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A review by lasesana
The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott
2.0
I really did not like this book. The characters were flat and one-dimensional, and you could not relate to them easily. The only character that stood out was Delphine, the little girl, and that is because children only have to be cute to get a reader to like them. The last page was the best part of the book. The plot was weak and mundane.
The history and was interesting, and well-researched, but there was hardly any real or interesting information about corals, which are one of the main subjects in the book. I was expecting something like The Orchid Thief, which was beautifully written and researched. This book should not have been named The Coral Thief, because it invites a very unfavorable comparison with the Susan Orlean novel- which is far more worth a reader’s time.
Read more: http://bit.ly/19hAPuU
The history and was interesting, and well-researched, but there was hardly any real or interesting information about corals, which are one of the main subjects in the book. I was expecting something like The Orchid Thief, which was beautifully written and researched. This book should not have been named The Coral Thief, because it invites a very unfavorable comparison with the Susan Orlean novel- which is far more worth a reader’s time.
Read more: http://bit.ly/19hAPuU