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brittster622's review against another edition
4.0
Indira is thrown into another adventure with some familiar farces and also some new friends. After finishing her first story, she is encouraged to practice and hone some areas she is lacking in before she begins work on her upcoming story. This occurs through a scenario/tutorial of sorts that her and her friends are to navigate through. Half way through their scenario, things go awry and they are tasked with saving the land of Imagination.
This was a very fun sequel! It was nice to see the relationship between Indira and Phoenix grow and evolve a little. I really enjoyed the scenario and watching the characters get points based on their reactions and decisions to events happening in the scenario. One of the characters mentions that it feels like a video game and not only do I agree, I think that’s why I liked it so much. We get to see an author in a new way that really brought the story to life and broke walls that the world has previously built. I hope Indira will have more stories in the future!
This was a very fun sequel! It was nice to see the relationship between Indira and Phoenix grow and evolve a little. I really enjoyed the scenario and watching the characters get points based on their reactions and decisions to events happening in the scenario. One of the characters mentions that it feels like a video game and not only do I agree, I think that’s why I liked it so much. We get to see an author in a new way that really brought the story to life and broke walls that the world has previously built. I hope Indira will have more stories in the future!
linesuponapage's review against another edition
5.0
Escaping Ordinary, 3rd book in the Talespinners Series by Scott Reintgen, is no ordinary book. If you want a masterclass on how to write a plot through mystery, adventure, and building good friendships with antagonists that may or may not be able to change after they meet the heroin Indira Story this entertaining, darling book is for you! I truly believe that author, Scott Reintgen's Talespinners series should not only be encouraged by Librarians, school teachers, and parents for middle-grade readers who want a great adventure but be used in writing classes on the building of a novel and the elements of writing that novel.
Escaping Ordinary never leaves a gap between it and its older sibling book like other books I have read, Saving Fable. Indira Story has saved Fable and is now being sent on a vacation which includes Tutorial Training on the next level of her journey as book heroin to make her even more relatable to the reader of her next adventure. This becomes no vacation!!! The book is filled with twisting and turning danger, adventure, learning to make decisions in a blink of an eye, and deeper meaning to getting to know strangers and those who are already your friends.
I would not pass on this book! Read it, and you won't have to wait long for the next Talespinners book coming in September 2021!
Scott Reintgen has got to be my favorite author for Middle-Grade and Young Adult books.
Thank you, NetGalley, Crown Children's Books, and especially Scott Reintgen for the honor of reading another fabulous Talespinners book in lieu of my honest review.
Escaping Ordinary never leaves a gap between it and its older sibling book like other books I have read, Saving Fable. Indira Story has saved Fable and is now being sent on a vacation which includes Tutorial Training on the next level of her journey as book heroin to make her even more relatable to the reader of her next adventure. This becomes no vacation!!! The book is filled with twisting and turning danger, adventure, learning to make decisions in a blink of an eye, and deeper meaning to getting to know strangers and those who are already your friends.
I would not pass on this book! Read it, and you won't have to wait long for the next Talespinners book coming in September 2021!
Scott Reintgen has got to be my favorite author for Middle-Grade and Young Adult books.
Thank you, NetGalley, Crown Children's Books, and especially Scott Reintgen for the honor of reading another fabulous Talespinners book in lieu of my honest review.
wordsareweapons's review against another edition
4.0
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing a copy for review.
Ok so this was adorable! I didn't read the first book but it was easy to follow. I really liked the concept of this book it was super unique. We follow Indira Story who is the main character in her own book. After saving the town of Fable she returns to Protagonist Prep with her fellow characters. There they get assigned trials to develop further as characters. She is introduced to more characters who are waiting for their own stories to get written. They travel to Ordinary and along the way a rogue Author ends up in Imagination and starts destroying the Hero's Journey. I really liked how this was a story within a story. The characters were good, and some of them were funny. It had a nice adventure, and shows how a story gets created at the same time.
Ok so this was adorable! I didn't read the first book but it was easy to follow. I really liked the concept of this book it was super unique. We follow Indira Story who is the main character in her own book. After saving the town of Fable she returns to Protagonist Prep with her fellow characters. There they get assigned trials to develop further as characters. She is introduced to more characters who are waiting for their own stories to get written. They travel to Ordinary and along the way a rogue Author ends up in Imagination and starts destroying the Hero's Journey. I really liked how this was a story within a story. The characters were good, and some of them were funny. It had a nice adventure, and shows how a story gets created at the same time.
williamsalley's review against another edition
5.0
The book Escaping the Ordinary is a funfilled adventure book. It has lots of action and full and characters that are memorable. Indira by far is a character that seeks to be perfect and is on a quest to achieve this in her life, Phoenix helps in this adventure to make it memorable and exciting.
okiecozyreader's review against another edition
4.0
“Remember that every end is just a new beginning.” P294
For video game loving students, this is an exciting escape into their worlds, with lots of techie talk and adventure.
