A review by ngallion
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens

3.0

This book is certainly not bad, but I’m easily 30 years too old to really enjoy this. It’s a simply written middle grade fantasy that borrows elements from other well known things you’ve read. To be fair, it reads more like homage than direct lifting, but I thought more than once about how I’d rather be reading the original sources rather than this remix. If I were 10, I’d probably have loved this. As a middle-aged adult, I couldn’t wait for it to be over.