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A review by nerdyreferencelibrarian89
To Catch a Thief by Matt Forbeck
3.0
This was a fun, quick read, definitely written primarily for 8-12 year olds. It is a great introduction to D&D, and in many ways feels like a starting D&D experience.
Some of the situations the main character gets in feel too big, with beings too powerful, to warrant the interaction of a inexperienced minor thief.
There also was no real fighting that I found in my two read through of the book. That could be because this was the thief, or it could just be the way the books are written. Lots of the character interactions are a little slapstick or campy, but I think this works great for the intended age audience.
One fun thing is that I noticed is there seemed to be several very different end results readers could get, depending on the choices they made, which gives it a lot of re-readability.
An enjoyable and fun read, that reminded me of when I was in elementary school, reading similar D&D choose your own adventure books. I definitely will give another one of these a try, and am glad to see this is an avenue Wizards of the Coast is now exploring.
Some of the situations the main character gets in feel too big, with beings too powerful, to warrant the interaction of a inexperienced minor thief.
There also was no real fighting that I found in my two read through of the book. That could be because this was the thief, or it could just be the way the books are written. Lots of the character interactions are a little slapstick or campy, but I think this works great for the intended age audience.
One fun thing is that I noticed is there seemed to be several very different end results readers could get, depending on the choices they made, which gives it a lot of re-readability.
An enjoyable and fun read, that reminded me of when I was in elementary school, reading similar D&D choose your own adventure books. I definitely will give another one of these a try, and am glad to see this is an avenue Wizards of the Coast is now exploring.