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A review by endlessreader
The Crooked Sixpence by Jennifer Bell
2.0
I really wanted to like The Crooked Sixpence. I mean, it has a blurb from the author of The School for Good and Evil, which is a book I really enjoyed (despite not being a huge fan of middle grade novels) AND it's being compared to JK Rowling. I thought I would enjoy this one. Unfortunately for me, this didn't really happen.
The Good: I thought Ivy was feisty and I really like that in a heroine. The world building in The Crooked Sixpence was extremely elaborate and very few aspects were brushed off. You really do get to know the world of Ludinor.
The Not-so-good: The pacing in The Crooked Sixpence is all over the place. There are a few parts in this book that were engaging and off-putting (in a good way), but there were way more parts where the pacing lags. I spent most of this book wishing that the pace would pick back up so that I wouldn't be so bored. I never felt like that happened. I never really clicked with what was happening. Another thing that bothered me was Ivy. While I liked her feisty nature, she never really screamed 11 year old to me. She was written in a way where she seemed much older. Not in a precocious way, but rather in a way where you start to think "This isn't just your smart/mature for her age 11 year old. This is someone who's not really 11."
Overall, I wasn't a big fan of The Crooked Sixpence. I was bored throughout and thought that the book lagged quite a bit.
The Good: I thought Ivy was feisty and I really like that in a heroine. The world building in The Crooked Sixpence was extremely elaborate and very few aspects were brushed off. You really do get to know the world of Ludinor.
The Not-so-good: The pacing in The Crooked Sixpence is all over the place. There are a few parts in this book that were engaging and off-putting (in a good way), but there were way more parts where the pacing lags. I spent most of this book wishing that the pace would pick back up so that I wouldn't be so bored. I never felt like that happened. I never really clicked with what was happening. Another thing that bothered me was Ivy. While I liked her feisty nature, she never really screamed 11 year old to me. She was written in a way where she seemed much older. Not in a precocious way, but rather in a way where you start to think "This isn't just your smart/mature for her age 11 year old. This is someone who's not really 11."
Overall, I wasn't a big fan of The Crooked Sixpence. I was bored throughout and thought that the book lagged quite a bit.