Jinx By Sage Blackwood Summary

The book “Jinx” by Sage Blackwood, was a very thrilling story with some humorous moments, some twisted and morbid moments, but definitely a lot of action and adventure. Particularly I found it especially intriguing reading about how Jinx had to adapt to his new way of living outside of the clearing and into the Urwald with Simon the Wizard. In the Urwald Jinx was too afraid to step off path because he did not want to get swept away by the witches or werewolves. However, toward the end of the book he showed much courage when him and two other kids Reven and Elfwyn had the gut to rescue Simon and the other people’s lives held captive by the Bonemaster. One event in particular I found morbid was when Jinx meets Dame Glammer who is a witch and she wants to turn Jinx into butter. …show more content…
However although the plot was strong, the plot took to long to develop and the main problem was over too quickly. The plot should have had a longer part in the story, instead the author was more focused on tiny unnecessary details like explaining that Jinx could talk to trees by feeling their roots. Moreover, the author did not have to explain that Jinx finds a farseeing window and talks to a girl with a red hood, because it did not contribute to the plot at all. Some troubling issues I had with this book was I didn't quite understand what the “clearing” of the Urwald was, but inferring from what it sounds like I assumed it was the part of the Urwald where there was no forest. I think the author should elaborate on the setting more because I did not have a clear understanding, and I could not really envision the story since no sensory detail was included. The only description of what Urwald looked like was “the path where it twisted between great