Taylor Drew reviewed In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children, #4)
A lesson in what's fair
3 stars
I've loved all of the previous entries to The Wayward Children series and was really excited to continue the journey with kids going through doors to different worlds. Perhaps because of the nature of the world that is shown in this story or just my own mood at the time of reading, but I didn't really find myself interested in knowing what would happen or particularly interested in the characters. It felt more like a novella that consisted of a morality lesson if you will. Not really the kind of thing I wanted to be reading right now.
I'll admit that the Goblin Market and it's rules were very compelling, but there was never enough time to really become attached to anything that was going on because of how the story was structured.
I'm still interested in hearing more about these kids though, so on to the next …
I've loved all of the previous entries to The Wayward Children series and was really excited to continue the journey with kids going through doors to different worlds. Perhaps because of the nature of the world that is shown in this story or just my own mood at the time of reading, but I didn't really find myself interested in knowing what would happen or particularly interested in the characters. It felt more like a novella that consisted of a morality lesson if you will. Not really the kind of thing I wanted to be reading right now.
I'll admit that the Goblin Market and it's rules were very compelling, but there was never enough time to really become attached to anything that was going on because of how the story was structured.
I'm still interested in hearing more about these kids though, so on to the next book!
