The Siege of Macindaw (Ranger's Apprentice Series #6) Book

I've found these books to be sort of, "uneven". I liked the early books, but the sequence concerning Will's captivity lost me some what as I found my interest waning. A lot of this will of course be somewhat personal and subjective and apply to me, some will I suppose find it to be true for them others less so. I found my interest in this YA series picking back up somewhat in the last couple of books (aside from my annoyance at the blatant cliffhanger with which the book before this ended).

Let my say something here, and please bear with me....in other words I'm not trying to sound in any way pompous. I had a couple of complaints with this book and at least one may be explained by the fact that I have read so many books. There were times when I was going "okay, we all know what's coming next...just get on with your cliche and move the story along!" But I'm not really sure that everyone thinks that...so whether the books plot and the story's situations are a bit (as I said) cliched, is something to decide for yourself. Often I saw plot devices I recognized going in and knew the next events almost as if I'd already read them. I think each reader may need to think about this individually...it's a YA book.

The second problem I had? In at least 3 places I "felt" as if certain events and confrontations drug out far too long. It was as if the author had planned out something and wanted to use every bit of work and every idea he'd had about it. I was so ready at times for this confrontation or that combat to be over.

at one point I intended to rate the book 3 stars, then 4 stars, then 3 stars again. I've settled on 4 stars as I find this, on the whole an enjoyable read and a well written book. I like it....over all.