Review: #873
Title: King Ottokar’s Sceptre
Series: The Adventures of Tintin – 8th book
Author: Herge
Comments: The plot of the Tintin books continues to improve and King Ottokar’s Sceptire has one of the best ones yet. Tintin naturally gets himself involved in some sort of conspiracy yet again (and it feels that the whole reporter thing is not mentioned much anymore). This time around, it is about the symbolic sceptre of a foreign land’s king being stolen. Tintin feels more capable, able to stand his ground and rely a little bit less on luck in order to solve the mystery. While the mystery never got too involved, by the end of it, it does feel satisfying enough to be worthwhile.
Rating: 6/10