Saturday, March 17, 2018

Time Jumpers by Brandon Mull - ESSENTIAL

Mull, Brandon Time Jumpers (Five Kingdoms #5), 434 pages.  Aladdin (Simon), 2018.  Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: PG.

Cole and his friends an allies are desperate – the torivor Ramarro has escaped his prison.  He has been temporarily trapped inside a time loop in Creon, but he will break free at any moment.  Unless they can find the final princess and a few other very powerful allies, and put together at least the glimmer of a plan, not only are the Five Kingdoms doomed, but also Cole’s home – Earth.  Time itself if noth their enemy and their ally.  Cole will have to stretch himself – his power and his heart – in order to confront his greatest enemy.

Wow!  When it comes to plotting this tale, Mull has mastered the disparate elements into a cohesive whole.  His weakness, however is the dialogue.  His characters do a whole lot of talking – in terse sentences that feel strained at many points. Almost every time a conversation occurred I felt I was being short-changed;  I was surprised.  But the final action-packed confrontations were well worth the journey.

EL, MS – ESSENTIAL.  Cindy, Library Teacher

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