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A review by roseleaf24
The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
3.0
Printz Honor 2009
If this hadn't been a Printz Honor, and thus on a list where it would stay until I read it at some point anyway, I would have followed the fifty page rule and put it down. If I'd picked it up after the first one, which I also mostly continued because I would at some point. The last 150 were very interesting and went really quickly, but the rest was so slow for me. I think it is primarily an issue of voice for me. Octavian's voice just isn't that compelling, though his character and his story are.
It's a good story and a good book; I wouldn't argue with the award committee at all. Just not my cup of tea.
If this hadn't been a Printz Honor, and thus on a list where it would stay until I read it at some point anyway, I would have followed the fifty page rule and put it down. If I'd picked it up after the first one, which I also mostly continued because I would at some point. The last 150 were very interesting and went really quickly, but the rest was so slow for me. I think it is primarily an issue of voice for me. Octavian's voice just isn't that compelling, though his character and his story are.
It's a good story and a good book; I wouldn't argue with the award committee at all. Just not my cup of tea.