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A review by eknox
Disney at Last by Ridley Pearson
2.0
This book fell so FLAT. I really enjoy the concept of the Keepers being back in time and all that, but there were too many storylines and characters for it to be an actually good book.
1. Mattie's storyline: Literally, why is this part of the book. Mattie's character bothers me because she is first described as a loner that has no ounce of bravery, but all of a sudden she's willing to do all of these things? And the whole Fairly attack seems so unnecessary. These kids are all gung-ho about destroying Disney, but in the span of two pages, they all of a sudden have flipped their thinking. That was very poorly written and flushed out. Totally unnecessary.
2. The Keepers in 1955: I have no actual idea what I read for the first 300 pages. The Keepers were doing these meaningless tasks that had no rhyme or reason to them, and it wasn't gripping enough to be actually interested in. There was so much potential to this storyline, but in book 11 of this whole world, are we even surprised that the story fell so flat again?
3. The ENDING. I really wanted to believe it all, but of course, everything had to work out. EVERYTHING that was good from the previous books with the death and destruction was magically undone. To me, that absolutely killed the entire series for me! Books are great when there is sadness and loss, but to completely undo all of that is pathetic. Keep somebody dead for crying out loud. AND< how is it that they successfully stopped the creation of the Overtakers (I hate that everything is shortened to OTs, OTKs, etc.... lazy) but yet they all still remember each other and the adventures they had??? If we're going to undo the deaths, then the Keepers need to be undone as well. It'd be sad, but it'd make it a fantastic series.
Overall, I'm sad about this series. Some books have been great, and some have been horrible. Unfortunately, the bad outweighs the good.
1. Mattie's storyline: Literally, why is this part of the book. Mattie's character bothers me because she is first described as a loner that has no ounce of bravery, but all of a sudden she's willing to do all of these things? And the whole Fairly attack seems so unnecessary. These kids are all gung-ho about destroying Disney, but in the span of two pages, they all of a sudden have flipped their thinking. That was very poorly written and flushed out. Totally unnecessary.
2. The Keepers in 1955: I have no actual idea what I read for the first 300 pages. The Keepers were doing these meaningless tasks that had no rhyme or reason to them, and it wasn't gripping enough to be actually interested in. There was so much potential to this storyline, but in book 11 of this whole world, are we even surprised that the story fell so flat again?
3. The ENDING. I really wanted to believe it all, but of course, everything had to work out. EVERYTHING that was good from the previous books with the death and destruction was magically undone. To me, that absolutely killed the entire series for me! Books are great when there is sadness and loss, but to completely undo all of that is pathetic. Keep somebody dead for crying out loud. AND< how is it that they successfully stopped the creation of the Overtakers (I hate that everything is shortened to OTs, OTKs, etc.... lazy) but yet they all still remember each other and the adventures they had??? If we're going to undo the deaths, then the Keepers need to be undone as well. It'd be sad, but it'd make it a fantastic series.
Overall, I'm sad about this series. Some books have been great, and some have been horrible. Unfortunately, the bad outweighs the good.