Review: Okay, but a little too "young"
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
This was another of the anniversary year short stories where I felt that the story, where the premise was after all quite intriguing, could have used a whole lot more fleshing out.The Ripple Effect was certainly a perfectly fine little story, but for something that should have had some effect on the reader (at least that was the impression I got), an emotional impact of some sort, it left me to shrug and feel rather indifferent.Also, and I can't really put my finger on the reasons, but somehow this story felt "younger" to me than the previous stories in this set - not in any particularly bad way, but just, well... part of not feeling quite as satisfying as it could have been. I realise these stories, as part of the Puffin anniversary project, are written so as to be accessible also for the youngest fans of the (new) show, but to me, the other stories, while not without their problems, have seemed more "aimed at everyone", not specifically the younger children.In any case, this was the first thing by Malorie Blackman that I've read (although I've had some of her other work on my to be read list for a while), and while I could have hoped for a bit more, it does make me want to read her original fiction - I've heard nothing but good things about her YA novels.