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aroaessidhe · 1 year ago

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2023 reads // twitter thread

Into The Labyrinth / Facing The Shadow

2&3 in a middle grade fantasy trilogy about a 12yo girl who discovers she has the ability to enter a magical world in her dreams, and has to save it from darkness

while also dealing with anxiety, bullying, and friendships in the real world

set in Wellington Aotearoa

dreamrealm worldbuilding reflects the MC’s Māori/Chinese/Irish/Scottish heritage

aspec questioning MC

#dreamweavers #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #isa pearl ritchie #into the labyrinth #ok this is definitely on the younger side of MG - or probably just nz mg & ya is overall younger compared to US/UK #it is fun there's some cool ideas!#it does make me nostalgic for certain nz ya/mg fantasies too #the true aroace and also 14yo fear of your friends not liking you as much as each other #or getting bored with you when they get crushes #there's a reasonable subplot about that in book 1&2 which sort of ends on her friends being like. We Will Not Do That also we're not+#planning on dating or crushes any time soon anyway #and the MC eventually mentions she googled and saw something called the ace spectrum but she doesn't know anyone irl like that #and her friend is like sounds legit also we love you the way you are no matter what - and then it doesn't really come up after that #(which makes sense for 12yos though I think it could have been more narratively concluded)#a bit that made me laugh was when a magic person is talking about bad things that happen in the waking world and she's like:#what; like.........atrocities?#you know. The Atrocities. just in general. sdhjgjhfd #the third one tried to bring in some bigger ideas and I think got a bit lost…..#it almost felt like the core of the characters/narrative was put aside to make the focus We Have To Make Kids Care About Climate Change !#also ends quite abruptly?#and there were a few things that felt Too silly and took me out of the story. maybe 12yos would find it funny idk #anyway I think overall: not bad! but probably one of those middle grades that is more just for kids not also enjoyable for an adult audienc #(which is fine of course!)#asexual books #nz author

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