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Originally Posted by PKFFW
I read the first one just to see what all the fuss was about when I heard the author was 15. I must say I found it rather boring, derivative and shallow. I can understand why a fuss was made, since it's respectable writing for a 15 year old, but I didn't think it was "good writing" in general and there wasn't anything that made me want to continue with the series.
I never understood why a movie was made out of it or why a 2nd and 3rd book got published for that matter.
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I heard the author's parents are major publishers in Italy, with lots of connections.