And of course none of this is to say I haven't enjoyed these books, I truly have. That being said, Colfer is very young and very smart and I have little doubt that his tendency to self congratulate will dissapate as he matures as a writer. I get it, you're clever, you can stop beating me over the head with it. Which comes across as pompous and condescending to the reader. It isn't enough to write a great little bit of dialouge, there has to be a "see what I did there?!" moment immediately following it. The entire time reading these books I got the distinct impression that there is a LOT of self flagalting going on. Colfer definitely has a talent for storytelling, but it is so very obvious that he knows this. But the wink wink, nudge nudge quality to the writing makes me crazy.
The characters are fun and interesting for the most part.
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