Review: Good but annoying children
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2012
I have read the two previous entries but did not put in a review. For this one I figured what the hey lets someone see it and be either intrigued or warned. The plot moves forward with some character development with a lot of new friends and just about all the old ones. Everyone ends up at his new place and he takes in even more children then starts a school like the academy most of the story revolves around this. It does include like the first book a lot of sub stories with characters some of them push the plot forward some don't.Good- Writing is decent with good character development. He stays true to his orginal characters and although they gain in their roles you don't see anyone really change.- Some nice touching scenes of rescuing the down trodden and who doesn't like that.- A good progression of the school with it making logical transition.- Main character stays interesting and is fun to read about.Bad- Children act like idiots. I hate this all the children share a trait that just makes them annoying think of the child you really want to leave your home and that is what they act like. It is unrealistic and annoys the hell out of me I know children act better than that and given that many of them have lived on the streets they would have a more mature outlook. This was a main sticking point for me every scene with the kids made me cringe.- The side stories could of been smaller I found myself dreading them as they take pages and pages.- The characters do not change a lot from the first book sometimes this is good sometimes this is bad. If you really like a character like the main one then it is good but is you hated a character expect them to remain so.Overall it was enjoyable and I will read the next one I dearly hope he goes back to writing children in the same way he did the first one and not continue in this vein otherwise I know I will be skimming the book and not really reading it.