Alanna: The First Adventure

I loved the beginning, but the end was a bit hurried. I wish it had been more prepared, you know, more discussions and so on, right now they just went there, for no reason, really, and did that, and the end.
And she is like 11 or so. (I forgot and as it's the middle of the night, or actually very early morning (4 a.m.) I can't be bothered to go and check. Anyway, as in many other books, these teenage heroes feel more like adults with adult reasoning and skill set, and abilities. I seriously can't see an eleven years old beat a sixteen years old in sword fighting. Especially when it's medieval-type fantasy swords and not some light foil :-D It wasn't as bad though as in Percy Jackson :-D At least Alanna worked really hard on her skills.
Also, it was very nice of the villains to leave Alanna her sword, and then wait politely for her to get dressed. :-D
I'm also a bit unhappy about how easily she got her horse and magic sword, and how no one is asking any questions. Except what-his-name the smiley one, you know. I mean, they are really amazing. Well, well... it's a good book, and I'm looking forward to its continuation.