476 reviews for:

The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

E.M. Anderson

3.77 AVERAGE

annie_bo_bannie's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad 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

starslang's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

landofkait's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

miraveta's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

igarr's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

greysonk's review against another edition

2.5

medium-paced

riverlethe's review against another edition

4.0

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I adore books with older protagonists, especially ones which really point out all the levels which are different from being a teenage heroine. This book could have succeeded in just being a silly adventure romp but then it had to land a major blow on the side of morality which was incredibly meaningful. (I detest dragons which is why I didn’t rate it 5 stars but that’s entirely a me problem.)

abbyjennhm's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Complicated

al27caro's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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ok but not great

valodniece's review against another edition

4.25

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

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A fun time with a cast of diverse found family and inverting the Chosen One trope, where the Chosen One is an elderly woman instead of a teenager, accompanied on her journey by her anxious nursing home orderly, a teenage Chosen One wannabe, and a mysterious and troubled elf. The only things that bothered me here were the rapid POV shifts, even in the same paragraph, as well as the villain origin story. For a contemporary world with magic and dragons, where smartphones and the Internet still exist, the villain's origin story could have easily been dealt with by an anonymous online support group.