A review by cam356
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, by A. F. Steadman

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.75

I was given this book by Simon and Schuster in exchange for an honest review.

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief is a mediocre middle grade book. It felt like it was trying to hard to compete with other books such as The Lighting Thief and HP and many others. The plot moved at such a snail's pace that I just could not pay attention to what was happening.  It could have been 100 pages shorter and I would have been happy. The chosen one trope is something that is so overused in fiction and I'm sad that it's coming back so hard recently.  

Skandar wasn't that interesting of a main character and every other character seemed very one dimensional. The best thing about this was the unicorns. They were horrifying and blood thirsty. There were moments that it was actually kind of gory for a middle school book. But overall I just never really jived with the book unfortunately. Now I know I'm not the audience that this book is geared towards and who knows? Maybe there will be a kid out there that absolutely loves this book