Little Birds, Little Birds, In the Cinnamon Tree
Birds with swords. Look, it’s adorable that it was written by a 14-year-old girl. That’s cute as can be. And the writing isn’t too terrible and the pictures are cute. That said, it’s not a good book. And what with its presence on the New York Times Bestseller list, I doubt it needs the publicity.
Kvetch kvetch kvetch.
Thanks to World of Words for the link.
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Oh thank you for saying that it’s not a good book. I was afraid to say anything because it’s a little girl author, but I have never tried so hard to get into a book, to like a book, as much as this one and utterly failed.
I’ve read worse, but that’s just me damning with faint praise more than anything else. If we can’t say that 14-year-old adorable girls can’t write, then what can we say?