matthias very relatible and real. He had faults, made mistakes, and struggled, and I liked him because of all those realistic qualities. His problems never magically fixed themselves; he had to realize he was flawed and work through those problems. That kind of character encourages readers to grow, and I really appreciate that.
The struggle of finding friends was very relatible. Everyone wants friends, and though Matthias thought he was the only one who struggled to make friends, the story showed many people share that feeling. Also, the story showed how even though having friends can be much work, it is worth the work.
All the lessons that were well-interwoven into the story were important. They were ordinary problems and lessons, and that made them resonate with me and likely most people. Juxtaposing that ordinary life and the fantasy world helped to highlight how meaningful those lessons are.
Negative: The story felt like a much longer story squished into a smaller space. It seemed like much more was going on in the fantasy world and the real world that would have been fascinating to learn or would have made the story even better, but it was left out. The book didn't feel incomplete and never left me feeling like I didn't understand; it just left me curious about knowing more.
Overall: I really enjoyed this relatable portal fantasy!
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