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Wingfeather Tales: Seven Thrilling Stories from the World of Aerwiar (The Wingfeather Saga) (edição: 2021)

de Andrew Peterson (Autor)

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"Immerse yourself in a land of bomnubbles and quarreling cousins, sea dragons and book publishers, thieves and Fangs and secret maps. Here within these pages lie six stories of the distant past, lost adventures, forgotten songs, and heartbreaking histories."--
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Título:Wingfeather Tales: Seven Thrilling Stories from the World of Aerwiar (The Wingfeather Saga)
Autores:Andrew Peterson (Autor)
Informação:WaterBrook (2021), Edition: Illustrated, 384 pages
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For me, last year will forever be known as the year of the Wingfeathers. I read the entire Wingfeather Saga for the 1st time...and the 2nd time, in a way, as the author, Andrew Peterson, read his books live, a few chapters a day, throughout the year. This book is a collection of 7 stories set in that same world, written by 6 different authors. First, let me get some basic info out of the way: Yes, you really should read this only if you've read the Wingfeather Saga in its entirety, which I fully recommend that you do either way. No, none of these stories is a continuation of that series in any way. Well, one sort of is, to a very small degree, but more on that in the details below. Let's just say that it will not answer the burningest questions you've most likely been left with after finishing the series. Andrew Peterson has stated on more than one occasion that he would prefer to leave any answers up to the imagination of his readers, which is fair.

My overall book rating is a reflection of the average of individual ratings for each story. I did not love the stories overall as I might have hoped. However, I did go into this uncertain about how I'd enjoy them. I'm not really huge on short stories in general, but I couldn't help but give this book a go, considering how much I loved the original series. What follows is a list of each story with my rating and a brief (as much as possible) review for each.

"The Prince of Yorsha Doon" by Andrew Peterson (5 / 5) - This was my favorite short story in the collection, with a ragged, loner street urchin getting the chance to be something more, to do something more. It's charming and contains a wonderful appearance by one of the bigger characters in the original series.

"The Wooing of Sophelia Stupe" by Jennifer Trafton (3 / 5) - The story of the author of the Creaturepedia books on its own was decent, if open-ended. However, I was slowed down and tripped up by the character's vocabulary. He had a penchant for using very large, at times ridiculous words, both real and made-up (though a lot more made-up than real, I'm pretty sure). I'm sure it's meant to be whimsical, and that plenty of people will find the fun in it, but it's not really my preference.

"Willow Worlds" by N.D. Wilson (4 / 5) - I really liked seeing young Podo, and perhaps the genesis of what made him who he is in the Wingfeather books. The plot to this story, especially coupled with the story before it, paints such a vastly different fabric for this fantasy world than what was in the original books, leaving me a little surprised and confused. The story is particularly short and abrupt, but I liked the general idea of it and wish there was more on this subject.

"ShadowBlade and the Florid Sword" by Andrew Peterson & Jay Myers (4 / 5) - As alluded to in the first paragraph of my review, this is the one tale in the book that is a continuation of the original series. The title tells it all, and it's actually in comic-book format. I did like having the chance to see the two together, and wish it had been longer. Though several of the stories in this collection end abruptly and with more that could be told, I think this is the one I most want to see more of.

"From the Deeps of the Dragon King" by A.S. Peterson (2 / 5) - This story was tragic and disturbing, and while it was clearly meant to be so, my rating is not due to the theme or mood. Considering how Podo's story and character arc went in the original series, especially at the end of North! or Be Eaten, I really think I would have preferred not seeing him at this time of his life. It almost felt like undoing everything related to this that happened in the series. Plenty of others, I'm sure, will be happy to read about Podo's past, but it just made me sad.

"The Ballad of Lanric and Rube" by Jonathan Rogers (4 / 5) - This story was short and silly, maybe a little predictable to me, but overall just fun.

"The Places Beyond the Maps" by Douglas Kaine McKelvey (2 / 5) - This is the kind of story that I wish I could rate higher and feel like a rube rating so low, because I'm sure it's meant to be beautiful and poignant, but it's just not for me. It's the story of a man whose daughter was taken away by the Black Carriage, and all that he goes through as he tries first to get her back, then to get justice, and finally just to find some meaning and purpose after the tragedy. It is long (literally as long as all of the other stories put together, since it started at 50% in the e-book) and moves slowly most of the time. There is a lot of introspection, depression, even self-hatred--all things you might expect in the situation, but I felt like it plodded along most of the time. It didn't help that the author has a tendency toward long, run-on sentences. Entire paragraphs, long in their own right, can be made up of just one or two sentences. It's a style choice, I'm sure, but not one I care for.

This story is also one that actually caused squeamish me to wince as injuries and the attempt at mending such were described in fairly vivid detail at least once. The man contemplates killing himself or at least giving up on life multiple times. It's dark, much darker than even the most serious parts of the original series. There were a few bright points for me, like the inclusion of a wonderful character from the original series and the epilogue that added a little hope after the disturbing (and just plain weird) ending.

Final thoughts: I didn't mention illustrations in the individual reviews, but I enjoyed every one of them. Andrew Peterson has a way of collecting talented people around him (not to mention his own talented children), and I can imagine the honor of having other authors and artists take part in a project like this for his books. I think, though, that some of this collection lost the charm and feel of the original series, and I especially don't think I'd say this is as great for the age group that the first series was so well suited for. What's most telling to me is that my daughter (10 years old), who has read/listened to the Wingfeather Saga in some format probably half a dozen times, only read about a story and a half from this collection and walked away. She'll go back to it eventually, but clearly it didn't draw her in like the original books. I do think that fans of the original series should read this collection, or at least some of it. I know I'll re-read some of these stories again in the future, but I was not quite the right audience for some of them.

Thank you to Netgalley and WaterBrook & Multnomah for providing me a copy of this book to review. ( )
  Kristi_D | Sep 22, 2023 |
Doug McKelvey's story alone makes this collection well worth reading, in fact, I think his story is better than any of the other Wingfeather books. ( )
  Timothy.King | Jan 21, 2023 |
The Prince of Yorsha Doon was my favorite story within this collection of Wingfeather Tales with From the Deeps of the Dragon King being my second favorite. I love Podo and it was a great story of his pirating days.

Overall the collection was a good read, some of the stories took you right back into Aerwiar and others did not. ( )
  Shauna_Morrison | Oct 12, 2022 |
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