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A review by bookphile
Page by Tamora Pierce
3.0
I started thinking that about the often used phrase "Yamani face" as in "Kel put on her best Yamani face" meaning she's trying to be stoic and emotionless and realized that if you substitute in a real nationality, especially of a non-white nation (such as Yamani is), it's kind of really offensive??? Like imagine a white character saying "I put on my best Japanese face". What does that even mean? And for that to mean you're trying to look stoic and emotionless... good lord. It doesn't read a bad when it's an imaginary nation, but when you think about it, wow.
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This is a great continuation to the Protector of the Small series. The world expands, we meet more characters, and we get to see more of the world.
While I do love Kel with all my heart, sometimes she's just so painfully... I don't even know how to describe it... pragmatic and self-righteous? I mean, I know she's thirteen and I mean what tween doesn't think they're always right about everything. But sometimes, it just makes her blind to the most obvious things. Like Wyldon for example; she recognizes that when he makes her work at a height, he is helping her deal with her fear in a productive manner. However, she somehow fails to see that during lessons, when he corrects her, or when he makes her tilting targets harder than the boy's he's actually complimenting her and raising the stakes every time her skills increase.
The bullying also, at one point it almost seems that Kel wants Joren and the gang to be out bullying so they can beat them up. And while I understand the feeling of wanting to be a hero, I'd understand it from her friends, but I'd think that Kel of all people would be happy that they're not out and about.
I basically love all the supporting characters. I love Neal and Owen (i kind of love the little guy), and Jump and the sparrows!!! And Lalasa.
This is the series in which Tamora begins to explore social issues. Especially in terms of nobles vs servants and freemen. Servants have no power at all, and when it comes to their own word against their masters' it's unlikely they'll win, worse their own kind will turn against them.
We also get more POC and LGBTA representation, also of course many people would probably not pick up on the latter with Lalasa. Though Kel's statement works well too.
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This is a great continuation to the Protector of the Small series. The world expands, we meet more characters, and we get to see more of the world.
While I do love Kel with all my heart, sometimes she's just so painfully... I don't even know how to describe it... pragmatic and self-righteous? I mean, I know she's thirteen and I mean what tween doesn't think they're always right about everything. But sometimes, it just makes her blind to the most obvious things. Like Wyldon for example; she recognizes that when he makes her work at a height, he is helping her deal with her fear in a productive manner. However, she somehow fails to see that during lessons, when he corrects her, or when he makes her tilting targets harder than the boy's he's actually complimenting her and raising the stakes every time her skills increase.
The bullying also, at one point it almost seems that Kel wants Joren and the gang to be out bullying so they can beat them up. And while I understand the feeling of wanting to be a hero, I'd understand it from her friends, but I'd think that Kel of all people would be happy that they're not out and about.
I basically love all the supporting characters. I love Neal and Owen (i kind of love the little guy), and Jump and the sparrows!!! And Lalasa.
This is the series in which Tamora begins to explore social issues. Especially in terms of nobles vs servants and freemen. Servants have no power at all, and when it comes to their own word against their masters' it's unlikely they'll win, worse their own kind will turn against them.
We also get more POC and LGBTA representation, also of course many people would probably not pick up on the latter with Lalasa. Though Kel's statement works well too.