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A review by manwithanagenda
The Dark Secret of Weatherend by John Bellairs, Edward Gorey
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
There isn't much substance to this. Anthony Monday and his family were working class, concerned with money, and their world was all-too-real. Bellairs changes all of that when he has a weather-obsessed magician and his death-cult waltz into town.
The plot ticks away like a middle grade adventure-mystery should with some sufficient creepy scenes, Anthony at one point becomes possessed and walks halfway across town and wakes up with lost time, but this lacks the absurd wow factor and emotional character development present in Bellairs' other series. And of course, today's standards are much higher than they were in the 80s.
It was ok.
Anthony Monday
Next: 'The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb'
Previous: 'The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn'
The plot ticks away like a middle grade adventure-mystery should with some sufficient creepy scenes, Anthony at one point becomes possessed and walks halfway across town and wakes up with lost time, but this lacks the absurd wow factor and emotional character development present in Bellairs' other series. And of course, today's standards are much higher than they were in the 80s.
It was ok.
Anthony Monday
Next: 'The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb'
Previous: 'The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn'