A review by kellysavagebooks
The Badlings by Ksenia Anske

adventurous lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

A bunch of kids don’t finish reading books and, as punishment, are pulled into a sentient book filled with the stories they left unread.

As someone very pro-DNF, I was bound not to love this book. In fact, I very nearly DNF’d it. My first Anske was Rosehead, a book that is dark and dreamy and poetic. This book is kind of the opposite, silly and simple and, in my opinion, a reading experience that feels mostly pointless. This book is aimed at kids, which puts me out of its target audience anyway. But, yeah, I didn’t like it.