Review: Stick With This One, It's Worth It....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 20, 2013
I didn't like this book when I first started it, as it seemed filled with brotherly banter, and I immediately labeled it as a cliche young adult novel about fraternal differences that would quickly become petty and boring. However, the story pushed past the normal stereotypes that this book could have easily gotten caught up in, and after that, the themes became more adult, which held my interest. Revenge and evening the score in a dramatic way always makes for interesting literature, and Funke definitely did that.I read this because of another Funke novel I'd recently read, and I appreciate the author's versatility and ability to touch of two very different emotional streams. This is definitely a book that is directed at teenagers, but when compared to the Golden Island, it shows a real talent in this author to captivate different age groups and appeal to different age groups. In some way, I could relate to the inferiority in siblings that this book initially highlights, as well as the way that familial bonds will always be stronger than petty brotherly conflicts. All in all, a strong novel, and one that deserves to be read all the way through, even if the first 20 pages are a bit annoying and predictable. Well done!