A review by maliablue
Piper by Jay Asher, Jessica Freeburg
3.0
Meh. I was really excited about this since I love the legend of the "Rattenfänger von Harlem", but while it began very promisingly, it fell short for me in terms of the ending and when it came to character's motivations.
Spoiler alert!
I mean, the whole idea of the story is that he steals the children and they mysteriously disappear. To have them be found in like a day and to have Maggie make up the ending as we know it just felt really anticlimactic to me.
Nonetheless, the drawings were beautiful, and some scenes were truly arresting, like the Piper playing the organ in the burning church.
Overall, it probably would have made sense to make the story longer and go into more depth.
Spoiler alert!
I mean, the whole idea of the story is that he steals the children and they mysteriously disappear. To have them be found in like a day and to have Maggie make up the ending as we know it just felt really anticlimactic to me.
Nonetheless, the drawings were beautiful, and some scenes were truly arresting, like the Piper playing the organ in the burning church.
Overall, it probably would have made sense to make the story longer and go into more depth.