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It's official. I outgrew Melanie Dickerson three years ago.
— Jul 31, 2021 11:30AM
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Jul 31, 2021 02:41PM
I liked this one after I waded thru the beginning, but also, same 😅 It just wasn't as good as I remembered her plots/storytelling being.
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Sadly I’ve noticed this too. Her books (in my opinion) have really gone down in quality since The Golden Braid (her last really good one to me). It’s a bummer because I used to really like her books a lot.
Literally my thought when I read one of her books forever ago. xD
Kellyn wrote: "Literally my thought when I read one of her books forever ago. xD"It was mine too, when I read her last Regency one a few years ago. I guess I'd kinda hoped I could get into it, even just a little bit, but alas, I do think my Dickerson days are over. *sigh*
Sarah wrote: "Sadly I’ve noticed this too. Her books (in my opinion) have really gone down in quality since The Golden Braid (her last really good one to me). It’s a bummer because I used to really like her book..."
Ah, yes!!! The Golden Braid was the first one of hers I read, when I was about ten-ish. (I read the whole series backwards. XD) I loved it, and I loved the rest of her books for a while, until her newer ones, I suppose. Either I've grown up or her writing really has gotten worse. Oh, well.
Michaela wrote: "I liked this one after I waded thru the beginning, but also, same 😅 It just wasn't as good as I remembered her plots/storytelling being."
Maybe there's some hope, then! Yeah, honestly the last few...the Aladdin retelling and the Pied Piper one and all...really weren't as good as I remember the first ones being. Maybe I ought to re-read those sometime!
I have to agree. I think the characters are either missing some depth, or not to have so much fluff in the story.
Kayla wrote: "I have to agree. I think the characters are either missing some depth, or not to have so much fluff in the story."I've noticed the same thing, Kayla! Ah, maybe it'll get better later on... I do feel like Christian YA fiction is sooo much more...immature, I guess, than secular YA or even Christian adult. It's like the writing and characters are targeted at middle-graders, even though most of the readers are older teens and adults. *sigh* Either that, or I'm just picky.
