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A review by goblinhearted
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir
3.0
This took me way longer to read than it ought to have, especially for a 150 page book. I thought the premise was cute and am a fan of Muir’s “Locked Tomb” book series so I decided to give this a try.
There are parts of this book that I really liked a lot - I enjoyed Floralinda’s character development and how she changes over the course of the book. I especially liked the volatile, haughty fairy, “Cobweb” (what a cute name!). The dynamics between the two were cute - honestly I probably would have finished a 150 page book about just those two trapped in a room together much sooner.
I think I struggled with the actual action of going down flight-by-flight and killing the monsters. I just don’t think I’m an action scene girly. Something about it seemed tedious. There was nothing particularly surprising, suspenseful, or interesting about each floor. I found myself feeling eager to finish it.
Something about the ending fell a bit flat for me. It just didn’t tie up in a way that made me feel satisfied or that made everything that had happened feel worth it.
All of that said, I think the subversion of the “princess trapped in a tower” is a very cool concept and I respect the existence of this story, even if it didn’t hit me as hard as I would have liked.
There are parts of this book that I really liked a lot - I enjoyed Floralinda’s character development and how she changes over the course of the book. I especially liked the volatile, haughty fairy, “Cobweb” (what a cute name!). The dynamics between the two were cute - honestly I probably would have finished a 150 page book about just those two trapped in a room together much sooner.
I think I struggled with the actual action of going down flight-by-flight and killing the monsters. I just don’t think I’m an action scene girly. Something about it seemed tedious. There was nothing particularly surprising, suspenseful, or interesting about each floor. I found myself feeling eager to finish it.
Something about the ending fell a bit flat for me. It just didn’t tie up in a way that made me feel satisfied or that made everything that had happened feel worth it.
All of that said, I think the subversion of the “princess trapped in a tower” is a very cool concept and I respect the existence of this story, even if it didn’t hit me as hard as I would have liked.