A review by elevetha
City of Thirst, by John Parke Davis, Carrie Ryan
3.0
2.5 stars.
While I still enjoyed this second book of a proposed 5 book series, I still find myself reaffirmed in my original opinion that 5 books is too many for this series, the way it's being written. It's extremely obvious, not to mention frustrating, that these books are all 400+ pages and being strung out simply to accomplish there being 5 books.
The cast of characters continues to be great, though I need more Coll and Remy and I find myself once again bemoaning the lack of pirats. If you have tiny pirates rats that run around in tiny pirate clothing, gosh darn, I expect you to use them. The drama between Marrill and Fin got old pretty quick, but I suppose it was natural and hopefully it'll be out of the way for future books.
The plot, for as much time as we had, didn't go a whole lot of anywhere, and the whole plot points dealing with the Sand King (?) were a little confusing and lackluster. Plot-wise, I probably cared less this time around than in Book 1, but the pacing was maybe a little better, even though our characters were more stationary and as a whole, the story was less "adventurous".
Still a fun read, I'll definitely be around for Book 3, and I'm considering passing them along to my younger brother, but I do wish they were better paced and had less filler.
While I still enjoyed this second book of a proposed 5 book series, I still find myself reaffirmed in my original opinion that 5 books is too many for this series, the way it's being written. It's extremely obvious, not to mention frustrating, that these books are all 400+ pages and being strung out simply to accomplish there being 5 books.
The cast of characters continues to be great, though I need more Coll and Remy and I find myself once again bemoaning the lack of pirats. If you have tiny pirates rats that run around in tiny pirate clothing, gosh darn, I expect you to use them. The drama between Marrill and Fin got old pretty quick, but I suppose it was natural and hopefully it'll be out of the way for future books.
The plot, for as much time as we had, didn't go a whole lot of anywhere, and the whole plot points dealing with the Sand King (?) were a little confusing and lackluster. Plot-wise, I probably cared less this time around than in Book 1, but the pacing was maybe a little better, even though our characters were more stationary and as a whole, the story was less "adventurous".
Still a fun read, I'll definitely be around for Book 3, and I'm considering passing them along to my younger brother, but I do wish they were better paced and had less filler.