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elementarymydear 's review for:
The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher
by E.M. Anderson
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was so much fun and has so much heart!
I love subverted fantasy tropes, and the idea of an octogenarian Chosen One immediately had me sold. Edna is the perfect candidate for a Chosen One; she’s excited for adventure but not prepared to put up with any nonsense along the way. Her fellow adventurers are just as brilliant. There’s the loyal Benjamin, who despite his anxiety goes along on the adventure to make sure Edna is okay. Then there’s Clem, a vengeance-filled teenager who thinks that she should have been the rightful Chosen One.
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They’re a great team of characters, and you can’t help but get swept up in the story. And in the grand tradition of band-of-heroes fantasy adventures, they all find the thing they need (which isn’t always the thing they want). The setting is our world but with magic, so our heroes are armed with iPhones alongside the Sword of Destiny. I thought the fantastical elements were inserted into our world really neatly and cleverly, and the world-building is done really well.
Without spoiling anything, the story also puts a bit of a twist on the usual tropes of the gallant knights. I genuinely didn’t see the reveal towards the end coming (although like any good reveal it made perfect sense in retrospect!) and it made the villain much more human and sympathetic without fully redeeming him. I would have liked to see the Knights fleshed out a little bit more, but I do acknowledge that it would be hard to do that without changing the tone of the novel. There was a brilliant redemption arc for one of my favourite characters, and a sense that even though it wasn’t all solved at the end, things were on their way.
This is a really fun read, full of adventure and characters you can’t help but root for.
I received a free copy for review. All opinions are my own.
I love subverted fantasy tropes, and the idea of an octogenarian Chosen One immediately had me sold. Edna is the perfect candidate for a Chosen One; she’s excited for adventure but not prepared to put up with any nonsense along the way. Her fellow adventurers are just as brilliant. There’s the loyal Benjamin, who despite his anxiety goes along on the adventure to make sure Edna is okay. Then there’s Clem, a vengeance-filled teenager who thinks that she should have been the rightful Chosen One.
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They’re a great team of characters, and you can’t help but get swept up in the story. And in the grand tradition of band-of-heroes fantasy adventures, they all find the thing they need (which isn’t always the thing they want). The setting is our world but with magic, so our heroes are armed with iPhones alongside the Sword of Destiny. I thought the fantastical elements were inserted into our world really neatly and cleverly, and the world-building is done really well.
Without spoiling anything, the story also puts a bit of a twist on the usual tropes of the gallant knights. I genuinely didn’t see the reveal towards the end coming (although like any good reveal it made perfect sense in retrospect!) and it made the villain much more human and sympathetic without fully redeeming him. I would have liked to see the Knights fleshed out a little bit more, but I do acknowledge that it would be hard to do that without changing the tone of the novel. There was a brilliant redemption arc for one of my favourite characters, and a sense that even though it wasn’t all solved at the end, things were on their way.
This is a really fun read, full of adventure and characters you can’t help but root for.
I received a free copy for review. All opinions are my own.