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A review by stiricide
Dandelion Fire by N.D. Wilson
1.0
DNF p. 101. The problem with writing a book where characters flit between worlds (especially speculative worlds, or worlds with very different rules/timelines/etc from our own) is that you have to establish those rules before your characters interact with them, otherwise you're just flinging plot every which way and nothing makes any sense.
Wilson handled this well enough in the previous novel, but all pretense of that is gone in the sequel, and I'm not sticking around to find out if any of these vocab words ever get explained or if any of the worldbuilding is actually watertight. I'm confused and bored.
There is also, like, an incredible amount of graphic torture for what is ostensibly a middle-grade read.
Wilson handled this well enough in the previous novel, but all pretense of that is gone in the sequel, and I'm not sticking around to find out if any of these vocab words ever get explained or if any of the worldbuilding is actually watertight. I'm confused and bored.
There is also, like, an incredible amount of graphic torture for what is ostensibly a middle-grade read.