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A review by lunaballz
The Good Demon by Jimmy Cajoleas
2.0
A solid "meh". The premise sounded great, but it didn't quite deliver for me. It couldn't seem to decide whether it was YA or middle grade.
The characters didn't speak like teenagers; they often recounted their dreams to each other but not just weird regular dreams, they described them like poetry. And if Roy didn't describe it flowery enough, Clare made him retell it.
It also fell into the "I'm not like other girls" trope.
And if you're looking for an exorcist-like book, it disappoints there, too. It's much more of a slower mystery, with paranormal elements.
Basically, if they took out the swearing and condensed the first half of the book where not much happens, it'd be a great middle grade book!
The characters didn't speak like teenagers; they often recounted their dreams to each other but not just weird regular dreams, they described them like poetry. And if Roy didn't describe it flowery enough, Clare made him retell it.
It also fell into the "I'm not like other girls" trope.
I've had boys like me before, too. I've been one of the desired ones. It's the dirty secret of the jock that he always wants the weird girl.. It wasn't even relevant to the story?
And if you're looking for an exorcist-like book, it disappoints there, too. It's much more of a slower mystery, with paranormal elements.
Basically, if they took out the swearing and condensed the first half of the book where not much happens, it'd be a great middle grade book!