“The Wishing Game” is an adorable book by Meg
Shaffer. Ms. Shaffer drew inspiration from Gene Wilder in the movie
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and it shows. If Willy Wonka had been a
children’s book author instead of a chocolate maker - this possibly is
the type of magical, loving, slightly crazy, maddening, yet precious
person he would be. I was hooked by the premise of the book, yet fell in
love with Christopher’s story (yes, he’s not the main character, but my
goodness does he play a huge part). The theme of family is prevalent in
this book but it doesn’t get too forced or bogged down (for the most
part). Overall, I found this book to be sweet - in a good way. The word
play is great and the “game” riddles good ones. For a debut novel, this
was an amazingly creative one and I look forward to Ms. Shaffer’s next
book. 4 stars.
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