Scan barcode
A review by saschadarlington
Ninja Girl by Cookie O'Gorman
4.0
I missed Cookie O’Gorman’s Adorkable, which I heard so many good things about, and so I was happy to be given the opportunity to read and review her next novel Ninja Girl.
Ninja Girl is for all of us girls who like the idea of not needing to be saved, but of doing the saving ourselves and not losing any of our romantic girliness (even if it’s just hidden in our taste of movies). Plus, it has a guy, Ash, who thinks that that kind of girl is kickass and doesn’t feel emasculated being around her. Now that’s a cool guy!
I enjoyed Ninja Girl because it is different from the norm, despite the fact that it has the requisite mean girls. I did, however, feel that there were a few missed opportunities to make Ninja Girl even more special. The ending, to me, was predictable and I had figured things out despite a red herring thrown in there.
After having gone through several books that I read in just an evening, I wondered why this one just didn’t hold my attention as well. One reason I’m thinking is that in an average length novel an author does a disservice by throwing in a lot of extra characters; it seems to dilute things. This isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned it as it happens a lot in novels that are a part of series, which Ninja Girl is. Perhaps this trend is particularly noticeable when you have only read a single book in a series. Considering that series are the current thing, I’m probably alone in this feeling. That said, Ninja Girl is still a better than average young adult read.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Ninja Girl is for all of us girls who like the idea of not needing to be saved, but of doing the saving ourselves and not losing any of our romantic girliness (even if it’s just hidden in our taste of movies). Plus, it has a guy, Ash, who thinks that that kind of girl is kickass and doesn’t feel emasculated being around her. Now that’s a cool guy!
I enjoyed Ninja Girl because it is different from the norm, despite the fact that it has the requisite mean girls. I did, however, feel that there were a few missed opportunities to make Ninja Girl even more special. The ending, to me, was predictable and I had figured things out despite a red herring thrown in there.
After having gone through several books that I read in just an evening, I wondered why this one just didn’t hold my attention as well. One reason I’m thinking is that in an average length novel an author does a disservice by throwing in a lot of extra characters; it seems to dilute things. This isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned it as it happens a lot in novels that are a part of series, which Ninja Girl is. Perhaps this trend is particularly noticeable when you have only read a single book in a series. Considering that series are the current thing, I’m probably alone in this feeling. That said, Ninja Girl is still a better than average young adult read.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.