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A review by thepurplegiraffe
Jack Frost, Volume 5: The End Becomes the Beginning by William Joyce
4.0
"Jack Frost! The fair-weather Guardian!" North would playfully gripe. "Comes and goes when he pleasies!"
"The word, my dear North, is pleases," E. Aster Bunnymund would correct.
"Go lay an egg, General Rabbit Bunny," North would retort, and they would begin to amiably argue.
I love this series. I just do. But I have to admit that this was not my favorite of the books. I enjoyed getting more of a look into Nightlight, and subsequently Jack Frost, but I don't know, I just found this one harder to get into? Maybe I should have re-read Sandman before jumping in, but I found myself lost in terms of plot. The weird flashback with Katherine's diary was just... odd.
But that said, I loved Jack telling his story. I loved the relationship between him and Katherine. I loved that Katherine has come into her own, and shows how it's perfectly all right to be grown-up and still keep your child-like wonder. And of course, the rest of the Guardians are perfectly wonderful and seeing MiM again was amazing. The illustrations were adorable. Twiner is my fave.
So overall, I think the other books were better, but this still made my heart happy. Jack is my son. I want to re-read the whole series now.
4 stars from me!
"The word, my dear North, is pleases," E. Aster Bunnymund would correct.
"Go lay an egg, General Rabbit Bunny," North would retort, and they would begin to amiably argue.
I love this series. I just do. But I have to admit that this was not my favorite of the books. I enjoyed getting more of a look into Nightlight, and subsequently Jack Frost, but I don't know, I just found this one harder to get into? Maybe I should have re-read Sandman before jumping in, but I found myself lost in terms of plot. The weird flashback with Katherine's diary was just... odd.
But that said, I loved Jack telling his story. I loved the relationship between him and Katherine. I loved that Katherine has come into her own, and shows how it's perfectly all right to be grown-up and still keep your child-like wonder. And of course, the rest of the Guardians are perfectly wonderful and seeing MiM again was amazing. The illustrations were adorable. Twiner is my fave.
So overall, I think the other books were better, but this still made my heart happy. Jack is my son. I want to re-read the whole series now.
4 stars from me!