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The Apothecary (The Apothecary, #1)
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+95 points for an original story with scientific interest and authentic Cold War detail despite belonging to the overdone YA magic genre. +5 for Southern California. -15 for making the Latin teacher the villain. -50 for a ridiculous Latin error. -50 for letting the otherwise wonderful illustrations be marred by SAME LATIN ERROR. +10 for Chinese character. -30 for describing Chinese character with hair like a "silken rope" and a "kung fu" kick. -15 for gratuitous sequel trolling. Sum: -50.
HEAR YE, AUTHORS AND EDITORS! Pay me to fix your Latin and Greek. Maile Meloy, I don't care if your brother is in the Decemberists. You have lost all cred with me. "Rectie"--well, that's just like forcing my mouth open and vomiting into it.
On a personal note, my copy of this book came from the Malden Public Library (via the main Boston branch). It was in Malden that my Chinese grandfather got into a fight with an Irish kid and, as a direct or indirect consequence, dropped out of school--never getting beyond approximately 10th grade. He died when I was 16, but I'm sure he would be glad that his granddaughter was fortunate enough to acquire so much education that it turned her into the pedant who wrote this.
HEAR YE, AUTHORS AND EDITORS! Pay me to fix your Latin and Greek. Maile Meloy, I don't care if your brother is in the Decemberists. You have lost all cred with me. "Rectie"--well, that's just like forcing my mouth open and vomiting into it.
On a personal note, my copy of this book came from the Malden Public Library (via the main Boston branch). It was in Malden that my Chinese grandfather got into a fight with an Irish kid and, as a direct or indirect consequence, dropped out of school--never getting beyond approximately 10th grade. He died when I was 16, but I'm sure he would be glad that his granddaughter was fortunate enough to acquire so much education that it turned her into the pedant who wrote this.
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June 17, 2012
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December 1, 2013
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this was a good book !!!! it takes authors a long time to figure out what to write. dont go hating on the book
For future reference, would you please note spoilers when posting the spoilers? I now know that the Latin teacher is suspect, whether I have the detail about how he/she is the villain. The review is fine, but would definitely have appreciated the heads-up before the mention of the villain. Thanks.
He gets annoyed though by things like a pilum being described more generally as a javelin, etc.