Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Delightfully Bookworkish: Review of "The King of Attolia" by Megan Whalen Turner

I WAS going to do a shopping post, buy my Internet is so undelightfully slow right now, it's not feasible. SO, here's a book review! One more after this and I will move on to the Top 100 Children's Books.

Title: The King of Attolia (Book 3 in The Queen's Thief Series)

Author: Megan Whalen Turner

Genre: Juvenile/Young adult Fantasy Fiction

The Recipe: The King of Attolia continues the saga of Eugenides, but this time from the point of view of an outsider named Costis. As Eugenides takes the throne of the nation of Attolia, the people and, even the king's servants and soldiers, form the opinion that Eugenides is an ignorant, wimpy puppet. Amidst mean-spirited pranks against the king, some are developing a conspiracy-and unknowingly creating an opportunity for Eugenides to prove whether or not he is the king Attolia needs.

The Frosting and the Sprinkles: As I've mentioned in the last two reviews, I love this series, Turner's humorous writing, and all the characters. The King of Attolia continues the saga with more exciting plot twists and interesting character development.

Some readers have expressed dislike for the story being told from an outsider's point of view, but I think it is completely necessary for this story and the plot. No, we cannot see Eugenide's thoughts as in the other books, but we're supposed to be seeing it from the point of view of the people of Attolia. We're supposed to be wondering if Eugenides will prove himself kingly or not.

The Hair That Fell Into the Batter: Nothing really, though I do like the first two books in the series better. This one contained a little too much political commentary on the three fictional nations.

My Rating:
Posted by April at 12:51 AM
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4 comments:

  1. Only 4 1/2????? This is my favorite one! I am rereading it right now and I want to mark something on every page as awesome.

    I agree that the perspective needed to change for this book. We already know how brilliant Gen is and it is fun watching Costis learn. Plus, I just love Costis.

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  2. I enjoy kids books too! Read on!!

    Stopping by from SITS.

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  3. Hey, we can have a back and forth conversation on our blog post of this book. Because it's not like we can talk on the phone or anything.

    I am not "upset". Just surprised. Even if you like it less than the other two (which is incomprehensible to me, not that you like it less than Queen but Thief?) the writing is still so superior to almost everything else out there I think it deserves 5 whole cupcakes. You don't find writing like you get from this book very often.

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  4. I read it again-I am changing it to 5 whole cupcakes. I liked it much better the 2nd time.

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