A review by catiandrah
Hanging Falls by Margaret Mizushima
2.0
⭐️⭐️✨
2.5 stars rounded down to 2.
Thoughts at 38%:
1. I mentioned this in my review of the last book, but this is another example of the author having no idea how to write children. Sophie (a 9-year-old) was watching Paw Patrol. What the heck? Paw Patrol is for MUCH younger children. My kids watched it at maybe 3-5? Neither Sophie or her teenaged sister Angie act in a realistic way for their ages.
2. We don't need to be told EVERY SINGLE TIME that Mattie takes Robo out to work (which is a lot because that's what the books are about) something along these lines: "...she began to pat him and chatter in a high-pitched voice that revved up his prey drive." It's getting so repetitive. We know by now why she's doing it, and that it's part of the routine. There are many other ways that the author could write this without repeating herself so much.
3. The spelling of the word "brunette" as "brunet". Misspellings irritate the crap out of me, so I googled it to see if I was missing something, and I wasn't. "Brunette" is the commonly used spelling, but the alternative "brunet" is an outdated way to refer to males with brown hair. And as the author was using it to describe females, it was still incorrect. Also, how completely irrelevant to gender hair colour
2.5 stars rounded down to 2.
Thoughts at 38%:
1. I mentioned this in my review of the last book, but this is another example of the author having no idea how to write children. Sophie (a 9-year-old) was watching Paw Patrol. What the heck? Paw Patrol is for MUCH younger children. My kids watched it at maybe 3-5? Neither Sophie or her teenaged sister Angie act in a realistic way for their ages.
2. We don't need to be told EVERY SINGLE TIME that Mattie takes Robo out to work (which is a lot because that's what the books are about) something along these lines: "...she began to pat him and chatter in a high-pitched voice that revved up his prey drive." It's getting so repetitive. We know by now why she's doing it, and that it's part of the routine. There are many other ways that the author could write this without repeating herself so much.
3. The spelling of the word "brunette" as "brunet". Misspellings irritate the crap out of me, so I googled it to see if I was missing something, and I wasn't. "Brunette" is the commonly used spelling, but the alternative "brunet" is an outdated way to refer to males with brown hair. And as the author was using it to describe females, it was still incorrect. Also, how completely irrelevant to gender hair colour