Book Log: The New Policeman

The New Policeman by Kate Thompson

I just finished The New Policeman, and I feel wonderful inside. Full of magic and light and music and sheer joy. This book is magic. I really can’t recommend it enough.

There never quite seems to be enough time to do everything. That’s always been a problem, but it’s been getting worse lately. Everything always feels rushed, and there is no time just to wander along slowly and relax. When J.J.’s mother idly wishes for more time for her birthday, J.J. decides to find her some. But how can he find her time when he barely has enough time of his own to do the basics, like schoolwork—let alone to find out if the local rumors about his grandfather being a murderer are true?

But then J.J. discovers a place where time stands still—at least it used to. Time is leaking from our world into Tir na n’Og, the land of the fairies, and while we have too little of it, they are beginning to have too much. And only J.J. can make the journey to find out what’s causing the leak—but to do so, he’ll have to step out of his own life.

And while J.J. quests in Tir na n’Og, the new policemen begins to show up in his hometown.

I guessed where some of the plot twists were going, but I didn’t catch the big one until right before it happened. And there were some twists I never saw coming at all. Completely delightful.

As I said before—this book is joyful and full of music and wonder and goodness. It fills me up with happiness. Read it. Read it now.

I borrowed my copy from a friend, but this book is going on the very short list of books that I am going to buy, because I have to own them so I can read them over and over and over again.