oceanelle 's review for:

The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

3.25

hopeful mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The premise was so compelling to me in a TJ Klune kind of way, but the first third of the book dragged to the point that I wondered if we’d ever get to Clock Island, and then the actual game felt rushed. Lucy is an incredibly flat character—dare I say bordering on manic pixie dream girl?—and overall kind of sucked the fun out of the game (not to mention the

romance with Hugo

) for me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death