A review by anjumstar
Avalon High by Meg Cabot
4.0
If I were rating it only for the target audience (preteens), I give it 5 stars. For anyone older, about a generous 3 stars. So, that averages to 4.
I'm realizing more and more that all of Meg Cabot's female characters are the same. Think about it. They are all moderately attractive people that don't think a whole heck of a lot about themselves and their romantic potential; but don't exactly lack self-confidence. Because of this, they are surprised when they immediately fall in love with the first hot guy that they're introduced to. They then try to fight the attraction before ultimately realizing that he's into her too. Literally. Every single one. Teen Idol, Avalon High, Princess Diaries, All-American Girl, The Mediator. All of them are exactly the same.
Aside from that rant, I thought that this book was interesting. It's always cool when an author tries to take one piece of literature (or history) and try to wrap a new piece of fiction throughout it, especially if they pull it off well. I thought that this book was done pretty well (for the age group) but because of what it was, it was very predictable. Connecting it to King Arthur was also kind of a cop-out for the characters motives. She even mentions it in the book that Marco mostly only felt like killing Will because of the prophecy. And that's also why Marco collapsed when the sword was there. Kind of pathetic, but I understand what she was trying to do. She kept the tension up really well too.
Oh, and the most annoying thing about reading this book, was that it was really, really firm, so I had to really pull on it to keep it from snapping shut. Nothing to do with the book, but so irritating, because I couldn't read it with one hand.
And who the heck would be okay with the idea of Spider Rock?! The heck?!
I'm realizing more and more that all of Meg Cabot's female characters are the same. Think about it. They are all moderately attractive people that don't think a whole heck of a lot about themselves and their romantic potential; but don't exactly lack self-confidence. Because of this, they are surprised when they immediately fall in love with the first hot guy that they're introduced to. They then try to fight the attraction before ultimately realizing that he's into her too. Literally. Every single one. Teen Idol, Avalon High, Princess Diaries, All-American Girl, The Mediator. All of them are exactly the same.
Aside from that rant, I thought that this book was interesting. It's always cool when an author tries to take one piece of literature (or history) and try to wrap a new piece of fiction throughout it, especially if they pull it off well. I thought that this book was done pretty well (for the age group) but because of what it was, it was very predictable. Connecting it to King Arthur was also kind of a cop-out for the characters motives. She even mentions it in the book that Marco mostly only felt like killing Will because of the prophecy. And that's also why Marco collapsed when the sword was there. Kind of pathetic, but I understand what she was trying to do. She kept the tension up really well too.
Oh, and the most annoying thing about reading this book, was that it was really, really firm, so I had to really pull on it to keep it from snapping shut. Nothing to do with the book, but so irritating, because I couldn't read it with one hand.
And who the heck would be okay with the idea of Spider Rock?! The heck?!