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Agreed-- it would have been nice for the females to have starring roles with more substance.cristinaro wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 01:50 Although I enjoyed reading the novel, I couldn't help noticing the female characters were given only marginal roles. Will's sister, Emily, and Valerie, Victor Valerian's niece, are the only girls in the story. They save the day more than once, yet I don't think they are given enough attention, especially Emily. Would you like them to acquire a central position in the future novels in the series?
Ditto! It reminded me of {i}Harry Potter[/i] series in other ways as well.Leah39 wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 07:56 YES! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed this.
The story couldn't have happened without the women and girls, but they were all working behind the scenes.
Emmy and Valerie often ran interference and placed their own safety on the line for the boys, but were given background roles.
Cully Flower was an amazing help to the boys in their efforts to translate the book, but again, she just seemed like an afterthought.
This book reminded me in some ways of the {i}Harry Potter[/i] series minus Hermione, which just wouldn't have worked. I think that there should have been a more central role for at least one female character. Hopefully future books will have Emmy or another female character more involved in the main plot, rather than as a player on the sidelines.
Especially when they described the Crystalmas decorations and fair. I could just visualize the scenes in the books and movies around the holidays! It was just potter-esque enough without being too similar.gali wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 08:06Ditto! It reminded me of {i}Harry Potter[/i] series in other ways as well.Leah39 wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 07:56 YES! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed this.
The story couldn't have happened without the women and girls, but they were all working behind the scenes.
Emmy and Valerie often ran interference and placed their own safety on the line for the boys, but were given background roles.
Cully Flower was an amazing help to the boys in their efforts to translate the book, but again, she just seemed like an afterthought.
This book reminded me in some ways of the {i}Harry Potter[/i] series minus Hermione, which just wouldn't have worked. I think that there should have been a more central role for at least one female character. Hopefully future books will have Emmy or another female character more involved in the main plot, rather than as a player on the sidelines.
Same here, I feel that Emily can have such a bigger part to play than what she does here. I hope she does in the author's next booksFalling4Ever wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 15:15 I totally agree. They talk so much about Emily being missing at the beginning of the book, but she never really fills the role that was put on her when she was missing. Also, I feel like Valerie was used more to fix plot holes than as an actual character to be developed.
I have to admit I was a bit confused and disappointed when Will found Emily and nothing spectacular followed or at least nothing emotional followed. After all, Emily was the reason why he ended up in Echoland in the first place. With Valerie, things seemed much better and I think she could easily join the boys' team in the next novel.Leah39 wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 07:56 YES! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed this.
The story couldn't have happened without the women and girls, but they were all working behind the scenes.
Emmy and Valerie often ran interference and placed their own safety on the line for the boys, but were given background roles.
Cully Flower was an amazing help to the boys in their efforts to translate the book, but again, she just seemed like an afterthought.
This book reminded me in some ways of the {i}Harry Potter[/i] series minus Hermione, which just wouldn't have worked. I think that there should have been a more central role for at least one female character. Hopefully future books will have Emmy or another female character more involved in the main plot, rather than as a player on the sidelines.
I couldn't have said it better even if I wanted to: "potter-esque enough without being too similar." That was exactly my feeling when I've read the book.Leah39 wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 08:10Especially when they described the Crystalmas decorations and fair. I could just visualize the scenes in the books and movies around the holidays! It was just potter-esque enough without being too similar.gali wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 08:06Ditto! It reminded me of {i}Harry Potter[/i] series in other ways as well.Leah39 wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 07:56 YES! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed this.
The story couldn't have happened without the women and girls, but they were all working behind the scenes.
Emmy and Valerie often ran interference and placed their own safety on the line for the boys, but were given background roles.
Cully Flower was an amazing help to the boys in their efforts to translate the book, but again, she just seemed like an afterthought.
This book reminded me in some ways of the {i}Harry Potter[/i] series minus Hermione, which just wouldn't have worked. I think that there should have been a more central role for at least one female character. Hopefully future books will have Emmy or another female character more involved in the main plot, rather than as a player on the sidelines.
