Title: Good, but needed a better translator
Review: My daughter, a sixth grader, liked it, and my young son is interested enough to listen to me read it to him at bed time. One reason it is not as compelling as Rowling's Harry Potter books is the translation from German. The writing just felt a bit flat and I could not put my finger on it until I realized it was a translation. Nonetheless, the story has complex situations, a wonderful setting, and a plot with plenty of suspense.
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