Pre-Owned Crispin: at the Edge of the World (Paperback) 9781423103059

from fingerpost

The second book in the Crispin trilogy is notably weaker than the first as far as the plot goes. While the first was focused, concise, and always moving forward with a tremendous amount happening for a book of this length, At the Edge of the World felt too loose. The story line amounted to little...

from elbakerone

Crispin: At the Edge of the World picks up right where its predecessor, Crispin: The Cross of Lead, left off. The reader is reunited with the young boy Crispin and his surrogate father a juggler named Bear leaving the town of Great Wexly. New characters are introduced in the story when Bear is in...

from goodnightmoon

Much diminished from the first book. I kept waiting for the story to start, but instead it felt like a big lead-up to... nothing. Also, the worst two names ever are Aude and Troth. Ack!

from wiremonkey

The adventures of Crispin and Bear continue exactly where they left off: as they are leaving the town of Great Wexly. Things are going badly for Bear, who had been beaten nearly to death in the last book. They stop at a farmhouse to purchase some ale and are confronted by one of Ball's brotherhoo...

from jzdro

Evocative depictions of coastal raiding going both ways in the Hundred Years' War make a compelling backdrop for the continuation of Crispin's tale. But again, the ending is improbable and ridiculous. The new bad guy's strategy for taking a treasure from a fortified church (good description!) is ...