Status Updates From The Heart of the Weird Wood...

Done. As disappointing as this, I think I’m going to round up instead of down. The last five pages sums the book up beautifully and that’s really what the series is about. Friendship. It’s just that all that Widow and Manfred Tarr stuff should’ve been left out. Or written better. Lee created a great world, though. So 3 stars it is! Plus giving this 2 stars will be like kicking a puppy or something.

Aw hell naw! Nope, he ain’t gonna stick the landing! I still have about 30 pages to go, but the damage has already been done methinks. This is the weakest book in the trilogy. It’s rushed AND slow. The writing’s very clunky and almost exclusively telling and no showing. This being a children’s book doesn’t excuse it. “Show, don’t tell” is a rule that always applies! Man, this is such a shame!!!