isabeau3's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
wishlissa's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
hazeyjane_2's review against another edition
3.0
Here we expand even further in the world of Deltora. Tom the neutral (but money-hungry) shopkeeper and his shop full of marvels are enough to satisfy the most imaginative of children, and I wouldn’t say no to a muddlet myself.
CotR is, as you might have guessed, not for the musophobic. It’s a pretty middle-of-the-series DQ book, not as eerie as The Shifting Sands perhaps, or as packed full of adventure as The Lake of Tears.
CotR is, as you might have guessed, not for the musophobic. It’s a pretty middle-of-the-series DQ book, not as eerie as The Shifting Sands perhaps, or as packed full of adventure as The Lake of Tears.
bougainvillaya's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
this one is the worst deltora quest so far. cute but like i remembered noradz being on top of the city of the rats but turns out its just some side distraction thats related but they didnt know that at the time. cool imagery n worldbuilding but again, kinda side-story. i enjoyed tom's shop n the conflict between jasmine n leif. may i remind u all how absurd it is that their names r so connected. anyway cute stuff
atlasinwars's review against another edition
4.0
i need to STOP writing my reviews so late. but i have thoughts on this one.
im so relieved that in my reread of my favourite childhood series, i’ve found that the book holds even more depth than i could’ve fathomed at seven(?)
reading it at 18 is so so so enlightening and i actually get to read between the lines and see the real world themes reflected in the stories. but especially this book.
this book touched on morality, humanity, and my personal favourite in the light of Recent Events: the complexity of the monarchy.
it shows multiple perspectives on the monarchy from different class groups and honestly, really, FUCK the monarchy !!!!! but this book says fuck your fucking of the monarchy! we will all be fucked if we don’t save the stupid monarchy from themselves. i appreciate the depiction of the monarchy as stupid. but also complex. but dumb.
oh god another thing i loved about the perspectives thing particularly was the character who took a neutral stance on it all. he helped all and he profited all ways. he enabled the evil and assisted the good. it didn’t matter to him what the cause was; all that mattered was that he helped himself. and can we really blame him for that? in that society, you must fend for yourself.
it also talks about what IS good? are the main characters actually good? or do they just believe they are? do the “evil” people believe what they are doing is good?
and also the way corruption runs deep through the city? and anyone who is in power is contributing to the shit system? and cults? and if i am to speak in magnus archives terms for a second, this book is SOOOO avatar of the corruption.
btw love jasmine shes my homegirl for life xx
im so relieved that in my reread of my favourite childhood series, i’ve found that the book holds even more depth than i could’ve fathomed at seven(?)
reading it at 18 is so so so enlightening and i actually get to read between the lines and see the real world themes reflected in the stories. but especially this book.
this book touched on morality, humanity, and my personal favourite in the light of Recent Events: the complexity of the monarchy.
it shows multiple perspectives on the monarchy from different class groups and honestly, really, FUCK the monarchy !!!!! but this book says fuck your fucking of the monarchy! we will all be fucked if we don’t save the stupid monarchy from themselves. i appreciate the depiction of the monarchy as stupid. but also complex. but dumb.
oh god another thing i loved about the perspectives thing particularly was the character who took a neutral stance on it all. he helped all and he profited all ways. he enabled the evil and assisted the good. it didn’t matter to him what the cause was; all that mattered was that he helped himself. and can we really blame him for that? in that society, you must fend for yourself.
it also talks about what IS good? are the main characters actually good? or do they just believe they are? do the “evil” people believe what they are doing is good?
and also the way corruption runs deep through the city? and anyone who is in power is contributing to the shit system? and cults? and if i am to speak in magnus archives terms for a second, this book is SOOOO avatar of the corruption.
btw love jasmine shes my homegirl for life xx
literarystrawberry's review against another edition
3.0
Weird cult, cool shop, lots of rats. Awesome.
idk man to ten-year-old me this stuff was absolutely brilliant top shelf well done
Spoiler
I remember being absolutely fascinated with the city of Noradez and thinking it was //so cool// when you find out why they are the way they are-- Rodda actually did a pretty great job with setting the cult thing up first so that you're just like "Okay... weird greetings ("Noradzeer"), everyone's obsessed with being clean and not leaving food out, tall tables with no chairs, small furry creatures are evil... got it" but then you find out the were originally from the city of the rats and EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE MIND BLOWN (they brush their hands down in greeting the way they would have brushed the rats off themselves, "Noradzeer" is another way of saying "no rats here," everything has to be clean to avoid disease, it's a sin to drop food because it could attract the rats, tHEIR FREAKING CITY IS BASICALLY CALLED "NO RATS" THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE RATS YOU GUYS)idk man to ten-year-old me this stuff was absolutely brilliant top shelf well done
mckenzierichardson's review against another edition
4.0
As with all of the other Deltora books, I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I love all of the puzzles and riddles. A fantastic book. Appropriate for young readers, with a simple plot and easy to understand language. A very good read.
sean67's review against another edition
3.0
It's book three of the Deltora Quest saga and more of the same here - another fantasy lite adventure with expected results and average entertainment. Not bad, not memorable.
Deltora Quest #3
Emily Rodda #9
Deltora Quest #3
Emily Rodda #9