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reallyrillo's review against another edition
4.0
This book has been a cute and charming read. I seem to love anything that has talking animals in it!
razishiri's review against another edition
4.0
It started slowly, but when I reached the scene with Alexa and Pervis's chess game in the prison, I realized how much thought the author had put into the story. It's also very well written; the vaguely formal writing style sets a nice tone and there are some very enjoyable descriptive passages. I didn't realize how much I've been craving good, solid mystery fantasy until I picked this up! Talking animals, secret messages in books, traitors and spies... I'm definantly at home ;)
I now have complete faith in the reccomendations of my friend's little sister! I just hope the rest of this series is of the same quality.
I now have complete faith in the reccomendations of my friend's little sister! I just hope the rest of this series is of the same quality.
crabbygirl's review against another edition
4.0
[guessing at the star rating / mining my old FB notes now that they are almost impossible to find]
had to read this for the mother/daughter bookclub and started it relunctantly... one page in, I predicted daughter would not like it (hubby asked why? I answered she wouldn't care for a 'lord of the rings' type fantasy tale) but really I was just betraying my own bias against the fantasy genre.
by the end of the first chapter - I was hooked. great tale. great setting. great allegory. and there's at least another 4 books in the series. so plenty more for daughter to read.
and hey - the author is/was a dad that told this tale to his daughters at bedtime... maybe there's a future career there for imaginative hubby.
had to read this for the mother/daughter bookclub and started it relunctantly... one page in, I predicted daughter would not like it (hubby asked why? I answered she wouldn't care for a 'lord of the rings' type fantasy tale) but really I was just betraying my own bias against the fantasy genre.
by the end of the first chapter - I was hooked. great tale. great setting. great allegory. and there's at least another 4 books in the series. so plenty more for daughter to read.
and hey - the author is/was a dad that told this tale to his daughters at bedtime... maybe there's a future career there for imaginative hubby.
reh153's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
kalie_universe_pristineprose's review against another edition
5.0
The fact that this story and characters came to life as a father invented bed time stories for his daughters makes it so much more meaningful and beautiful of a world
Kid sneaking through secret tunnels to find a magical rock that lets her talk to animals? Animals that tell her about an evil plot to destroy her city? And that she needs to find a spy in the city and save everyone?
If that sounds like an epic little story to you, that's cause it is.
Kid sneaking through secret tunnels to find a magical rock that lets her talk to animals? Animals that tell her about an evil plot to destroy her city? And that she needs to find a spy in the city and save everyone?
If that sounds like an epic little story to you, that's cause it is.
cooeeaus's review against another edition
I started this and got to the third chapter but it wasn't doing anything for me! I think I'm not in the mood for this type of book.
embingham's review against another edition
3.0
It took me a while to get into this book, but it was pretty fun when it picked up. It was pretty well written and provided a fun, quick read.
sean67's review against another edition
3.0
An intriguing plot idea was not that gratin execution and turned out to be fairy average overall. There was nothing overtly wrong with it, it just failed to really engage this reader attention, t wasn't a bad read it just wasn't that exciting.