Cute story, not really well written

Might be fun for some kids, but the writing is labored and really cliche. Still, kudos for the effort - makes a good background listen if you're doing other things.

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Definitely not even close to a studio ghibli

Still story is so slow!!! I kept thinking “oh now it’s going to get interesting”, and it never did, even the climatic end was a snortsville. Nice story but really not excited, nothing memorable, it could have been so good but for whatever reason she took a boring approach and it was very disappointing. I really gave it a good shot too. Wish I had read something else. It was said to be compared to Studio Ghibli, which I love, but this story had little to no magic. If I was the author I would try to rewrite it and try again . I could have been so good.

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A fun romp

Would be a good bedtime story to read for kids. Fun, adventure, self discovery, confidence and value.

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Scrumptious

I can’t help but use words like delicious and sweet and scrumptious to describe this book. But also that does it a bit of a disservice because it’s so much more. Surface level—very relatable for middle graders who have definitely seen cooking competition shows on TV. Same for the family and friend complexities, showing difficulties but also the positives. And then, then! Shakespeare and ancient Indian lore, complete with Banyan trees and a Shakespeare quoting thespian. So much going on, and deftly handled by an excellent writer.

Wonderful.

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Good!

It’s a great story with many different characters :D. This is a filler sentence so I have enough words to write a review !

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Scrumptious Story!

This great story had a lot of plot twists, conflict, and mysteries. The character voices were great, and the narrator read at a good pace. It was such a creative and amazing take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. If you like the writing style of Percy Jackson or Aru Shah, the writing style is similar. (Review by Sahana, age 11)

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Amazing 🤩

I love it so much !!!!!! great book thank you to the author please write more!!!!!

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good middle grade adaptation, + new twists

I love listening to middle grade books. I appreciate other age demographics as well, ya through adult, but there's a special charm that's lost once you leave middle grade, and this book has that charm in spades.

I had some very minor quibbles about how some of the plot things happened-- they're really asking me to believe a theater company would intentionally put on A Midsummer Night's Dream with the opening night on the summer solstice and in the woods? theater people will get Legit Mad if you name drop "the Scottish play," I don't believe for a moment this in charge would tempt fate like that lmao-- but... that's minor, bc I'm well aware that the parallels DO make the story stronger, esp so they can highlight where the stories do in fact differ.

the narration was... good, but not great. the emphasis landed oddly sometimes, there were some sentences (dialogue especially) that were read in a tone which seemed counter to the context given by the text itself, etc. but she did put effort into giving characters audibly different voices, which helped me keep track of the rather large cast.

overall, I loved it. if I were curating a book list for middle school kids to read over the summer, this would be one of my top choices. it's fun and shows how Shakespeare can be fun as well, despite his reputation for being The Bard and all. it has a good moral imo about a few things, but notably impressed that one char literally came out and said "the plot contest is exploiting you for your baked goods & publicity." said in a moment of meanness, but it was proven pretty much accurate by the end-- if anything, that was underselling the issue rather than over doing it.

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Delightful!

Made baking sound like so much fun! Great story to hear! Excellent narrator! Recommend .

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Very Mischievous and Fun

It was great! I really enjoyed this book! Mischievous and a bit of baking is a great combo!

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