A review by breakfastgrey
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo

2.0

This felt like a Kate DiCamillo paint by numbers or a bad cover band remix of Tale of Despereaux x The Inquisitor’s Tale. I struggle to define what separates a great vs mediocre DiCamillo tale in my mind because this book is technically proficient. I think when the characters don’t land with the reader, it reveals that many of her stories are unoriginal, the morals identical (love and stories are all that matters in this world), and her authorial voice obnoxious and patronizing. When the characters do, then suddenly the story becomes classic, the moral timeless, and the authorial voice one of a warm storyteller at a fireside.