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alexvb 's review for:
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians: The Worldspire
by Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson
fast-paced
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the entirity of this series, the first four books really helped me during the pandemic lockdown. I definitely think it's a good middle grade series for children and more people should pick this series up!
However, I could've done without the romance plotline in this one personally - I feel it was way more heavy handed in this installment, and I feel like it was heavy handed in this book just because we were following a female character because /of course/ a female main character just has to have a romantic plotline *snore* I would've preferred without. We didn't need to know if they got together in the end or not - this is a middle grade, not a YA or adult romantasy.
And for some reason I really didn't like how meta every chapter opening was in this one. A good chunk of every single opening was very meta and breaking the fourth wall and I think it was (again) a lot more heavy handed than in previous Alcatraz books.
Also apparently Alcatraz is so traumatised by what happened in this final book that he refuses to write it is WEIRD. Because everything super bad that happened was in book 5, not this one. I can completely understand Bastille writing the parts Alcatraz was in a coma for, but the rest of the book went pretty smoothly and no where near as much bad stuff happened as what did in book 5, so I really don't understand why Alcatraz couldn't have written this final one.
I wish Sanderson had written and finished this final one too.
BUT it was great to see the conclusion to this series, and I really enjoyed seeing Sharks, Kitties, and a Gak in this final installment! (I am also very happy we got a mention of the dinosaurs again in this one!)
However, I could've done without the romance plotline in this one personally - I feel it was way more heavy handed in this installment, and I feel like it was heavy handed in this book just because we were following a female character because /of course/ a female main character just has to have a romantic plotline *snore* I would've preferred without. We didn't need to know if they got together in the end or not - this is a middle grade, not a YA or adult romantasy.
And for some reason I really didn't like how meta every chapter opening was in this one. A good chunk of every single opening was very meta and breaking the fourth wall and I think it was (again) a lot more heavy handed than in previous Alcatraz books.
Also apparently Alcatraz is so traumatised by what happened in this final book that he refuses to write it is WEIRD. Because everything super bad that happened was in book 5, not this one. I can completely understand Bastille writing the parts Alcatraz was in a coma for, but the rest of the book went pretty smoothly and no where near as much bad stuff happened as what did in book 5, so I really don't understand why Alcatraz couldn't have written this final one.
I wish Sanderson had written and finished this final one too.
BUT it was great to see the conclusion to this series, and I really enjoyed seeing Sharks, Kitties, and a Gak in this final installment! (I am also very happy we got a mention of the dinosaurs again in this one!)