madisonhey's review against another edition
3.0
interesting premise but the overall pacing felt really slow, until the final ~100 pages when it gets too chaotic to keep up for no reason
fsuarez's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
What a fun way to turn nursery characters and their stories on their heads!
ablotial's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this! It was silly in the same way as the Tuesday Next series, with lots of wordplay and literary (in this case nursery rhymes and fairy tales) references. I was waiting for the Butcher to show up, since we had Baker and Kandylstyk-Maekyr (or however it was spelled). I kept wanting Jack and Mary to hook up, but of course Jack is already happy married so that would be a whole other thing. I loved the Pandora and Prometheus relationship, and honestly Jack's entire relationship with his family. I loved reading about Spongg Castle - I'd love to visit such a place. The mystery took so many twists and turns it was difficult to keep track of all the suspects. Talk about too many options. It was a little overwhelming in the end, but I guess it worked. I was glad it worked out with . I own the next book, I'll probably pick that up tonight.
Spoiler
Jack vs Friedland and glad he stuck to his morals with respect to the guild and figuring out the real story. And I'm also glad that he realized Friedland probably didn't start out as bad, it started out with an omission that worked out for him and then led to moredylan_pluke's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
3.0
megea's review against another edition
3.0
What with the cutesy premise, cutesy plot, cutesy character names, cutesy cameos, and cutesy epigraphs, it was all a little too gimmicky for me.
octagram27's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
nglofile's review against another edition
4.0
4 1/2 stars. Re-read more than once, most recently 8/07 (audio)
narpetcards's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0