Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens
2010 • 294 pages
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Ratings25
Average rating4
When a hero is needed to save the doomed kingdom of Mokia from the evil Librarians, thirteen-year-old Alcatraz Smedry, whose family talents include getting lost and breaking things, answers the call.
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5 primary booksAlcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson.
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The “last” book in an unfinished series sets things up. It was a fun culmination to a hilarious series.
It was so gorgeous revisiting a childhood favorite and this did not disappoint. I genuinely cried all over again
Still funny, but the series slowly is starting to lose its magic.
The Shakespeare quotes shouted out randomly (because it makes you look mysterious) are really funny. There are some real gems in the chapter numbering and there is a fun reference to one of the mysteries in the Wheel of Time series.
The story is slowly getting a bit darker and I think Sanderson slipped in shades of grey regarding the morality of the characters. This is cleverly done.
But the constant addressing of the reader has its limits. Re-using jokes starts to be annoying.
As mentioned, some of the jokes are clever and funny, but dosing the humour is an art.
