The Thief Lord- Cornelia Funke

I meant to post this a while back, but didn't have the oppurtunity.

This book was a huge disappointment.

Major.

If I had raised my expectations a little higher I might be crying right now.

I'd heard this book was excellent though simplistic and I simply cannot agree. The realism of half of the events is ridiculous and as lovely as a magical merry-go-round that holds the key to youth sounds, it's even more ridiculous that the thief lord chooses to remain an adult forever and is somehow able to make it on his own without the natural lessons he would have learned from a normal maturing. It's ludicrous. The book does not even address the emotional turbulence he would have had to go through.

Most of it sounds like a pile of dung. The author seems unwilling to recognize that although the thief lord's father may not be the best at conveying his emotions or building a bond with his son, he can still love him in a respectful manner that is realistic to the time period. Suddenly, it seems that because the father son pair have a few scruples, the thief lord decides to ride the magic merry-go-roung and remain an adult forever, perfectly content with no emotional complex. Really now, who does that?! Funke is almost daring kids to be uncontent with every little thing that doesn't go their way.

The beginning was tolerable, the middle and transition were mediocre, the ending chapters were horrifyingly unimaginative and emotionally-retarded.

I'm almost angry, as ludicrous as it sounds.

Rating: 0/10, a waste of paper and ink and MY TIME.

Miss Anne Thropic
Isabelle

If book burning were legal or right, this one might make me a cozy fire.