I really loved Seannan's poetic and yet visuall writing stile again and we get some more background lore on how the world system works which was great :) but sadly for my taste the story was a bit to much for just 170 pages, since we visit more then one world I would have loved to have more time in each of them (especially the Halls of the dead, that just felt too easy).
Re-Read in 2023 I actually really like this one now and don’t get my old complaints lol I really liked this book as I do with every book in the Wayward chlildren series. But I didn't like it as much as "Every Heart A Doorway" and "Down Among To Stick And Bones" which is why my actual rating is more a 3.5 But why? That's extremely easy to answer: I'm not a fan of nonsense worlds at. all. In the first two books I found the idea of a nonsense world fantastic! A world with rainbows to walk on and everything is made of candys? Yes please! But now after reading it I realised I'm not a nonsense person. I always wanted to have an explanation and often described the story as something "that doesn't even make sense"... Yeah such an irony... In a nonsense world a strory that doesn't make sense? Unbelievable!!!1!!! So all in all the story and writing were extremely good but I just had a constant headache as I tried to get the nonsense/story, which unfortunately lowered my enjoyment a little bit.
Not quite as good as the first two installments in my opinion, but I loved seeing some characters from the first book again :)
Der Einstieg in den dritten Band hat mir wieder besser gefallen, denn dieser spielt wieder in der Schule der Wayward Children, sodass wir viele altbekannte Charaktere aus dem ersten Band wiedertreffen. Protagonistin des dritten Bandes ist Rini, ein junges Mädchen, das aus dem Nichts in der Wayward Schule erscheint und erschienen ist, um ihre verstorbene Mutter zu suchen. Leider muss Rini feststellen, dass ihre Mutter zu einer der ermordeten Personen aus dem ersten Band gehört, was jedoch bedeuten würde, dass sie nie geboren werden würde. Deshalb versucht sie mithilfe einiger anderer Wayward Children ihre Mutter wieder zum Leben zu erwecken. Ihre Reise führt die Jugendlichen unter anderem in das Reich der Toten, wo wir auf ein altbekanntes Gesicht treffen, das bei mir eine Wiedersehensfreude ausgelöst hat. Der Plot endet schliesslich in Rinis Heimat, die zwar sehr amüsant beschrieben wird und aus vielen essbaren Leckereien besteht, aber irgendwann war dann doch wieder die Luft draussen und die Geschichte hat mich im letzten Drittel irgendwie verloren.
*4.5 Es hat mir wirklich gut gefallen, vor allem da der Inhalt im Vergleich zu den anderen Teilen wirklich besonders war. Jedoch war dieser Teil nicht ganz so stark, wie die Bücher davor.
5★ This series has convinced me that short fantasy books can be good. Cora is my new fave. Swimmers for the win.
it was nonsensical and not in a good way. i am strongly considering dropping this series, though the books are all so shorts, i may just finish them for the sake of it. also, my gf is reading the forth one now and she's saying that it's her favorite. i am kind of intrigued to check it out because of it.
Veeery low 3-star rating from me. Sadly, I did not enjoy this book as much as the last in the series. I find that I like the idea and concept of the books more than the actual execution, which is sad. I loved the atmosphere and plot of the second novella, but this one just bored me to death, and I didn't connect to any of the characters either. Sadly, I think this is the last book I will read in this series. I am just not interested anymore.
