![]() ![]() THE COVER LOOKS aMAZing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!īUT AUGUST? DO THESE PEOPLE HONESTLY THINK I CAN SURVIVE THAT on Oct 11, 2013Įither my reading improved, or Chris Colfer's writing deteriorated, cuz this time I actually noticed his writing style. I'll just enjoy them more once Colfer relaxes and realizes his audience can and will find his cleverness without him having to hand feed it to them. ![]() And of course none of this is to say I haven't enjoyed these books, I truly have. That being said, Colfer is very young and very smart and I have little doubt that his tendency to self congratulate will dissapate as he matures as a writer. I get it, you're clever, you can stop beating me over the head with it. Which comes across as pompous and condescending to the reader. It isn't enough to write a great little bit of dialouge, there has to be a "see what I did there?!" moment immediately following it. The entire time reading these books I got the distinct impression that there is a LOT of self flagalting going on. ![]() Colfer definitely has a talent for storytelling, but it is so very obvious that he knows this. But the wink wink, nudge nudge quality to the writing makes me crazy. ![]() The characters are fun and interesting for the most part. ![]()
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