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A review by saidtheraina
Pandemonium by Cassandra Diaz, Chris Wooding
3.0
I remember being very underwhelmed by this book.
But maybe that's only because of my inflated expectations.
The cover is killer. The reviews are pretty sparkly. It's in full color. It seems like a shoe-in for booktalks to middle schoolers.
And a consequence of taking this long to write my review is that I can't remember exactly what I didn't love about the book.
Maybe it was just that I didn't LOVE it.
The story is pretty unsurprising - I was expecting most of the twists and turns. And the reviewer who said the art looks like manga fan art was right on. This isn't necessarily a good thing for me.
There's a foreignness to the story - it feels like something which did not originate in amerikan culture. In places it feels like a bad translation of something good.
Maybe just the growing pains of a writer not used to the GN format.
Ok, though, peeps - I'm not a cat person, but there is a giant pet cat in this book and it might be my favorite part.
In the aftertaste, I remember it well enough to at least CONSIDER it for booktalking. Though something newer and better will probably come along instead. I really gotta quit booktalking stuff by [a:Doug TenNapel|45687|Doug TenNapel|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1239071739p2/45687.jpg].
But maybe that's only because of my inflated expectations.
The cover is killer. The reviews are pretty sparkly. It's in full color. It seems like a shoe-in for booktalks to middle schoolers.
And a consequence of taking this long to write my review is that I can't remember exactly what I didn't love about the book.
Maybe it was just that I didn't LOVE it.
The story is pretty unsurprising - I was expecting most of the twists and turns. And the reviewer who said the art looks like manga fan art was right on. This isn't necessarily a good thing for me.
There's a foreignness to the story - it feels like something which did not originate in amerikan culture. In places it feels like a bad translation of something good.
Maybe just the growing pains of a writer not used to the GN format.
Ok, though, peeps - I'm not a cat person, but there is a giant pet cat in this book and it might be my favorite part.
In the aftertaste, I remember it well enough to at least CONSIDER it for booktalking. Though something newer and better will probably come along instead. I really gotta quit booktalking stuff by [a:Doug TenNapel|45687|Doug TenNapel|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1239071739p2/45687.jpg].