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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
[3.5 Stars]
I’m so happy we got this final volume, but I would be amiss if I didn’t say this final volume was a bit middling. When I read the fifth book however many years ago before it came out, the story was punchy, adventurous, witty, and fun.
I enjoyed this for the cathartic conclusion of knowing who ends up where. Now that I’ve read it. I can leave these characters behind and likely never look back.
This volume, unfortunately, was less for me than what I had hoped. It focuses on the relationship between two of the characters abnormally, and generally lost elements of the original story that made it one of my favorites. The teamwork was lacking, and the Smeadries were so much less involved that this middle grade book that it felt off. I understand that Brandon Sanderson was hardly involved in this book of at all, which is probably the cause of the disconnect, but I’m sadden that it was so obvious.
Now that I’m in the midst of another recent Sanderson book, I’m worried he might hitting a phase that I’m not enjoying as he’s pushing so many books without necessarily hitting the quality I’ve come to expect.
I’m so happy we got this final volume, but I would be amiss if I didn’t say this final volume was a bit middling. When I read the fifth book however many years ago before it came out, the story was punchy, adventurous, witty, and fun.
I enjoyed this for the cathartic conclusion of knowing who ends up where. Now that I’ve read it. I can leave these characters behind and likely never look back.
This volume, unfortunately, was less for me than what I had hoped. It focuses on the relationship between two of the characters abnormally, and generally lost elements of the original story that made it one of my favorites. The teamwork was lacking, and the Smeadries were so much less involved that this middle grade book that it felt off. I understand that Brandon Sanderson was hardly involved in this book of at all, which is probably the cause of the disconnect, but I’m sadden that it was so obvious.
Now that I’m in the midst of another recent Sanderson book, I’m worried he might hitting a phase that I’m not enjoying as he’s pushing so many books without necessarily hitting the quality I’ve come to expect.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Thank you to Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson, Macmillan-Tor/Forge, Starscape, and Netgalley for an advanced reader copy (ARC) of "Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians" (Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians #6) for an honest review.
I continue to madly love everything and anything Sanderson writes or has a hand in, and the same goes for Janci Patterson, whose writing I got to know through Sanderson's spin-off Cytonic novella series writing by her a well. I love that this story changed to being from the point of Bastille. I laughed and felt sad with her and her prideful comments, especially against having "those kinds of feelings yet," and fell in love with her so much more.
This was such a satisfying conclusion, and I hope to get a copy of the full series for each of my siblings with kids. I will definitely be advising it to our school librarians, as well.
I continue to madly love everything and anything Sanderson writes or has a hand in, and the same goes for Janci Patterson, whose writing I got to know through Sanderson's spin-off Cytonic novella series writing by her a well. I love that this story changed to being from the point of Bastille. I laughed and felt sad with her and her prideful comments, especially against having "those kinds of feelings yet," and fell in love with her so much more.
This was such a satisfying conclusion, and I hope to get a copy of the full series for each of my siblings with kids. I will definitely be advising it to our school librarians, as well.
My least favorite of the Alcatraz series. I think by not having the usual Smedry "team" for most of the book it lacked some of the charm the other books have.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced