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capricious_conundrums's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. Just.. wow.
This book is ah-mazing! I just love it! I just flowed with the story and when I got to the last page, I was like, "What? That's it?! More!" And I just love that fairy dude (whom I can't remember the name, but I love him anyways!) He's just so.. cunningly evil.
It's just a bad boy thing. I wanna make Poison/fairy dude fan fiction, but he.. Never. He just.. Well, exactly that. Dot dot dot. Hmm.. Checking ff.net right now if they have Poison fan fiction.
This book is ah-mazing! I just love it! I just flowed with the story and when I got to the last page, I was like, "What? That's it?! More!" And I just love that fairy dude (whom I can't remember the name, but I love him anyways!) He's just so.. cunningly evil.
It's just a bad boy thing. I wanna make Poison/fairy dude fan fiction, but he.. Never. He just.. Well, exactly that. Dot dot dot. Hmm.. Checking ff.net right now if they have Poison fan fiction.
leehillier's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
carrionlibrarian's review against another edition
1.0
I borrowed this one and I'm glad I did. Otherwise I would have paid for a book I'll never read again. The plot is bizarre on so many levels. It starts out as your typical foray into not so friendly fairieland and then halfway through just veers completely into weirdsville. Just trying to wrap your head around it is a MAJOR stretch of the imagination; trying to understand why someone would even write a book like this is just an exercise in futility.
nike_apparent's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
codexqueen's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
kxruthi's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
walexandra15's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
A wonderful adventure for a middle school aged reader full of fairy tales and good references. The main character was full of the perfect amount of sass. There was some questionable spelling- like the word phaeries instead of faerie.
clakyn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
liz4119's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
mackle13's review against another edition
3.0
Chris Wooding is becoming one of those authors that I consistently enjoy, but never quite love.
This story has a pretty basic concept - Poison's sister is kidnapped by phaeries and replaced by a changeling, and Poison, being head-strong and independent minded, goes on a quest to get her back. Many trials and travails happen, she meets friends and makes enemies, so on and so forth. One reason why I enjoyed it is because I enjoy faerie tale type things - so if that's not your thing, you might want to turn back now.
That said, there's more to it than just that. There's a meta aspect to it which might either make or break this book for some, and there's some interesting ruminations about the nature of choice and free will and destiny/fate and whatnot. My only complaint about these ruminations is that they don't really break any new ground on that particular front - meaning if you've read one book which has a character pondering the aspects of free will versus destiny, the thoughts run generally along the same lines - and the way of the telling in this book doesn't get you thinking about it as much as it tells you what Poison thinks about it, if that makes any sense.
Overall, I generally liked it. I enjoyed the characters and the sort of meta narrative of it - and, despite what I just said in the last paragraph, there are some really cool lines, some poignant and strong moments, and a few eminently quotable bits...
But there's something that I can't quite put my finger on that never elevated this book out of a sort of enjoyable but forgettable trip. Maybe it's because it does have some telling over showing problems... *shrugs*
But, anyway, I liked it well enough, and I did like the meta aspect of it - (i.e.) - and the sort of twist about the ending (i.e. )
This story has a pretty basic concept - Poison's sister is kidnapped by phaeries and replaced by a changeling, and Poison, being head-strong and independent minded, goes on a quest to get her back. Many trials and travails happen, she meets friends and makes enemies, so on and so forth. One reason why I enjoyed it is because I enjoy faerie tale type things - so if that's not your thing, you might want to turn back now.
That said, there's more to it than just that. There's a meta aspect to it which might either make or break this book for some, and there's some interesting ruminations about the nature of choice and free will and destiny/fate and whatnot. My only complaint about these ruminations is that they don't really break any new ground on that particular front - meaning if you've read one book which has a character pondering the aspects of free will versus destiny, the thoughts run generally along the same lines - and the way of the telling in this book doesn't get you thinking about it as much as it tells you what Poison thinks about it, if that makes any sense.
Overall, I generally liked it. I enjoyed the characters and the sort of meta narrative of it - and, despite what I just said in the last paragraph, there are some really cool lines, some poignant and strong moments, and a few eminently quotable bits...
But there's something that I can't quite put my finger on that never elevated this book out of a sort of enjoyable but forgettable trip. Maybe it's because it does have some telling over showing problems... *shrugs*
But, anyway, I liked it well enough, and I did like the meta aspect of it - (i.e.