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A review by ganoesparan115
The Nameless One by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell
3.0
I loved this series when I was younger, so when I learned Stewart and Riddell had started another trilogy, I had to pick it up.
The original Edge Chronicles books all had interesting adventures, mysteries, and characters (especially great villains). They were also very dark, with violence and their haunting images often depicted in the illustrations. I thought all of this made the series stand out from other light-hearted kid books.
Unfortunately, this book had nothing of what I used to love from the series. It’s because I’m too old, either, since I recently reread one of the earlier books and still enjoyed it. This book lacked the mystery and interested foreshadowing from the others. None of the characters felt particularly interesting, and there was no main villain or overarching plot to tie the events of the story together. In addition, most of the smaller adventures felt copy-pasted from Beyond the Deepwoods.
I’m giving this 3 stars because I feel like it’s still *almost* on par with other middle-grade books, but it doesn’t even compare to the rest of the series
The original Edge Chronicles books all had interesting adventures, mysteries, and characters (especially great villains). They were also very dark, with violence and their haunting images often depicted in the illustrations. I thought all of this made the series stand out from other light-hearted kid books.
Unfortunately, this book had nothing of what I used to love from the series. It’s because I’m too old, either, since I recently reread one of the earlier books and still enjoyed it. This book lacked the mystery and interested foreshadowing from the others. None of the characters felt particularly interesting, and there was no main villain or overarching plot to tie the events of the story together. In addition, most of the smaller adventures felt copy-pasted from Beyond the Deepwoods.
I’m giving this 3 stars because I feel like it’s still *almost* on par with other middle-grade books, but it doesn’t even compare to the rest of the series