#CAN YOU BLAME HER THAT WAS PICTURE 257 THAT'S 256 TOO MANY
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Which book is your favorite among the Treasure Seekers trilogy, and which book is your least favorite among the Special Editions?
First, MMMMMHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHY MUST YOU ASK ME THIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSS BOOK 2 AND 3 ARE SO ICONIC WITH THE BIG-BRAIN MANEUVERS UEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Tie between Compass of the Stars and Legend of the Maze for now
Secret of the Crystal Fairies is a disappointment, you cannot convince me otherwise. It's so disappointing, Steven He is a prodigy by comparison (Steven He is a legend, I just don't think his dad would think the same). So underwhelming that it makes Mulan 2020 look decent (no it doesn't Mulan 2020 is still bad). So generic it makes every brown/black-haired anime protagonist look revolutionary. So blatant and obvious with its storytelling it makes Raya and the Last Dragon look nuanced and subtle.
Goldfire's arc isn't an arc, it's a water balloon that was so pathetic the water just leaked out before anyone even did anything. Diamond isn't the tragic character clown, he's the entire tragic character circus. Bella Swan could look at Esmeralda and say "geez you're flat as cardboard" with a straight face. Arbor isn't a deus ex machina, he's the ultimate simp ex machina. The girls should by all accounts be dead by now, but plot took a look at that and said "no because I said so". Fang is so underrated, the wolf boi doesn't deserve to feature in a plot as underwhelming as this. Violet got her life put in danger for the 123,351,848,748,257,823,379th time and she didn't even receive the dignity of a badass moment to balance it out. Nicky's general OPness shows so much the only reason no one talks about it is because of Esmeralda existing. Pam is just there. Paulina is just there. Colette ends up in a weird situation that doesn't contribute to much besides plot, but other than that, she's just there. Overall, an underwhelming pile of rocks from start to finish.
#thea stilton#thea sisters#treasure seekers#secret of the crystal fairies#I remember reading it for the first time and finishing thinking “that's it?”#esmeralda is so op guys it's almost infuriating#she's a plot device specifically designed to solve all the problems the girls bump into in Act III#diamond is ehhhhhh his angst could've been ramped up higher#arbor is a simp#anyway good book OHMYLORD TREASURE SEEKERS IS BOMB YA'LL SHOULD READ IT#a beautiful homage to the girls' prime when they were kickin ass and solving crimes and stuff#literally my only complaint with it is the power of friendship being shoehorned into situations where lives are actually being threatened#like bruh we've got a hostage situation and the power of friendship is your safety net? Now???#the fact that they're mainly using VIOLET as the friendship prophet makes me kinda sad#WHY HER SHE'S THE LOGICIAN OF THE GROUP GUH#i sincerely hope that this is just Scholastic being Scholastic again#they have that reputation of cutting out genuinely nice moments and settling with “tHe PoWeR oF fRiEnDsHiP!1!” after all#guys you should read the Italian version of book 1 Violet rage quits on Colette taking pictures and is a grumpy mcgee it's so funny#CAN YOU BLAME HER THAT WAS PICTURE 257 THAT'S 256 TOO MANY
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