Monday, June 06, 2016

The Nest by Kennety Oppel

Ironic that I now have two novels signed out that have the title "The Nest"

Much fantasy writing is overly derivative of the master, JRR Tolkien. The present writer is one of a select few I account as being truly original. There are times in reading this book that I have to remind myself that this isn't Neil Gaiman, another of my select few.

Fantasy requires suspension of disbelief on the part of the reader. I can buy into this fantasy save for one detail. I can't believe a child old enough to be left home without a babysitter but too young to be responsible for his siblings was left home alone with an unhealthy baby.


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