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The Princess Beard by Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson

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ivleafclover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-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

3.5

This is my least favorite of the trilogy. Still adventurous and full of heart but not as funny as the first Tale, which became obvious when characters from the first Tale appeared in the epilogue and I found myself chuckling almost immediately, and didn’t inspire quite as much emotional investment as the second, which had me sobbing a couple of times. Still a pretty good time and definitely worth reading for any true denizen of Pell, but just not quite as … quite.

bookswithbets's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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

4.0

spr's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

samber7's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

neens_m's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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arthur_pendrgn's review against another edition

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adventurous sad slow-paced

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

1.5

Write a story for a select audience, then throw in puns.
Instead the authors seemed to have some puns aimed at varying audiences and tried to write a story using as many as possible.
There was a fairly decent plot, but too much time was spent being punny and not enough developing interesting characters. It's simply too busy and uneveny paced.