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A review by chaptersofmads
Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw
“I am no longer your creation, I think, words knitted in my chest.”
I've decided not to rate this because I... don't think it necessarily earned a one star but I also can't give it a higher rating, because I thought it was bad.
Not only was there a bunch of weird stuff with the "plot-twist" and flat plotting/characterization/pacing, there were also a few things that just felt... hm. I can't exactly think of how to word it.
Minor spoilers: Sally visits the human world and spends several pages gawking over Queen Elizabeth II and talking about how amazing and elegant and loving she is. There's also an incredibly uncomfortable scene where she goes to St. Patrick's Day world and has an encounter with a leprechaun that would have been too stereotypical for an early 2000s DCOM.
These things paired together felt pretty gross, in my opinion.
Basically! I did not like this! Not one bit! And I don't think most fans of the movie would either, but the decently high average rating on this seems to disagree with me so perhaps I am wrong.
Either way, I'm grateful this was such a short book or I would definitely have dnf'd.
I've decided not to rate this because I... don't think it necessarily earned a one star but I also can't give it a higher rating, because I thought it was bad.
Not only was there a bunch of weird stuff with the "plot-twist" and flat plotting/characterization/pacing, there were also a few things that just felt... hm. I can't exactly think of how to word it.
Minor spoilers: Sally visits the human world and spends several pages gawking over Queen Elizabeth II and talking about how amazing and elegant and loving she is. There's also an incredibly uncomfortable scene where she goes to St. Patrick's Day world and has an encounter with a leprechaun that would have been too stereotypical for an early 2000s DCOM.
These things paired together felt pretty gross, in my opinion.
Basically! I did not like this! Not one bit! And I don't think most fans of the movie would either, but the decently high average rating on this seems to disagree with me so perhaps I am wrong.
Either way, I'm grateful this was such a short book or I would definitely have dnf'd.