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Thea Stilton and the Dragon's Code by Thea Stilton, Geronimo Stilton

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esc10615's review

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adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The characters are very diverse

rifazzz's review

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

mehsi's review against another edition

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1.0

Meh, niet heel erg spannend, ik blij dat ik het boek niet heb gelezen als eerste anders had ik waarschijnlijk niet de serie gelezen. De meiden waren saai, de tekeningen waren niet al te goed, het mysterie was echt zo slecht, de feitjes die normaal leuk zijn aan deze boeken waren echt in de baby-fase, oh, hier een woord uit een zin, dit betekent het. *gaap*
Ook mooi, Nicky zegt zelf dat ze NOOIT gaat duiken, wat heeft ze toch gedaan in een van de boekjes? Juist, gedoken, en ze zei zelfs dat ze het leuk vond en niks lievers deed. :P
Violet was echt onuitstaanbaar. :|

book_concierge's review

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2.0

Written by Italian author Elisabetta Dami under one of her pseudonyms, this is a children’s chapter book, aimed at (I would guess) ages 6-8.

Thea Stilton is a star alumna of Mouseford Academy and has been invited to return as a professor of journalism. On the ferry ride to Whale Island, on which the Academy is situated, she meets five young mouselings who will be her students: Nicky, Colette, Violet, Paulina and Pamela. Once they arrive, however, things start to go missing and they join together to solve the mystery.

Okay, I get that I’m not the target audience (by a couple of generations), but I don’t think I would have liked this when I was a young kid. I find the “cuteness” of using “mouse” as an alternative spelling for any adjective normally ending is “mous” (e.g. famous) and adding all sorts of “special effects” to the printing by changing fonts and colors irritating. Just tell a good story! And this one isn’t all that good.

I also do not get why the author uses as a nom de plume the name of her main character, who is a mouse!

I’ll give it two stars because I know she’s sold bajillions of books and kids, apparently, really like them. But, frankly, I wouldn’t buy them for any kid I know and I wouldn’t encourage them to read them. There are many far better children’s books out there.