Peggy L. (paigu) reviewed on 5/23/2010 + 120 more book reviews

The author borrows very heavily from The Chronicles of Narnia series (siblings visiting fantasy world), Harry Potter (school for wizards), Alice in Wonderland, The Lord of the Rings, and probably tons of other books. So the whole book seems very familiar to me, the only nuance being the slightly more "hip" tone. As other reviewers have noted, this does read like Quentin's blog; it wouldn't be surprising if some chapters are written like Twitter updates or whatnot. Quentin is extremely unlikeable, and to the end I still dislike him. He's one of the least motivated and leechy of characters. I wish there were more development of the secondary characters (Penny, Eliot, Alice) but considering Quentin's selfishness, no surprise this book is all about him.

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