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Aru Shah and the End of Time
by Roshani Chokshi
This is one of those books that I don't really love myself, but am glad exists in the world for other people. I'm sure many young Hindu readers will see themselves in the heroine, and children in general will likely learn a lot about the mythological figures that author Roshani Chokshi has incorporated into her tale. (It's the first release in Disney-Hyperion's "Rick Riordan Presents" publishing line, which is explicitly aimed at delivering folklore-inspired #ownvoices stories from writers of underrepresented cultural backgrounds.)
Where the novel fails for me is in its macguffin-collecting plotline, along with some perpetual wisecracking about things like selfies and Oreos. I haven't read any of Riordan's Percy Jackson series, so I don't know how that compares, but this volume also skews closer to middle-grade urban fantasy than the young-adult epic fantasy I generally prefer. I may check out some of the other RRP titles, and I'll happily recommend this one to a certain sort of reader, but I don't feel particularly drawn to continue on with its sequels.
Where the novel fails for me is in its macguffin-collecting plotline, along with some perpetual wisecracking about things like selfies and Oreos. I haven't read any of Riordan's Percy Jackson series, so I don't know how that compares, but this volume also skews closer to middle-grade urban fantasy than the young-adult epic fantasy I generally prefer. I may check out some of the other RRP titles, and I'll happily recommend this one to a certain sort of reader, but I don't feel particularly drawn to continue on with its sequels.