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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
This novel is a product of its time, and I shouldn't hold that against it. But holy HELL the style is hard to get past. The entire first chapter is as though every punctuation mark!
every period! comma! semicolon!
all of them!
were replaced with exclamation points!
And then every exclamation point became a paragraph marker!
I couldn't read it aloud. it's not even possible It did calm down a little after that, but even so.
Still, I like the story well enough, and I've enjoyed radio adaptions of these stories. Not sure I'll bother with any more of the originals, though.
every period! comma! semicolon!
all of them!
were replaced with exclamation points!
And then every exclamation point became a paragraph marker!
I couldn't read it aloud. it's not even possible It did calm down a little after that, but even so.
Still, I like the story well enough, and I've enjoyed radio adaptions of these stories. Not sure I'll bother with any more of the originals, though.
This felt like a rehash of the first book. I like Percy as an early superhero, but I tire of Marguerite trying to help and making things even worse as she always seems to do. A bit too melodramatic for my taste. I’m done with the series, at least for now.
Not as charming as the first book, but it had it's moments.
Absolutely adored the scenes with Percy. And I felt myself holding my breath waiting to find out how he was going to get out of that dreadful bind at the end. Sink me! He's a genius.
The chapters from Marguerite's point of view were absolutely excruciating. Could there be a dumber heroine? And I could do without the repeatedness of how god damn good looking the characters are. We get it, Baroness. Good lord.
Absolutely adored the scenes with Percy. And I felt myself holding my breath waiting to find out how he was going to get out of that dreadful bind at the end. Sink me! He's a genius.
The chapters from Marguerite's point of view were absolutely excruciating. Could there be a dumber heroine? And I could do without the repeatedness of how god damn good looking the characters are. We get it, Baroness. Good lord.