Reviews

Alice-Miranda on Holiday by Jacqueline Harvey

gillyreads's review

The precociousness that was a bit funny in the first book because quite annoying, but probably because I am an adult. Thought it was quite carelessly racist in the plot point about hunger in African countries. Won’t be keeping. 

pluviophilebookworm's review

5.0

I started this charming little book shortly before I was hit by my contractually obligated mid-year reading slump, and as such it took me several times as long to read it as I normally would have. Still, I found this one - especially the latter half - quite a bit more enjoyable and better written than the first one. Alice-Miranda, for one, felt much less like an improbably precocious child here than in the first book, and much more like a character just as precocious as is the norm for a children's/ middle grade book protagonist. I liked her quite a bit more than I did last time, that's for certain.
There are, of course, some elements that seem just as wild as I found the majority of the first book's plot to be

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- for instance, the fact that the queen herself is on an 'aunty' basis with Alice-Miranda's family

, but I am willing to suspend my disbelief there in favour of the very enjoyable plot of the book.
A favourite of mine was the character of Lucas - he takes some warming up to, but after a few chapters it's impossible not to love him. Also worth noting is that I figured out his father's identity pretty early on, but then again, I am about a decade older than the upper end of the intended target audience.
Overall, this was a really charming read that might just have helped me out of my aforementioned reading slump, and I'm definitely looking forward to reading the next book in the series - even if that is likely to take a while with how packed my priority-TBR is right now. 5/5* for this one.

readingwithmelodie's review

5.0

okay so I totally forgot that jasper and poppy existed. especially since jasper and lucas are cousins (BUT ALSO NOW ALICE-MIRANDA AND JASPER ARE LIKE COUSIN COUSINS NOW??!) no wonder they aren’t endgame

but also we get to meet the home humans crewwww and her parents properly! also lucas’ character development felt so much more sudden with an older brain but oh well. we get cool lucas for longer

ah all the innocent times and that rare in-between time between evil-alethea and evil-sloane and maybe-still-evil-caprice?

I can’t wait for the next book with fayle!

my 2022 reread so far!
1. Alice Miranda in Scotland (#17)
2. Alice Miranda in Egypt (#20)
3. Alice Miranda at School (#1)
4. Alice Miranda in Holiday (#2)

realabbeyellie's review against another edition

4.0

I love that Alice Miranda has a nice enough heart to take her friend Jacinta on holiday with her. And even though she was 7 and having a was 9 they were friends. I also loved how they try to find out the mystery of there house guest with the help of millie.

sophiapeony's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-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? No

4.5

sarahschem's review

3.0

It was good, but was a slow read. So far the first one in the series is my favorite.

themercyw's review

3.0

Buku anak-anak yang sangat nikmat dibaca bahkan saat saya udah nggak anak-anak banget! :p

gleeful_vector_of_chaos's review against another edition

4.0

Loved the entire series.