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A review by atheina_vismark
The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett
2.0
This book was a complicate read.
Why? Maybe because I was expecting more after reading from the same author that wrote the Secret Garden, maybe because each time I wished that something went actually wrong, that the Game the Rat had come up with would actual face reality and have them think hard how to overcome the difficulty. But no, everything went more or less smooth every single time they had to pass on the messages. I need to order their lucky star 'cause that's apparently the real deal.
Starting from the things I liked: the relationships.
I loved the relationship that bloomed between Marco and The Rat, how from apparent enemies they set off together to save the future of a country already filled with bloodshed. How Marco never left him behind and the devotion of The Rat ready to follow him everywhere around Europe.
The other relationship I loved, probably even more than Marco x The Rat, was the one between Stefan and Marco. The father x son bond they share was so sweet, the way Marco wanted to feel the warm hands of his father on his shoulder, or how he immediately exited the car at the end running towards the house to get reunited with his father as fast as possible.
That I didn't like:
I was pretty sad when we saw no more of the Lovely Person, how her character completely died But not a single whiff of her, which made me loose a lot of interest in the book.
The ending was predicable, as in deep down everyone knew with the confirmation arriving at the end.
Again I was pretty disappointed with the read. One more nice thing I would like to add are the illustrations that my edition had, made the story wayyy much nicer.
at the end 2.5 ⭐️ rounded to 2 here on GR.
Why? Maybe because I was expecting more after reading from the same author that wrote the Secret Garden, maybe because each time I wished that something went actually wrong, that the Game the Rat had come up with would actual face reality and have them think hard how to overcome the difficulty. But no, everything went more or less smooth every single time they had to pass on the messages. I need to order their lucky star 'cause that's apparently the real deal.
Starting from the things I liked: the relationships.
I loved the relationship that bloomed between Marco and The Rat, how from apparent enemies they set off together to save the future of a country already filled with bloodshed. How Marco never left him behind and the devotion of The Rat ready to follow him everywhere around Europe.
The other relationship I loved, probably even more than Marco x The Rat, was the one between Stefan and Marco. The father x son bond they share was so sweet, the way Marco wanted to feel the warm hands of his father on his shoulder, or how he immediately exited the car at the end running towards the house to get reunited with his father as fast as possible.
That I didn't like:
I was pretty sad when we saw no more of the Lovely Person, how her character completely died
Spoiler
after Marco met with the Chancellor, everything would have been way more interesting if she'd been an actual villain trying to stop the two lads from delivering the message.The ending was predicable, as in deep down everyone knew with the confirmation arriving
Spoiler
first with the priest announcing the arrivar of Ivor and then when Stefan Loristan left London to go to Samavia after Marco and The Rat delivered the message everywhere.Again I was pretty disappointed with the read. One more nice thing I would like to add are the illustrations that my edition had, made the story wayyy much nicer.
at the end 2.5 ⭐️ rounded to 2 here on GR.