Hmmm.... I am not quite sure where to begin. I was really looking forward to reading this book. In my mind it had it all: magic, adventure, history... But somehow, somewhere, it just fell flat. The characters were trite and the magic was forced and unbelievable. (And yes, I have found magic to be very believable in other books). It was a physically long book, but ultimately felt short, like nothing significant actually happened.
I was also surprised to find out that Lucy was supposed to be unattractive and large. She certainly doesn't appear that way on the cover of the book. That sort of superficiality is a big turn-off for me, especially in books promoted to children. It is basically telling the readers that the author will go as far as to WRITE about a character who isn't physically attractive, but not actually present any visual evidence. I guess it does have to come down to publicity at some point after all.
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