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lightandedges's Reviews (55)
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
At the onset A Teller of Small Fortunes was everything I could want in a story. Tao, a fortune teller, is a traveler by necessity, as her magic makes her a target. It's better, she thinks, to be alone--that is, until she makes some friends. She meets Mash and Silt, erstwhile thieves, who are searching for Mash's missing daughter. Then she meets Kina, a baker, and is adopted by a cat called Fidelitus. Together they make a charming chosen family, and I grew to love them.
The premise is wonderful, but the resolution of the plot really let me down and docked my rating by at least a star.You can't tell me that the bad guys are actually just well-meaning bureaucrats in the end! Come onnnnnnnnnnn. I think this would be better marketed as Middle Grade.
The premise is wonderful, but the resolution of the plot really let me down and docked my rating by at least a star.
mysterious
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The main characters didn't have enough depth for me to care about them. I cared more for the characters we only saw in flashbacks. I love Maureen Johnson, and her writing is fun to read because she has a weird brain, but this would have made more sense as an addition to the Truly Devious series. At least with Stevie I understand why she cares so much about solving mysteries.
I couldn't suspend disbelief enough to enjoy this. It's just really...bad. Some historical fiction written through a modern lens just doesn't work. You can write historical lesbians without making them modern, but this is not one of those.