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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
I read this as a kid but the setting still remains one of my favourites to this day. Dialogue and characterisation are also top notch
This is hard to review. Parts of it are brilliant. The plot itself is clever, albeight convoluted. The writing is fancyful, imaginative and sometimes delightful, but also overloaded and cumbersome, too often. I read The Lie Tree before this, which was pretty much a perfect novel. This is similar, but worse in every way. I also cannot see this as a children's novel, even though it is tuted as one. It is way too complicated for that, even though it is silly in places, it's not childish, at all (not that children's books should be childish in any negative way, of course).
So, if you like swashbuckling novels full of intrigue and fantasy, you should give this a try. I did like it, despite it's flaws, and it's a strong 3 stars.
So, if you like swashbuckling novels full of intrigue and fantasy, you should give this a try. I did like it, despite it's flaws, and it's a strong 3 stars.
Favorite quote from this book: "We're Criminals of the Murkiest Hue and we're not even very good at it!" ~ Mosca Mye
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
This book is ssooooo good. The characters are knowable, the plot is very detailed and entertaining, the MC is very lovable, funny, smart, cynical, everything you didn’t know a young child character could be. And there are plot twist!! Such good plot twist!!! And character growth!! Five out of five, would recommend to anyone that cares to pick up a book!!
An exceptional book. The authors love of language is manifest everywhere, in the way the book is written and in the subject matter itself. The main character, Mosca, and her goose Saracen, are engaging characters, as are the supporting cast. I read the book with a constant grin on my face, especially during the river chase towards the end, the most wonderful pastiche of all chase scenes, but at a sedate pace. Despite the glee, the subject matter is not frivolous, meditating on the freedom of people to make their own life choices (good and bad) on faith, destiny and government. Absolutely you should read this now.