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A review by peyton_
Jack Frost, Volume 5: The End Becomes the Beginning by William Joyce
4.0
Holy Backstory Batman!
This is another series that suffers from thicker-book syndrome. If I start reading a series and each book gets longer I wonder if it is work continuing the series. This was worse because all the books were the same until we came to Jack Frost, which is a good 100-150 pages longer than the other books. Why? Backstory.
I started reading Jack Frost and felt like I was missing a book in between books four and five. Clearly, a lot of time had passed and things had happened that I had not read about. However, the author provides the back story in the book. Two back stories, actually. Each take about 100 pages to tell. Is it worth it? No. If that much back story is needed, write it as a separate book. Jack Frost clearly came out too early and there needed to be a book between four and five.
There isn't much of a story to comment on, since so many pages were devoted to the past instead of the present. It was alright, but it just needed to be done differently.
This is another series that suffers from thicker-book syndrome. If I start reading a series and each book gets longer I wonder if it is work continuing the series. This was worse because all the books were the same until we came to Jack Frost, which is a good 100-150 pages longer than the other books. Why? Backstory.
I started reading Jack Frost and felt like I was missing a book in between books four and five. Clearly, a lot of time had passed and things had happened that I had not read about. However, the author provides the back story in the book. Two back stories, actually. Each take about 100 pages to tell. Is it worth it? No. If that much back story is needed, write it as a separate book. Jack Frost clearly came out too early and there needed to be a book between four and five.
There isn't much of a story to comment on, since so many pages were devoted to the past instead of the present. It was alright, but it just needed to be done differently.