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kumomikureads's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
maddielune's review against another edition
4.0
I actually think this healed my inner edgy 10 year old self
w_timmes's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.0
First impressions:
This book was a little too wish fulfillment-y at the beginning, but later parts got better. It might be because I have trouble reading the trope where “kid is born in the wrong family and actually has magic powers so she should leave her home and discover the magical world where she’s awesome.”
Sophie Foster really carried this book. Despite how her arc has her as a protagonist who discovers her magical heritage, she’s actually pretty interesting as a character. When I read her dialogue, I read her in the voice of the voice actress Ashley Johnson’s characters, she’s got the vibes of her character. In fact, if this book gets an animated series, she should voice her. I liked how shy and insecure she was. She was honestly pretty cute as I was seeing her in this book.
I was a little worried about how the book was going to use the telepathy, since it might use the just world fallacy of “if you’ve got nothing to hide; what are you scared for?” But luckily it teaches the protagonist that she can’t try to dig through people’s personal info.
Despite what I said above about Sophie carrying this book, I feel like many of her victories and powers were unearned. She’s supposedly someone unique in this world, but she doesn’t learn how to use these abilities (most of the time), she just pulls them from nowhere.
Overall: it was an okay read in the first half, but the second half really brought everything together.
This book was a little too wish fulfillment-y at the beginning, but later parts got better. It might be because I have trouble reading the trope where “kid is born in the wrong family and actually has magic powers so she should leave her home and discover the magical world where she’s awesome.”
Sophie Foster really carried this book. Despite how her arc has her as a protagonist who discovers her magical heritage, she’s actually pretty interesting as a character. When I read her dialogue, I read her in the voice of the voice actress Ashley Johnson’s characters, she’s got the vibes of her character. In fact, if this book gets an animated series, she should voice her. I liked how shy and insecure she was. She was honestly pretty cute as I was seeing her in this book.
I was a little worried about how the book was going to use the telepathy, since it might use the just world fallacy of “if you’ve got nothing to hide; what are you scared for?” But luckily it teaches the protagonist that she can’t try to dig through people’s personal info.
Despite what I said above about Sophie carrying this book, I feel like many of her victories and powers were unearned. She’s supposedly someone unique in this world, but she doesn’t learn how to use these abilities (most of the time), she just pulls them from nowhere.
Overall: it was an okay read in the first half, but the second half really brought everything together.
danimorrow's review against another edition
4.0
I read this to appease the child. I do not recommend reading a graphic novel version AFTER reading 9 looooong “regular” books in this series. My imagination is 110% better than the limitations of a graphic novel.
With all that said, it was nice to have a quick and easy review of the beginnings of this epic story/journey.
With all that said, it was nice to have a quick and easy review of the beginnings of this epic story/journey.
npshafer's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
mspriceisright's review against another edition
5.0
My 12 year old daughter is obsessed with this series and re-reading it (again) in anticipation of the new book coming out soon. So, I decided to see what all the buzz is about and she’s not wrong! What a great series for young adults with a strong female protagonist and fun world building.
stonzie's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
thypos's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
nsharshita07's review against another edition
3.0
I went into this book as a joke but now i feel weirdly nostalgic.
evamadera1's review against another edition
4.5
Reading this one brought back the warm fuzzy feeling of returning to a beloved world and beloved characters. It also reminded me of just how much I love Keefe as a character and witnessing his journey over so many pages. I would love for all of the books in the series to get the graphic novel treatment but with Messenger’s past few years of delayed publication of the final book and the publishing of the filler novellas (even though I really loved Unlocked) such an endeavor might stretch over decades.