Tinker

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Originally published: 2003.

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Fairies in Pittsburgh submitted by sdunav on July 15, 2016, 10:38am Tinker is a fantasy novel about an alternative future where elves from another dimension interact with humans in modern day Pittsburgh. Due to some technological breakthrough by Tinker (the main character)'s father, a chunk of Pittsburgh is in "Elfhome" most of the time.

This started out in a very promising way....but got a bit too complicated towards the end, with the author going on about the technological stuff a bit too much. The characters got a bit simpler then, too, and there were a ton of loose ends. I think this must be the first book for a proposed series. The ending was just very unsatisfying, which was disappointing when I liked the beginning so much. The relationships between the characters just didn't ring true. Nonetheless, I will probably check out sequels to this to see if they are any better, since there was a lot I liked.