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A review by thebrainlair
The Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill
3.0
3.5 stars
Despite a slow start and a tendency to go on a little long (what is with the length in some middle grade fantasy books) overall this was decent. It's a little too aware of itself with the Random Capital Letters and trying to be clever through repetition, and not getting to the story until about 3/4 of the way in, though you could guess what had happened.
Jack and Clive had clear, distinct voices but the rest were merely stand-ins especially Clayton, the town bully and Wendy the scrappy bully fighter.
Despite a slow start and a tendency to go on a little long (what is with the length in some middle grade fantasy books) overall this was decent. It's a little too aware of itself with the Random Capital Letters and trying to be clever through repetition, and not getting to the story until about 3/4 of the way in, though you could guess what had happened.
Jack and Clive had clear, distinct voices but the rest were merely stand-ins especially Clayton, the town bully and Wendy the scrappy bully fighter.