Book review: The Dark Secret of WeatherendJohn Bellairs wrote a lot of lightweight but perfectly readable children’s books. I’ve read several of them and enjoyed each on some level, but this is probably the worst so far. I found the relationship between the two main characters, one an aging librarian and the other a boy, to be practically unbelievable. It also had a dated feel, probably because of the diminishing role of the library in this Internet-happy culture of ours. Top that off with a lame puzzle that’s solved with a big dose of deus ex machina, and you’ve got a tale that just doesn’t satisfy.
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