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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Still good but not as good as the others in this series. Love the cats and their banter. It's clear the author is needing to get the plot to a place where book 4 makes sense. It's a shame because even as a kid I absolutely rebelled at the point where Mendanbar gets stuck in a bubble for like 16 years away from Cimorene!!
I hadn’t realize three were prequel’s to the fourth book and written later. The whole thing makes more sense now. And I like it a lot more.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
I liked this book less than the first two probably mostly because of Killer the rabbit, and the endless 'no one understands Telemain' tropes.
I forgot the book ends the way it did. What a cliffhanger!
I forgot the book ends the way it did. What a cliffhanger!
This book was not as good as the first two. I love that it is from Morwen's point of view because I love Morwen and experiencing all her cats' personalities was hilarious. I also appreciated the time jump and the overall story. Now for my issues.
I can't really stand Killer! Sometimes he was funny but usually he was just awful. I maintained little pity for him, no matter what troubles befell him and I ended up wishing he was less prominently featured. I also wasn't sure I understood the point of the gentleman with the long name who was making trouble. I didn't really get his vendetta and his ultimate state, while fitting, was somehow disappointing.
Finally, the end was dreadful! I was shocked by their ultimate decision to solve the problem. It was heart-wrenching and miserable and I felt like it was brushed off a little too easily. Maybe part of that will be redeemed in the last book? I'm not sure. I was just disappointed and really sad and I felt like I was the only one. I understand the book is geared towards young ages but it still surprised me.
I can't really stand Killer! Sometimes he was funny but usually he was just awful. I maintained little pity for him, no matter what troubles befell him and I ended up wishing he was less prominently featured. I also wasn't sure I understood the point of the gentleman with the long name who was making trouble. I didn't really get his vendetta and his ultimate state, while fitting, was somehow disappointing.
Finally, the end was dreadful! I was shocked by their ultimate decision to solve the problem. It was heart-wrenching and miserable and I felt like it was brushed off a little too easily. Maybe part of that will be redeemed in the last book? I'm not sure. I was just disappointed and really sad and I felt like I was the only one. I understand the book is geared towards young ages but it still surprised me.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
The whimsy continues in the third book of the series. We are slightly slower paced than the first two books but it is still fairly fast moving and engaging.
Of all of Wrede's dragon books (the "enchanted forest chronicles" title does make sense to me, but given my extreme youth when I read them first and the advertising gimmick of their titles, they've always been the "dragon books" to me), this one is the most odd. I loved it as a child, because I found the cats beguiling and the rabbit striking. Reading it now, I still find those things but I better appreciate the narrative patchwork that Wrede is somewhat frantically piecing together here to get from points A and B to point D. Not the best of her books, but far from a tragic failure.
The first two books in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles are mostly standalone stories. While I'd recommend reading them in order, you could theoretically just read one of them and be fully satisfied with the story you got. Which is why I feel perfectly comfortable telling you to just stop at book two and call it a day. While I enjoyed elements of this third book, its ending is horribly depressing and there's a main character who is straight up obnoxious (if other reviews are to be believed, that's not an uncommon opinion. No one seems to like him.)
I did read the fourth book before writing this review just to make sure that you didn't need to read book three for that one to make sense and you don't. Book four is only loosely tied to the rest of the series, which does make sense since books 1-3 are technically prequels to book four, which was the first one in terms of publication date.
Spoiler for the book's ending and why I recommend skipping it:
I did read the fourth book before writing this review just to make sure that you didn't need to read book three for that one to make sense and you don't. Book four is only loosely tied to the rest of the series, which does make sense since books 1-3 are technically prequels to book four, which was the first one in terms of publication date.
Spoiler for the book's ending and why I recommend skipping it: