Dawn's review
Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague (Book 3) by Brandon Mull
I enjoy the Fablehaven series, and this third one was very good. I like Mull's creativity and energy. I appreciate his ongoing discussion of the nature of good and evil, the power of our choices, and in this one, the consequences of choosing to believe or not. I liked the way this book expanded the characters and locations of the story. And Patton Burgess is awesome! :)
I read this book first alone, but then I reread it aloud with my husband. In reading aloud, we discovered an annoying flaw. Mull does well with action scenes, but whenever he is summarizing the past storyline or when he is bridging to a new scene, his writing becomes painfully stilted and boring. I skimmed over these parts when reading silently to myself, but reading them aloud is awful! Some prime examples are at the beginning when Kendra is sitting alone in the dungeon and worse, the chapter in the Atlanta airport. Mull's editor should pay better attention and help him refine his writing skills!
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I read this book first alone, but then I reread it aloud with my husband. In reading aloud, we discovered an annoying flaw. Mull does well with action scenes, but whenever he is summarizing the past storyline or when he is bridging to a new scene, his writing becomes painfully stilted and boring. I skimmed over these parts when reading silently to myself, but reading them aloud is awful! Some prime examples are at the beginning when Kendra is sitting alone in the dungeon and worse, the chapter in the Atlanta airport. Mull's editor should pay better attention and help him refine his writing skills!
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