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A review by shadow_summit
The Sister of the South by Emily Rodda, Marc McBride
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
I tossed up how to rate this book but settled on 2.5 mid rating because the final part and epilogue of this book (and ultimately the end scenes of the series) just wasn't satisfying.
The 'final' evil battle didn't have any build up to feel as momentous as it should have been, so it fell flat and this is too long of a series to have our happy? ending wrapped up in 2 pages. It was a dark journey and we just get a list of all the friends made along the way and zero show and all tell.
It was just disappointing.
Again the writing up to that point is tense and creative, especially with the puzzles, but the ending left me going 'meh'.
The 'final' evil battle didn't have any build up to feel as momentous as it should have been, so it fell flat and this is too long of a series to have our happy? ending wrapped up in 2 pages. It was a dark journey and we just get a list of all the friends made along the way and zero show and all tell.
It was just disappointing.
Again the writing up to that point is tense and creative, especially with the puzzles, but the ending left me going 'meh'.