Review: #264
Title: Deltora Quest Volume 6
Series: Deltora Quest - 6th volume
Author: Story by Emily Rodda, Illustrator: Makoto Niwano
Read Before: no
My Comments: This volume covers the end of the quest for the Opal and beginning of the Lapis Lazuli (just the start, where it involves the Rithmere Games). I finally realise why the manga adaptation feels so weird, it is because the characters don’t act as they do in the book. Lief and Jasmine lose their coolness, wit and cunning, to be replaced with childish, exaggerated behaviour that is stereotypical of manga protagonists. It ruins the tension in the story. The fight against Reeah was okay, diverging a small bit from the books, but it wasn't too satisfying considering it’s the climax of the current arc. A so so volume overall, the series is not really worth reading.
Rating: 5/10