![]() ![]() At this point, I have no clue why this needs to be a 7 book series other than to compete with the far more entertaining Harry Potter books.Įlements and style: This is the fourth book in this series. I probably shouldn't have with these because the character arcs are stretched and you can tell the author is running out of material. Why? Because I have a habit of reading the first book in a series then just ordering the rest to have so I can kinda binge read them. "Djinn-soaked" would be a good way to describe the argot at times in this series.Īnd yet, I continue to read these books. I also have to say that throwing the word "djinn" in front of nearly everything djinn-related is just annoying at this point. There are also about 50 of these characters throughout the series and the audience has to remember who is who and why they might need to remember them. The names of most of the side characters suffer from either being terrible puns or are completely unpronounceable. I get that he's made to sound ignorant so that the children (and by extension, the audience) can learn and become cultured, but it often makes me cringe with the kind of generalizations that are made by this character. Other than the convenient deus ex machina devices and back stories, the only thing that seems to connect these books is the sheer amount of really thoughtless comments made by Groanin about other cultures. Another mildly interesting installment in this once promising series. ![]()
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