Review: #860
Title: The Broken Ear
Series: The Adventures of Tintin – 6th book
Author: Herge
Comments: The Broken Ear is a mystery that sets Tintin on yet another globetrotting adventure. This time, a priceless fetish has been stolen from a museum and Tintin has taken it upon himself to try and find it. He encounters a lot of dead ends, as well as other people who want the fetish for themselves (for an unknown reason) and is willing to kill Tintin for it. Naturally, Tintin constantly finds himself in life or death situations and manages to get out of all of them, to the point where you never fear for his life. That being said, the ways he is using to get out of them is less outrageous than previous but still highly reliant on coincidences. Unfortunately, the ending was abrupt and lets you down because after all the chasing around, Tintin ends up where he began making you feel as if the whole journey was somewhat pointless.
Rating: 5.5/10