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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book overall was pretty cute I’d say. Story kind of felt all over the place at times or random but I guess there’s always a reason in these books why they do what they do.
I did enjoy the back and forth perspectives between parties so you could see what was going on simultaneously. Occasionally you get it from the same group of characters who are traveling together but having it go between mother and daughter who were separate was kind of nice.
The ending felt oddly cut short but I’m not necessarily mad at it either.
I did enjoy the back and forth perspectives between parties so you could see what was going on simultaneously. Occasionally you get it from the same group of characters who are traveling together but having it go between mother and daughter who were separate was kind of nice.
The ending felt oddly cut short but I’m not necessarily mad at it either.
I loved the Xanth series as a kid, but I had a feeling when I found one on a shelf and decided to re-read it that it wouldn't have aged well, and I was right. It's frustrating because there are plot points I love and characters I adored, and seeing them again makes me feel nostalgic, but like all Xanth books there's a distinctive and unpleasant horny energy that I was pretty oblivious to as a kid. And by "distinctive" I mean specifically how the main character, all the other characters, and the narrator all agree that being 28 means you're "middle aged" and would be lucky to have a man ever look at you again, and how girls explicitly stated to be 15 and 16 are held up as being at the height of their sexual attractiveness--everyone stops to ogle their legs and "bosoms," and the main character (that ancient crone of 28) is jealous of all the attention they get. When I was 13, 16 did indeed seem quite mature. Now... it's pretty gross to read.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
I originally bought this book because it had dragons in it to encourage one of my nieces in her reading.
Naturally, I had to read it to be sure that it was age-appropriate...do love those excuses!
Naturally, I had to read it to be sure that it was age-appropriate...do love those excuses!
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
ivy is so precocious, yet most of the time I still believed she was a very small child. Most likely the fact that my own children had times when they sounded like miniature adults helped me to suspend any disbelief I may have had that a three year old could have survived in the ways that she did. Since her Talent is enhancement, when Ivy enhances herself, just about anything is possible, if she truly believes herself capable of it.
This is another of my favorites in the series.
This is another of my favorites in the series.
