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Title: Disappointment
Review: I've recommended the first book about Gen, "The Thief," to countless students, and I loved it myself. I'm not going to recommend the sequel! The plotting is certainly ingenious, and Gen's twisty imagination and clever talk are equally pleasing, but there are many minuses. One of the characters introduced in the first book is merely dismissed as "away studying" or some such, and is mentioned no more. A more serious objection is a psychological one. The end of the book is totally unbelievable, given what we know about Gen's opinions from the first book, and also from the tense and suspenseful beginning chapters of this book. Also, in the first book, the author chose to show us the people of her imaginary countries through the stories they tell. She attempts only half-heartedly to continue in her second story; only one "tale" is told.I wish I hadn't read it; I won't enjoy re-reading the first one as much, knowing what lies in store for the characters!
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