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danielkelly's Reviews (22)
Wasn't hooking me onto anything — sounds like the author went through a lot, but not every trauma needs to be a book, and this writing just wasn't engaging.
No story for me to hook onto, more substance in a paragraph of other authors' writing than 1.25 books from
this series. I tried!
this series. I tried!
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Seeing as it's a children's book, it did a good scanning job of some of the stories from Arthur's round table — it's pretty shallow and sweeping for the mostpart, but it introduces characters I'd be interested in learning more about in more depth elsewhere (and the illustrations are smokey and haunting and excellent).
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Some faint whiff of a story and world there, but much better, more complex and rewarding writing exists. Only hope the rest of the story improves.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One thing I enjoyed was the Island transforming over time, from something pastoral to different monstrous spaces — like a fixed view timelapse. Otherwise, I was remarkably bored despite reading something meant to be terribly dark.