A review by elyssam
The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

2.75

Second middle school reread and I can see why I liked this book since this was one of my favorite genres, however, adult me was unimpressed. The story felt stagnant. There were high stakes at times and then everything kind of fell flat. That repeated over and over. And a lot of American patriotism jumpscares. Seems like Stephen was also opposed to just rebuilding into the past/what the country once was so eh, I guess his critisms of it were good. I don’t know.