A review by theoehatch
Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale

2.0

I’m so sorry. I was looking forward to reading this book after reading “Rapunzel's Revenge”. I had told everyone how great Shannon Hale’s book was and how I was looking forward to the second book. “Rapunzel's Revenge” was about a girl over coming bad. This book is about someone that is bad and we are supposed to like him. It didn’t work for me. No matter how you color coat it Jack is a two-bit thief and a liar that never realized he was wrong and never changed. I wouldn’t want to be Rapunzel in a year when she finds Jack gone along with everything of value that she has. Who knows maybe Rapunzel did change him or maybe she will become just part of his band of thieves. What I do know is I won’t be encouraging my friends to read this book to their kids. Shannon should go back to writing books like “The Goose Girl” and “Book of a Thousand Days”. These stories are good well written stories about good over coming bad. Maybe in a world where evil seem to trump good more often Shannon Hale thinks she needs to keep up with the times. If so I will be reading less Shannon Hale.