Rebecca's Reviews

Title:The Bog Child

Author: Siobhan Dowd

Summary: Fergus and his Uncle Tally are digging in the bog when they find the body of a girl. After more investigations they realize she's been murdered. Fergus begins having dreams of a girl called Mel who lived years ago. While dealing with this he's also worrying about his brother Joe on the hunger strike in prison and his developing friendship with soldier Owen and feelings for Cora. Fergus, Cora and Cora's mum, Felicity, begin realizing the truth behind Mel, the bog child, and their real relationships with each other.

Cover: Dark greys and greens and a blurry image of a boy standing with his arms stretched out. The title is in white and the authors name is in red.

My thoughts on the novel: I thought the book never really came to a climax it just stayed at the one level of excitement throughout the whole book. I also thought the way she kept having the charachters say: "Fergus?" "What?" "What do you think archaologists will think of this in two thousand years time?" or "Fergus?" "What?" "I'm sorry." I just felt like they could have gotten straight into the conversation instead of saying their name and then what. I would give this book 4 out of 10.