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Guest Blogger – Joshua Borden (My Son, age 13)

The Vanishing Sculptor gets a B average from me.  It was an ok book, but overall it lacked completeness and it felt like things were missing.  At times, it left me wondering what the author meant and at other times why some things were even mentioned at all.  The plot was not developed very well and the book was unnecessarily complicated.  With that aside, it was intriguing and the characters were funny.  It always had a hint of comic throughout the book that kept you entertained and enjoying the book.  If the book was just explained a little bit more, then it would be much better, but as it is, it is just very complicated and confusing.  That overshadows the creative story as well as the characters and makes this book go from a must-buy to borrow from your local library. I must say though, my comments are coming from a perspective of reading this book, The Vanishing Sculptor, as a standalone product.

I have not read any books from the Dragon Keeper Chronicles that could have provided me some much-needed back story.  If I had the benefit of some back story, it would have made much more sense and been less confusing because I would have known what they were talking about and it wouldn’t have seemed so random at times.  Therefore, the book might be redeemed if you have read the other parts of the story. Read the rest of this entry »

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