Thursday, January 4, 2018

JANE, UNLIMITED, by Kristin Cashore

The story: Four alternative endings are offered for Jane's trip to Tu Reviens, a mansion on a storm-swept island off the coast of New England. There could be smugglers, pirates, FBI agents, art forgeries, or space pirates or a fantasy world awaiting, depending on which person Jane follows at the critical moment. Or there could be...none of the above. How to choose?

June Cleaver's ratings: Language R; Violence PG; Sexual content PG; Nudity G; Substance Abuse PG; Magic & the occult PG; GLBT content PG; adult themes PG; overall rating PG-13 (although really, it's too confusing for MS readers).

Liz's comments: I was really a fan of Cashore's "Graceling" and "Fire" ("Bitterblue" not so much) and so was really looking forward to this one, which seemed like your standard "poor girl stumbles on a mystery at her rich friend's gala house party" until page 269, when the first set of questions have all been answered and the alternative dimension kicks in. Even though I knew it was coming, I found it disorienting--like a completely different book. Then the next section continued on in a totally different direction. Some people would find that challenging and cool (hence the starred reviews in some places) but I found it disjointed and strange, and would have liked the book better if it had just ended at page 269.

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