slayra reviewed The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar
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3 stars
Morag and Heather, two scottish fairies who tend to find themselves at the centre of trouble find themselves in New York. As they discover the city and learn the new yorkers ways, they do not fail to stir trouble.
I was excited after finding this author as his writing was compared to Pratchett's often and Neil Gaiman himselft wrote the introduction to the book. However I must confess the willingness to find other Pratchett made me set my hopes too high for this book. It's a fantasy book, there's a lot of trouble and funny sequences but I did not find it at all like Pratchett's stories. I think maybe it lacks depth and the timeline felt wrong, several things happen at the same time with the same characters and then several days pass in a second. Also there seems to be a lack of character development. It is a …
Morag and Heather, two scottish fairies who tend to find themselves at the centre of trouble find themselves in New York. As they discover the city and learn the new yorkers ways, they do not fail to stir trouble.
I was excited after finding this author as his writing was compared to Pratchett's often and Neil Gaiman himselft wrote the introduction to the book. However I must confess the willingness to find other Pratchett made me set my hopes too high for this book. It's a fantasy book, there's a lot of trouble and funny sequences but I did not find it at all like Pratchett's stories. I think maybe it lacks depth and the timeline felt wrong, several things happen at the same time with the same characters and then several days pass in a second. Also there seems to be a lack of character development. It is a nice book but do not read it just because you are a fan of Pratchett.