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A review by littleelfman
The Murdstone Trilogy by Mal Peet
3.0
This is remarkably different to everything else Mal Peet had written, of which I've read most.
It began brilliantly: making me laugh out loud repeatedly, amazing a sharp witted satire of fantasy novels and publishing in general. But moved into a hard slug of a fantasy/hallucination of an author trying to maintain his success after novel he didn't write. I didn't dislike it entirely, but it did take me nearly three weeks to read, which is surprising. I was waiting for it for ages!
It began brilliantly: making me laugh out loud repeatedly, amazing a sharp witted satire of fantasy novels and publishing in general. But moved into a hard slug of a fantasy/hallucination of an author trying to maintain his success after novel he didn't write. I didn't dislike it entirely, but it did take me nearly three weeks to read, which is surprising. I was waiting for it for ages!