A review by thejenjineer
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander

4.0

I would have loved this book as a kid. Luckily, my inner child loves to read along with me, and she helped me enjoy it. Our favorite part: Eilonwy, Queen of Apt and Clever Similes (pretty much everyone has a distinctive speaking pattern, and I always admired that ability in a writer). Taran thinks she's chatty and scatterbrained, but I think she's just too smart for him. Her thoughts move too fast for her mouth to catch up to, and he thinks her thoughts are disconnected because he's not making the logical jumps along with her. Well, he's still young, maybe he'll catch up to her in the next book (which I'm definitely reading).

I'm aware that there's a Disney movie named after the second book of the series, but my brother warned me to stay away from that. Sadly - and I know I may regret this because I hate movies that don't do books justice - this only makes me more curious to watch it.