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A review by alythra
Kitty's Big Trouble by Carrie Vaughn
3.0
3.5 stars
I read the previous book about a year ago, and I went into this one with a fresh, open mind ready for adventure.
This book did deliver excitement - but I do have a few minor issues with the characters in this book (mostly the portrayals of Sun Wukong and the Queen Mother). I'll get straight to it.
I have a slightly above average understanding of the story of Sun Wukong due to my childhood obsessive watchings of the show "Journey to the West". Based on that alone, I must say, I was extremely disappointed at how small a role Sun played in the book. He's supposed to be REALLY strong - he rampaged through heaven and the only person able to control him was Buddha. But in the book he was simply a minor character that, it seems, Vaughn simply decided to throw in there because he is a huge part of Chinese legends and mythology.
On top of that, I was surprised at the way Kitty and her friends reacted to the Queen Mother. I mean, realistically, is that how you act when you discover that you are facing a god? The way Kitty reacted was like how one would react if one meets a new neighbor. It was strange for me to read, and utterly unrealistic.
Besides those faults however, the pacing of the story was really nice, and kept me reading throughout the night. Kitty isn't really one of the most memorable heroines in the paranormal genre, but she delivers enough variety in her adventures that it's always interesting to see what kind of mess she ends up getting herself into.
I read the previous book about a year ago, and I went into this one with a fresh, open mind ready for adventure.
This book did deliver excitement - but I do have a few minor issues with the characters in this book (mostly the portrayals of Sun Wukong and the Queen Mother). I'll get straight to it.
I have a slightly above average understanding of the story of Sun Wukong due to my childhood obsessive watchings of the show "Journey to the West". Based on that alone, I must say, I was extremely disappointed at how small a role Sun played in the book. He's supposed to be REALLY strong - he rampaged through heaven and the only person able to control him was Buddha. But in the book he was simply a minor character that, it seems, Vaughn simply decided to throw in there because he is a huge part of Chinese legends and mythology.
On top of that, I was surprised at the way Kitty and her friends reacted to the Queen Mother. I mean, realistically, is that how you act when you discover that you are facing a god? The way Kitty reacted was like how one would react if one meets a new neighbor. It was strange for me to read, and utterly unrealistic.
Besides those faults however, the pacing of the story was really nice, and kept me reading throughout the night. Kitty isn't really one of the most memorable heroines in the paranormal genre, but she delivers enough variety in her adventures that it's always interesting to see what kind of mess she ends up getting herself into.