Reviews Batch 8

Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco
Originally Posted to GoodReads: 7-20-20

So much stuff

So, I know the fantasy world created here is big and complicated, but I feel like that could have been conveyed a lot better than it was. Exposition was delivered 90% of the time through dialogue info dumps, which I am not a fan of, to be honest. There are too many characters and too much info to keep track of all at once. I feel like it would have been better delivered in smaller chunks.

While I appreciate the diversity of the characters, they mostly read as fewer than they were, if that makes sense. Probably another case of too many all at once and not enough “screen time” to really establish them as individuals.

Other than that, I felt like Wicked as You Wish was alright. Fast paced and easy to read, just too much info all at once and too many characters to keep track of. 

The Magical Unicorn Society Official Handbook by Selwyn E. Phipps
Originally Posted to GoodReads: 7-20-21

Gonna start out by saying: I probably would have loved this book if I were much, much younger. It reminds me of the Dragonology book and surrounding “-Ology” series except that it’s more story-centric than information-centric.

A fairly good book for younger readers but not so much for a 30-something unicorn collector. This book will stay in my collection but I doubt if I’ll pick it up again.