Pigs Don't Fly

More of a 2.5...okay so read this years ago, probably about 12 or so, and had fallen. in love with everything about it. Not enough to add it to my annual reread list, but well enough to keep it for possible reread in the near future.

I quite forget what I loved about this, though I can speculate based on what I do know of 20something Lexie's preferences.

It was a quest, with magic and folklore and a girl who had troubles with her mother but always found the right answer to save the day. Except...that's not true upon rereading as a full adult. Summer rarely finds the solution---if she does she nearly kills them all by bungling it.

Trusts the wrong people. Says the wrong thing. Hardly listens...

It's Whimperling (the eponymous flying pig of show more the title) who almost ALWAYS saves the day. Contrast that with THE UNLIKELY ONES wherein Thing did make mistakes but had many clever solutions and her companions by in large were useful much of the time.

Meanwhile I find it interesting that unlike TUO that Summer's companions here all settle or compromise on their greatest wish for life. I wonder if it's because Thing's friends were far better creatures? Though to be truthful Summer is nowhere near as close to her friends as Thing was.

All in all I'm disappointed...even in Jasper...hopefully the next 2 books are better and I didn't misremember. show less

I absolutely hated this book when I read it. I thought the main character was so incredibly stupid and annoying that I kept hoping she'd get herself killed whenever she was in trouble so some new (and more interesting) protagonist would take over the plot. I was also extremely annoyed by the fact that the book's main plot twist--that the flying pig is really a dragon--is completely given away by the moron who designed the cover.

This is one of my all time favorite books. The heroine is fat, the prince is rescued instead of the rescuer, the whole story is a series of adventures that always end with the unexpected. It's a quest novel, only the people on the quest aren't completely aware that they're questing. It's actually the second book in a quadrilogy, however, each book stands alone. Meaning that you can read each book independently and not need the other 3 to understand what's going on. I liked book 1 almost as much as book 2 but not quite as much. Book 4 was okay, but not that great. I have had a really, really hard time reading book 3, which is surprising to me. It's the continuation of book 2 and since that was my favorite I assumed that I would love book show more 3 as well. No such luck. I highly recommend this book. show less

Didn't want to put it down. It's about friends, love and seeing the real person inside instead of the outside. Fun novel.

Not horrible, but not horribly entertaining. The style is a little wordy for me - long descriptive paragraphs with interminable lists are not that interesting.

I've always been a fan of fantasy novels with talking animals (Narnia, Atlanton Earth, Spellsinger, etc.) but, in this case, it wasn't enough to make me want to continue to read this series.