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idiosyncreant.livejournal.comIiiiit's Friday!
So, I'm going to post a Thief-related recommendation.
The Westing Game is most similar to The Thief, in it's riddling narrative. It has a large cast of characters in a very mystery-story like format. It's protagonists are all flawed in very normal ways. For example, I never got Turtle, as a character (a 12 year old girl with a nasty streak), but now my own sister is reading it, and she's Turtle all over again. It's astounding. She hasn't developed the same way, being in a much nicer family (^.^) but she could have been.
It is not an epic-quest story: I recommend it if you delighted particularly in the way Gen pulled the wool over your eyes, not if you primarily read the books for their intensity and exotic locale. Um. Well, you know. If The Queen of Attolia was your favorite, it might not be your thing.
It's one of the most fun books I've ever read. Ellen Raskin has a quirky sensibility that I am endeared to. (Also, her Tattooed Potato and Other Clues.)
Who's read it?
If you haven't, you can read the Amazon write-up here, to see if you want to.
So, I'm going to post a Thief-related recommendation.
The Westing Game is most similar to The Thief, in it's riddling narrative. It has a large cast of characters in a very mystery-story like format. It's protagonists are all flawed in very normal ways. For example, I never got Turtle, as a character (a 12 year old girl with a nasty streak), but now my own sister is reading it, and she's Turtle all over again. It's astounding. She hasn't developed the same way, being in a much nicer family (^.^) but she could have been.
It is not an epic-quest story: I recommend it if you delighted particularly in the way Gen pulled the wool over your eyes, not if you primarily read the books for their intensity and exotic locale. Um. Well, you know. If The Queen of Attolia was your favorite, it might not be your thing.
It's one of the most fun books I've ever read. Ellen Raskin has a quirky sensibility that I am endeared to. (Also, her Tattooed Potato and Other Clues.)
Who's read it?
If you haven't, you can read the Amazon write-up here, to see if you want to.