For video game loving students, this is an exciting escape into their worlds, with lots of techie talk and adventure.
rjlee89's review
5.0
The thing with series is now I have to wait, impatiently, for the third book to release next month... All that to say, highly recommend this sequel to a cute, fun, clever, and original series about the world of Imagination where the characters of stories that Authors (of the Real World) use/create are from. It's such a fascinating premise and I just want to be there more, but of course I read it so fast because I just need to know what will happen and then, the dreaded feeling of oh, it's already over.
This time the story follows Indira and she learns to be a hero includes working together as a team, which includes helping others out, or moving aside so others can share or have the spotlight too. It's remarkably well done, especially with new threats, which were just so clever - both the Hero's Journey story tutorial and the "villain" that turns the world into a video-game and how the team approaches taking down this villain (the second time around). Even how the "true" villain and how he enters into play because of some "innocent" tinkering in the beginning (which, by the way, Beginning, Middle, and End were SO cool as this Trinity-esque ruler over Plot, 3 separate entities and yet one). Phoenix's reveal, was quite awesome - although, I will admit I was confused between the tutorial and the reality of the story plot until the end when I was like, oh this wasn't just part of the tutorial, but the real deal for his character. I felt like the author (as in Scott Reintgen, just to clarify) did a fantastic job of giving the characters more depth. Old ones from the first book and new ones. I could go on, but I'd basically be revealing the entire book, so just read it!
Based on a scene in the beginning, I did hope and think that there would be more of David, Indira's brother, involved in the plot, but maybe next time. This is being described at the "next Land of Stories", which I only hope will mean LOTS AND LOTS more stories. Yes, please, and thank you. For now, looking forward to the release of the third one next month (and for my local library to acquire it haha).
This time the story follows Indira and she learns to be a hero includes working together as a team, which includes helping others out, or moving aside so others can share or have the spotlight too. It's remarkably well done, especially with new threats, which were just so clever - both the Hero's Journey story tutorial and the "villain" that turns the world into a video-game and how the team approaches taking down this villain (the second time around). Even how the "true" villain and how he enters into play because of some "innocent" tinkering in the beginning (which, by the way, Beginning, Middle, and End were SO cool as this Trinity-esque ruler over Plot, 3 separate entities and yet one). Phoenix's reveal, was quite awesome - although, I will admit I was confused between the tutorial and the reality of the story plot until the end when I was like, oh this wasn't just part of the tutorial, but the real deal for his character. I felt like the author (as in Scott Reintgen, just to clarify) did a fantastic job of giving the characters more depth. Old ones from the first book and new ones. I could go on, but I'd basically be revealing the entire book, so just read it!
Based on a scene in the beginning, I did hope and think that there would be more of David, Indira's brother, involved in the plot, but maybe next time. This is being described at the "next Land of Stories", which I only hope will mean LOTS AND LOTS more stories. Yes, please, and thank you. For now, looking forward to the release of the third one next month (and for my local library to acquire it haha).
annette45's review against another edition
5.0
Thanks so much to Random House Children's Books and NetGalley for letting me have the chance to read, review and bask in the delightfulness of this story. Scott Reintgen has fast become one of my favorite authors with all his amazing books and I love this story!
I enjoyed and loved the previous book about Indira and her friends in Saving Fable so I was SO excited when I saw this sequel show up. This didn't disappoint, it was another great story in the land of Fable with Indira and her friends on another new adventure where we meet and get to know new characters as well as becoming more acquainted with some of the previous characters.
I love that Phoenix was back with Indira along with her brother, Dave, and others. It was a great transition, next chapter, next story in the adventures of Indira and friends in Fable. It talked about the plot method of The Hero's Journey in this one, which this is another thing I adore about these books is that Scott is using this method of storytelling to help teach about writing, characters, plots, backstories and different plot methods like The Hero's Journey so this book is great for everyone, children and adults alike. I love that this helps kids learn these things about writing and it can also be helpful to others who are learning about writing too.
Also while it's helping educate about writing and these things, it's wildly entertaining. The land of Fable, the story, and the characters are so easy to fall in love with and to become invested in these characters and stories with all that goes on too. I want to go meet Indira and visit the land of Fable myself because it sounds so amazing.
So, in this sequel to Saving Fable, it's the next year after Indira had to save Fable and was the lead character in a story of her own so now she's hoping and thinking that she'll get to have a break and go on a vacation. Of course, as one can guess, she doesn't get that break she was hoping for and is instead assigned to go through the tutorial for The Hero's Journey to prepare her for her story's sequel. One of the main things she's meant to focus on and learn during this tutorial is how to be a team player and she is joined by some previously known characters and also new ones as mentioned above.
This time around as she and her group of friends are going through the tutorial for The Hero's Journey, things begin to go wrong and they have to figure out what to do and how to fix it. In the town of Ordinary, where they are going through the tutorial, they find that there's an intruder who's taking over and trying to change the town into a giant video game. Indira and her friends have to figure out how to outplay and outsmart the intruder to protect the town of Ordinary and the land of Fable and they have to learn how to work together to do it so they don't lose any of the beloved stories or characters.
