so i read the kingdom keepers: inheritance books and here’s what many things i didn’t like vs what little i liked about the plot:
what i liked !!
- the kids weren’t carbon copies of their parents (kinda). like i enjoyed how blair maybeck-turner wasn’t an artist or have an “artist’s eye” like her dad. she’s her own person!
- the mention of how dillard’s d**th caused series mental problems for finn. this is extremely important to finn as a character & i am glad to hear how it’s something that just doesn’t go away, but still matters to finn.
- the kids weren’t chosen as replacement dhi’s. after the absolute crazy ass trauma the keepers went through for so many teen years, i am glad they didn’t allow their kids to be famous faces for disney!
that’s pretty much it….like that’s all i enjoyed
what i didn’t like !!
- the lack of og characters !! i know it’s time for new characters to shine but this is a kingdom keepers continuation! why is there so so little mentions of philby & willa ?! they are keepers, the fandom love them and love them together, & Ridley knows this….so where are they?! where are the other og characters?! why don’t we see maybeck, charlene, and jess more?!
- where’s wanda kresky ?! she could’ve been like the new wayne for the new keepers !!
- i wanted to see moments of the og kingdom keeper’s parents helping them overcome the worry of their kids fighting OTs. like where is mrs. whitman and her famous cookies comforting her son & daughter-in-law while they worry about eli in book 1?!
- eli is overpowered. i understand he gets his “push” abilities from his mom, i am 100% okay with that. but why communications with animals too? why did he but no other fairlie get an extra power?!
- speaking of overpowered, idk how i feel about fairy godmother. like she just uses insane amounts of magic at these kids every whim. like where were you back when the og keepers were risking their lives nightly?! instead of being dhi’s we get her?
- didn’t ridley say fairlie parents all are d**d? or was imagining that. if not, how are the whitman and ranjels still alive?!
- the weird ass mix up between mattie weaver’s reading ability suddenly given to story?!
- isn’t there a dhi dillard alive(?) somewhere? and why does finn’s mf son and the other kids only know him as Finn’s old friend and not uncle dillard?! or sh*t even dillard or mr. cole?! (he deserves an uncle title after everything he did to help the keepers).
- the whole shimmer concept was confusing and weird.
- WHY ISN’T WAYNE MENTIONED MORE ?! the man who formed the damn group is mentioned in passing like once. like wtf. (in my personal opinion, eli’s middle name is wayne, but that’s just my idea)
- book 3 includes breaking all laws in this damn universe by casually introducing time travel, and have them go to like a week before. what if they check security feeds like the og keepers did or another form of high tech, not CASUALLY INTRODUCE TIME TRAVEL!!
- if he were to use time travel, it should have made the kingdom kids go back to their parents as young keepers to ask for help or something i would have LOVED that.
there’s a lot more i didn’t like, maybe i’ll do a part two, but here’s the last thing that i REALLY didn’t like.
- WHY ON EARTH are the kingdom keepers letting their kids do this, especially on their own. finn mentions how he understands what eli is going through, and tells him to be careful. and that’s it !! not “let me help you son, if you’re doing something that is a life or d**th situation that i’ve been through multiple times before, let me and your aunt and uncle’s help you.” NOPE! just “good luck I guess lol please don’t d*e. see you at dinner.” THE KINGDOM KEEPERS I KNOW WOULD NEVER LET THEIR KIDS DO THIS ON HIS OWN, THEY WOULD HELP!!
