Yllättäen löysin sarjan ensimmäisen osan lapsuudenkodistani ja nostalgiaryöpyssä luin sen. Sitten pitikin päästä lukemaan heti seuraava osa. Mielenkiintoinen maailma ja hiukan pelottava, nuorempana nää oli tosi jänniä kirjoja ja oli myös nytkin. Tämän luin englanniksi ja toimi mielestäni paremmin kuin suomennos!

4 stars! I wasn't sure on this book to start with and it took me on an interesting journey. It put me in a reading slump then got me out of my reading slump then made me cry 3 times and the made me laugh out loud then finally made me feel satisfied with the ending!!! I love this sequel to the dark portal and I would really recommend you stick with this book.

Una gran secuelaOtra fantástica historia que sigue a los adorables personajes de Deptford. Esta vez, en La prisión de cristal, nos adentramos en el hogar de Twit, en el campo dorado, y conocemos a los ratones de campo. Esta entrega de Robin Jarvis se sintió un poco más lenta en comparación con el primer libro de la serie, lleno de acción, pero las cosas empiezan a acelerarse a medida que un mal regresa para traer el terror de nuevo a nuestros personajes. ¡Los ratones de Deptford es una gran seri...

I guess life can be hard even for a mouse.

I am enjoying the Deptford mice series overall and this second installment was a good read. I gave this 3 stars because i have a certain angst when it comes to religious fanaticism. I generally don't like to read where an innocuous set of beliefs suddenly becomes violently intolerant and all sorts of craziness ensues. So let me talk about what worked in this story - the way we treat our friends in that we can become careless and selfish with those that we love. I was heartened to see how Twit be...

I like that Jarvis writes darker material for children and doesn't shy away from themes like death, the occult and sacrifice, but his writing is lacking. Everything is laid out plainly for the reader and redundant descriptions abound. It's not enough that we get a reaction, we also get an analysis of that reaction, explaining that character x doesn't like character y because z just happened (after we watched character y doing z). There are additional pacing problems, particularly in the middle o...

Man, I love this series. So much intensity and weird cults. So spooky. I adore this book and it's series and I did not expect that ending. Audrey was definitely having a hard time and that mouse brass maker gets on my nerves. Love it and highly suggest it. Madame Akkikuyu is a wonderful character and what happens to her is unexpected, but it fits the theme.

This was the first of Robin Jarvis's books I read, and I still remember how genuinely dark and creepy it was. A great addition to the series with a very different setting that shows how adaptable Jarvis can be.

In this second installment in the Deptford Mice Trilogy, Audrey makes a deal with the mysterious Starwife that she will journey to the countryside, taking the mad rat Madam Akkikuyu with her, in exchange for the Starwife saving her friend Oswald’s life. The two of them set off with her brother Arthur and friend Twit to visit Twit’s family and stay with the fieldmice of Fennywolde. Once there, however, the countryside proves to be far less idyllic than Audrey had anticipated. Many of the country ...

I think I liked this book even more than the first--but be warned that it is fairly dark, and sometimes violent. It starts right after the end of Book One, and reading "Dark Portal" first is probably a good idea. ******Small Spoiler********I found it exciting and creepy--a lot of the scary stuff comes not only from magic and "horror" elements, but also from the mouse community's "mob mentality." ***********It's also kind of sad towards the end--I'm a little concerned about how the trilogy will e...