Reviews

Moira's Pen by Megan Whalen Turner

mint_the_muffin's review

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

mary_r_m's review

3.0

Fun stories behind the characters of the "Queen's Thief" series.

mchan1127's review

4.0

I'm a huge fan of Megan Whalen Turner's writing and world building, and this book is a wonderful companion. Part literary "end credit scenes", part documentary, this book gives you both a number of backstories from the novels as well as snippets from Turner's own life experiences and historical artifacts that inspired the books.

For those who have different editions of the books and may have read other short story releases, several are repeated here. But it's nice to have them all in one place as well as brand new content! All those hinted about moments that we finally get to read...the satisfaction [and joy. and sadness.] is real. It also includes a number of beautiful illustrations.

Spoiler

I'm not crying over End of Eddis, you are!

The one critique I have is that it was difficult to place each story in the timeline, and that made it a little confusing as you start each section. But overall, a must read for any Queen's Thief fan.

Note: I received my copy of the book through a Goodreads giveaway

emilikert's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

ulrikedg's review

5.0

"Leave [the coleus] untouched" just about killed me.

josephine_jellybean's review

adventurous

5.0

hydroxicacid's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

ielerol's review

5.0

This collection in no way stands on its own, to the extent any of it would even make sense to someone who hasn't read the rest of the Queen's Thief series, it would spoil literally every book in the series. Just read The Thief, please, everyone. Right now.

But every little story and flash fiction scene in the book is perfect and I need to reread them all like, three more times in order to notice every tiny revealing detail. The thing about having read these books as they came out, starting with a copy of The Thief I picked out from a Scholastic Book Club flyer when I was in 7th grade, is I missed a bunch of the stories that were previously published in later paperback editions, so it's great to be able to read them all collected here.

itabar's review

3.0

Very short book with a few short stories. This was my most anticipated book this year, and well, I over-anticipated, so I'm disappointed tbh. It's OK.

rani_reeds's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5