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A review by redentrapy
Mastiff by Tamora Pierce
4.0
Out of all the books in this series this is my worst favorite that being said it is still great. Tamora Pierce is great with characterization which is why she is one of my all time favorite authors. I fall in love with her characters. This book is no different. She is also very good at making the story flow well and her plots are always fun filled adventures. She is good with imagery and bringing you into the story.
I honestly love Farmer Cape. This character just makes me smile on almost every page. He is truly silly to his very core but he's not stupid. This man could probably beat Sir Miles (another Tamora Pierce character who loves chess) at a game of chess. I love how he gets Beka, who is so beyond shy she can't even talk to people she's known forever sometimes, to open up. She laughs and jokes with him. Beka is usually so serious and a workaholic she needs someone like Farmer to keep her from dying of an ulcer XP.
The plot in this book was predictable and in places sooooooo slow I almost couldn't keep reading but once you get past them the story is great and intriguing. The only thing that truly truly bothered me was what happened to Tunstall. As I stated before Tamora Pierce is great at characterization and Tunstall is one of the main ones of this story, but she completely did a 180 on his personality from the other books. I can't see him doing what he did ever and I was floored and not in a good way.
The ending of this book was a little rushed while the beginning was beyond slow....still absolutely love it though.....guess I'm a masochist XP.
I honestly love Farmer Cape. This character just makes me smile on almost every page. He is truly silly to his very core but he's not stupid. This man could probably beat Sir Miles (another Tamora Pierce character who loves chess) at a game of chess. I love how he gets Beka, who is so beyond shy she can't even talk to people she's known forever sometimes, to open up. She laughs and jokes with him. Beka is usually so serious and a workaholic she needs someone like Farmer to keep her from dying of an ulcer XP.
The plot in this book was predictable and in places sooooooo slow I almost couldn't keep reading but once you get past them the story is great and intriguing. The only thing that truly truly bothered me was what happened to Tunstall. As I stated before Tamora Pierce is great at characterization and Tunstall is one of the main ones of this story, but she completely did a 180 on his personality from the other books. I can't see him doing what he did ever and I was floored and not in a good way.
The ending of this book was a little rushed while the beginning was beyond slow....still absolutely love it though.....guess I'm a masochist XP.