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Title: SEVERELY DISAPPOINTING!!!!
Review: I raved about "The Thief Lord" and "Dragon Rider" and I was overjoyed when Funke came out with this book. When I read it though, I was really, really, REALLY annoyed and disappointed. It falls utterly short of my expectations of Cornelia Funke and her other writing. The plot is meandering and I found it rather difficult to follow.Another thing that bugged me was the character names. Though this sounds stupid, I couldn't stand to read the name "Meggie" in print. It drove me nuts, seeing that annoying, babyish name on the page.I can only hope that the sequel will be better, though with a beginning like this one I don't really know where it can go.P.S. I really enjoyed the quotes from different books at the beginning of each chapter. That was about all I liked.
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