![]() ![]() I had to laugh at the latter because I was thinking the same thing, and the former because it was a clever way to portray how modern children would react to villains from old stories they knew well.Ĭolfer does not engage with faerie tales in a meaningful way. Conner notes that compared to the Pevensie children climbing through a wardrobe, and Dorothy being whisked away to Oz via twister, falling through a book was pretty boring. When the twins meet the witch who tried to eat Hansel & Gretel, they find a way to turn her into vegan. Had The Wishing Spell been written as a straight up parody of faerie tales, it would have been a successful piece of writing. Was an editor assigned to this book? I think the editor might have been a cat with narcolepsy. Instead, we get "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" and a plethora of adverbs (that get worse as the novel goes on). We don't feel the rush of falling through a book into a magical land. Instead of showing emotion and action, Colfer opts to tell you what the characters are feeling as blandly as possible. His sentences are short and simplistic with no signs of imagery or depth. ![]() It did.Ĭolfer's prose is cliche and redundant from the first page. I didn't think a book could irritate me so much that it would result in a terrible weight in my chest, but it did. I'm getting my hate on because this book was the most painful reading experience I have ever had. In Which I Drink Haterade and Review The Wishing Spell. ![]()
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