You know, all the once-literary terms which critics hoist at fantasy series as they sneer away at all-ages fiction. The characters are simple, the threat is easy to spot, and the pretty ideas which wing their way around the narrative are there to keep you distracted from a host of deus ex machinas and chekov’s guns. And much like Harry Potter, it’s a story which pretends at depth whilst letting you wallow happily at the shallow end of the pool. Filled with magical devices, secret spells, and entry-level lore, the sequence offers an easy hand for us despite telling a story which has apparently already been going on for thirteen novels. The first scene of Mike Carey and Peter Gross’ The Unwritten, set within a fictional novel, shows us a Harry Potter-esque narrative where young magicians face up against an evil vampire for one last battle.
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