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Lucinda's Secret by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi

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_moonashes_'s review

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

eesh25's review

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3.0

Lucinda’s secret is... not as much of a secret. I mean, it’s not something she advertises, but it’s made pretty obvious in the book what it is. That said, this was a good story once again. I didn’t think there was as much to it as the last one though. Though there was a scene toward the end I loved in which Jared thought on his feel really well.

I had a issue with one scene which mentioned physical torture and self harm. This is a kids’ book, and anything like that should come with a content warning so parents or teachers know to have a conversation with the kids about what they’ve read. The absence of that bothered me.

amanda1793's review

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4.0

Again, not bad.

The magic and craziness that these kids get in to is still going strong. They can get into some funny shenanigans.

This book had an interesting perspective to the mental health of Aunt Lucy, and it fully explained why people thought she was crazy. And as such, we got further information regarding the dangerous of the "Guide".

Another good one. Interesting magical characters, continued world building (around the Fae world and the different creatures there in). Great character development in the kids continue as well.

futurama1979's review

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4.0

This one delves into two of my favourite things this series does: references to real life mythology and folklore, and the personal issues Jared is dealing with. It’s hard to write an abandoned kid with anger issues without falling back on cliches but I feel like what this book did with Jared was done well, especially when he started inventing parallels between Arthur and his own father.

They wove in elements of Irish folklore super well with this book too, with the Pooka and the little hat tip to the legend of Oisín in Tir na nÓg. Seriously a class way of blending these great traditional folktales with the modern adventure fantasy these books do so well.

moth_mcgangis's review

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

neenthefiend's review

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3.0

Hate how they changed the storyline in the movie for this. However, I don’t lose any sleep simply because this is the least entertaining book out of the series. Even though the exposition is necessary.