It's an exciting adventure full of great storytelling, learning experiences, and examples of how to work together as a team, learn about writing, stories, and everything else. It was another hit for me and I can't wait and hope to read more of Indira and her friends.
If you haven't read these, I would recommend starting with Saving Fable then reading this one, but it is possible to read this without having read the other. I just think it's that much better if you read Saving Fable first because why would you want to miss out on Indira, her friends, and the beginning. I hope you make sure to keep track of this, preorder it and get ready to read and enjoy one of the best books!
I enjoyed and loved the previous book about Indira and her friends in Saving Fable so I was SO excited when I saw this sequel show up. This didn't disappoint, it was another great story in the land of Fable with Indira and her friends on another new adventure where we meet and get to know new characters as well as becoming more acquainted with some of the previous characters.
I love that Phoenix was back with Indira along with her brother, Dave, and others. It was a great transition, next chapter, next story in the adventures of Indira and friends in Fable. It talked about the plot method of The Hero's Journey in this one, which this is another thing I adore about these books is that Scott is using this method of storytelling to help teach about writing, characters, plots, backstories and different plot methods like The Hero's Journey so this book is great for everyone, children and adults alike. I love that this helps kids learn these things about writing and it can also be helpful to others who are learning about writing too.
Also while it's helping educate about writing and these things, it's wildly entertaining. The land of Fable, the story, and the characters are so easy to fall in love with and to become invested in these characters and stories with all that goes on too. I want to go meet Indira and visit the land of Fable myself because it sounds so amazing.
So, in this sequel to Saving Fable, it's the next year after Indira had to save Fable and was the lead character in a story of her own so now she's hoping and thinking that she'll get to have a break and go on a vacation. Of course, as one can guess, she doesn't get that break she was hoping for and is instead assigned to go through the tutorial for The Hero's Journey to prepare her for her story's sequel. One of the main things she's meant to focus on and learn during this tutorial is how to be a team player and she is joined by some previously known characters and also new ones as mentioned above.
This time around as she and her group of friends are going through the tutorial for The Hero's Journey, things begin to go wrong and they have to figure out what to do and how to fix it. In the town of Ordinary, where they are going through the tutorial, they find that there's an intruder who's taking over and trying to change the town into a giant video game. Indira and her friends have to figure out how to outplay and outsmart the intruder to protect the town of Ordinary and the land of Fable and they have to learn how to work together to do it so they don't lose any of the beloved stories or characters.
It's an exciting adventure full of great storytelling, learning experiences, and examples of how to work together as a team, learn about writing, stories, and everything else. It was another hit for me and I can't wait and hope to read more of Indira and her friends.
If you haven't read these, I would recommend starting with Saving Fable then reading this one, but it is possible to read this without having read the other. I just think it's that much better if you read Saving Fable first because why would you want to miss out on Indira, her friends, and the beginning. I hope you make sure to keep track of this, preorder it and get ready to read and enjoy one of the best books!
madison_layne's review
5.0
This book was fabulous! Well done. Grabbed my attention yet again and left me wanting more just like book one!
asiantomato's review against another edition
4.0
I thought this book had a fun and interesting plot to it. Indira, our hero, learns that she's a little too good at relying on herself and is sent to training to learn how to rely on the assests of her team instead of charging into battle head first. When going through the training in the land of Plot, she and her team encounter something they've never seen before and discover that an Author has somehow ended up in their world. Together, they have to figure out a way to kick him out or else he will destroy everything.
I thought this plot of learning how to work with a team was interesting, but I don't really think it came through for me. I thought Indira was basically relying on her instincts the whole time until she has a conversation with someone that caused her to do a 180 and rely on her team for their last plan. It didn't feel gradual or natural to me, but rather sudden.
Other than that, this was a quick and fun read. I love the characters and how they grew throughout the story. I really liked the dynamic between Phoenix and Allen Squalls because while Allen was incredibly anxious and nervous about everything that was around him, Phoenix did his best to lift his friends up. And then, when it really came to the time when Phoenix needed him, while he was still scared, he went against that instinct and decided to stay for him. I liked his character development a lot.
I received a copy from Crown Books for Young Readers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I thought this plot of learning how to work with a team was interesting, but I don't really think it came through for me. I thought Indira was basically relying on her instincts the whole time until she has a conversation with someone that caused her to do a 180 and rely on her team for their last plan. It didn't feel gradual or natural to me, but rather sudden.
Other than that, this was a quick and fun read. I love the characters and how they grew throughout the story. I really liked the dynamic between Phoenix and Allen Squalls because while Allen was incredibly anxious and nervous about everything that was around him, Phoenix did his best to lift his friends up. And then, when it really came to the time when Phoenix needed him, while he was still scared, he went against that instinct and decided to stay for him. I liked his character development a lot.
I received a copy from Crown Books for Young Readers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.