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A review by mbenzz
Pages & Co.: The Lost Fairy Tales by Anna James
3.0
While I enjoyed this new adventure with Tilly and Oskar through the fractured world of various fairy tales, I did not like this book as much as the first one.
Tilly's attitude really started to wear on me. She was so disrespectful to her Grandparents, who were just trying to keep her safe. She's been bookwandering for all of five minutes, yet she acts as though she knows everything there is to know about it. She repeatedly disobeyed their instructions only to find herself and her best friend in trouble...again.
The book ends with a lot of unfinished business. Sure, the Chalk situation is cleared up, but now the issues within the Underlibrary are getting more serious, and there's the possibility of the Archivists finally being found. This book was clearly a set-up for the next book, which makes it a little more slow-going and boring in places.
I think I would have enjoyed this more if there were less talk of Underlibrary rules and bureaucracy and more adventures being inside actual books.
As it is, I think I'm going to take a break from this series. I'm not a huge fan of Tilly, and I really don't care enough to see what the outcome of all this will be. I love the idea behind this series, but I'm not feeling the execution.
Tilly's attitude really started to wear on me. She was so disrespectful to her Grandparents, who were just trying to keep her safe. She's been bookwandering for all of five minutes, yet she acts as though she knows everything there is to know about it. She repeatedly disobeyed their instructions only to find herself and her best friend in trouble...again.
The book ends with a lot of unfinished business. Sure, the Chalk situation is cleared up, but now the issues within the Underlibrary are getting more serious, and there's the possibility of the Archivists finally being found. This book was clearly a set-up for the next book, which makes it a little more slow-going and boring in places.
I think I would have enjoyed this more if there were less talk of Underlibrary rules and bureaucracy and more adventures being inside actual books.
As it is, I think I'm going to take a break from this series. I'm not a huge fan of Tilly, and I really don't care enough to see what the outcome of all this will be. I love the idea behind this series, but I'm not feeling the execution.