A review by phoenixs
The Fortune-Tellers by Trina Schart Hyman, Lloyd Alexander

2.0

I'd give the artwork a 4 out of five, except for the unfortunate "comic" episode near the end that included a terrible bout of luck for an old black man that involved a whole lot of watermelons...So it's more like a 3, because there was generally a lot of respect shown for the depiction of the culture, but the imagery near the end felt ignorant.

I'm also not very thrilled with the idea that the protagonist of the story basically earned his dreams on the basis of being a big fraud just like the fortune teller (who ended up dying, seemingly for no reason). 2 Stars for the story because I'm not really sure what Lloyd Alexander was going for with this.