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First reading, July 2010:
4.5 stars
The first five pages were terrific, the next 50 or so were a little slow, and then it was a romp of a read with a core of seriousness.
October 2015:
Wow, this time I loved it. There are complexities of Miles's relationship with his parents and (of course) Bothari that I saw on this reading only because I had read the surrounding books. So while I do acknowledge that it's at least a possibility to enter this series at any one of a number of points (this was the f ...more
4.5 stars
The first five pages were terrific, the next 50 or so were a little slow, and then it was a romp of a read with a core of seriousness.
October 2015:
Wow, this time I loved it. There are complexities of Miles's relationship with his parents and (of course) Bothari that I saw on this reading only because I had read the surrounding books. So while I do acknowledge that it's at least a possibility to enter this series at any one of a number of points (this was the f ...more

Oct 03, 2012
Megan
marked it as put-on-hold