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A review by celia_thebookishhufflepuff
The Jumbie God's Revenge by Tracey Baptiste
4.0
This definitely had a lot going on. It kind of tied everything together nicely, but it really dragged.
There was a lot that I couldn't really follow here. It was hard to tell what was going on with Corinne. A lot of it seemed thrown together haphazardly and didn't really have much purpose.
I did like that we get more background on Bouki and Malik, instead of just that they were orphans. I liked seeing that other side of them, although there are still a lot of unanswered questions about Auntie Lou. What did she know, or what made Corinne think that she was involved with jumbies? Not everything she didn't understand had to be jumbie related, and I'm not sure why they left this unanswered.
I also thought the ending with Papa Bois and Mama D'Leau was really confusing, and I'm wondering how it reflects on own voices audiences to see their head jumbies reflected this way. I don't know much of the culture, but this part stands out to me.
It would be interesting to see how the target middle grade audience reacts to these plot holes and the confusion. Sometimes I know kids do react to these things or understand them better than adults. I could see myself recommending this to kids who are into mythology or Percy Jackson, but only if they have strong reading comprehension, because I was very confused throughout this series.
There was a lot that I couldn't really follow here. It was hard to tell what was going on with Corinne. A lot of it seemed thrown together haphazardly and didn't really have much purpose.
I did like that we get more background on Bouki and Malik, instead of just that they were orphans. I liked seeing that other side of them, although there are still a lot of unanswered questions about Auntie Lou. What did she know, or what made Corinne think that she was involved with jumbies? Not everything she didn't understand had to be jumbie related, and I'm not sure why they left this unanswered.
I also thought the ending with Papa Bois and Mama D'Leau was really confusing, and I'm wondering how it reflects on own voices audiences to see their head jumbies reflected this way. I don't know much of the culture, but this part stands out to me.
It would be interesting to see how the target middle grade audience reacts to these plot holes and the confusion. Sometimes I know kids do react to these things or understand them better than adults. I could see myself recommending this to kids who are into mythology or Percy Jackson, but only if they have strong reading comprehension, because I was very confused throughout this series.