Comments on: The Sisters Grimm #5: Magic and Other Misdemeanors

By: Azaria

Azaria — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:25:32 +0000

Thank you for making a point on Daphne’s scar. Didnt get that part in the book…

By: ALA

ALA — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:02:21 +0000

So in the furture Puck and Sabrina are married. So will that change if Sabrina and Daphne change the furture?

By: Azaria

Azaria — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:08:25 +0000

Don’t think so..

By: ALA

ALA — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:21:34 +0000

ok thanks Azaria

By: Azaria

Azaria — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:52:07 +0000

Sure thing!

By: peanut

peanut — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:17:14 +0000

The older Daphne got her scar by stealing the magic detector from Nottingham. If the younger Daphne stole it from him and didn’t get the scar then the future Daphne wouldn’t have a scar becuase she would already have the magic detector. If she already had the magic detector then she wouldn’t have to steal it and she wouldn’t get the scar.

Thats why the older Daphne didn’t have a scar. Sorry if it’s too confusing!! =)

By: Azaria

Azaria — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:37:13 +0000

Yeah, but it said the scar was fairly fresh, it wouldnt fresh if she gotton it when she was young, and then still have it look fresh years later..

This is confusing!

By: peanut

peanut — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:11:28 +0000

But she got the scar stealing the orb thing from Nottingham and if younger Dapne stole it then the older Daphne wouldn’t have tried to steal it and wouldn’t have gotten the scar. . .i think.

I agree this is SO confusing!!!!!

By: Azaria

Azaria — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:32:42 +0000

Ow…My brain hurts!

By: Peanut

Peanut — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:01:08 +0000

HEADACHE!!!!!!!!

By: Azaria

Azaria — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:48:26 +0000

Lol. Yeah!

By: Lily

Lily — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:56:24 +0000

I have to disagree with you about the scar. Daphne had gotten the scar recently because she had only just accquired the detector, because before they didn’t know about it or need it. Once they have returned back to the present, Charming realized that they needed the magic detector then. It’s one of they mistakes they fix- stealing it then rather than years later.

By: Lily

Lily — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:59:39 +0000

Plus, younger Daphne hadn’t stolen it when they visited the future. Also, I actually do think the whole time-traveling thing works.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:36:13 +0000

I didn’t think the time traveling was confusing either.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:33:17 +0000

Don’t you just looooove Sabrina&Puck? We need to make a couple name 4 them…like Suck. HA!

By: Lily

Lily — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:47:30 +0000

Christina- I know! My friend and I think they’re so cute.

But I didn’t really like how in the 5th and 6th, not much happens. I mean, in the fifth you learn they get married, so I thought there’d be lots of romance in the sixth, but there isn’t.

By: Lily

Lily — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:48:26 +0000

OH, and you have a point about the whole “Sabrina stealing a wand before” thing.

By: Azaria

Azaria — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:11:54 +0000

Haha, “Sucks”. XD -dies laughing-
I get the whole time traveling part, its that Peanut was confusing me..Or was I confusing myself? Idk.
But, Jessica and Rebecca are right that the Grimms still ignore Elvis.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:29:40 +0000

First of all I want to say that I love the Sisters Grimm and I have many thoughts on them but I won’t write them all down ’cause that would take too long. I totally understand not being able to stop reading them. I’ve never cared so much about a series or a character as i did about Sisters Grimm and Sabrina. The reason for this is because I’ve never connected with a main character in any other book and been able to live a story thru her like I did with Sabrina. that’s one reason it would be so hard to stop reading them. you feel like it’s your story and you need to see what happens. But, besides being a sympathetic character thru whom we can live the story Sabrina’s wonderful charcter on her own. She’s a sensitive, strong-willed, courageous, tough girl. although she does act a bit like a brat sometimes she’s never actually trying to hurt anyone. She’s doing what she thinks is best or what she thinks she has to do to protect her family. She’s been following Charming’s advice about saving the ones she loves all along. If you ask me she’s the best part of the series. But she’s not the only good part. My other favorite characters are compassionate Mirror and long suffering Mr. Canis. i didn’t like Charming at first but after book 5 I think he is one of my favorites too.
On the other hand i completely relate to you being frustrated by the books. you touched on a few of the problems with them in your reviews, but i have to say many of the problems you talked about weren’t really problems at all, ( Mr. Buckley only doesn’t make a big point of saying that Sabrina’s going thru puberty), and completely missed others. I absolutely agree that Sabrina doesn’t get to save the day enough. there are many contradictions. In book 3 Granny Relda said that magic should only be used as a last resort. But she had a witch make Puck a magical room at the end of book 1. Was that really such an emergency? maybe having a magic room was how she convinced puck to come live with them since he didn’t really want to. But Sabrina and Daphne didn’t want to live with her at first, either. But did they get magical rooms. No. they got their windows boarded up. And then there’s the impression one gets that Relda and Daphne are doing their best to find fault with Sabrina. Like when Daphne’s mad at Sabrina at the end of book 6. I don’t get what she’s so upset about. she herself admitted she was wrong and stubborn not to get the weapon. i know Mr. Buckley wanted Daphne to be the voice of reason for Sabrina but it just doesn’t work that way. instead Daphne just seems judgemental of Sabrina. And I know everyone’s going to be really mad at me for this but if there’s one character in the series i can’t stand it’s Puck. He, unlike Sabrina is mean for the sake of being mean and I enjoy reading the parts including him the least. I don’t think the sixth book will put anyone off the books, but you might find, like i did, that you’re not as anxious to read the next book as you were to read books 1-6. I was a little annoyed by all the mushy stuff in this book and the creepy part near the end with Bluebeard and Snow White. I had to wonder if Mr. Buckley momentarily forgot he was writing a series for children (I say this, as well as all my other criticizms in the best way possible).
I really want the books to go out with a bang (if they really must go out). So, Mr. Buckley, i know you must be really busy lately. I heard you and your wife had a baby lately. So please take as much time as you need to rest and think thru the next few books. Take years if you have to but make the next 3 books really, really fantastic. Make them go down in history. I love your series and I know you can do it.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:23:04 +0000

One thing I forgot to say before is why I connect with Sabrina. This is not to say that I’m a whole lot like Sabrina, personality-wise (although I am a little), but that as I read each book it’s very easy to feel what Sabrina is feeling. Part of this is because what she feels is so real and so logical and part of it might be a psychic ability of Mr. Buckley’s to hypnotize people using the ink on the page into being absorbed into Sabrina’s feelings (Hee Hee. Joking-seriously). Whatever it is it feels like Sabrina’s a real person and one of my friends, you know? I really hope none of that sounds too crazy.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:55:59 +0000

Hi Nikki!!! I didn’t find your thing (sorry couldn’t think of a way to put it!) about connecting with Sabrina creepy. I agree with some of the stuff you said but some things I don’t really agree with. Like the thing with Daphne hateing Sabrina. I think Daphne has a pretty good reason to not be happy with Sabrina. Sabrina stole the key from Daphne and took the weapon from the bank without her knowing. When they drove by the destroyed bank I thought Sabrina should have at least told Daphne she had the weapon! The little girl was freaking out!!! Plus if Sabrina told Daphne then it’s not like Daphne could have done anything about it. She couldn’t put it back in the bank becuase there’s no bank to put it in!! Sure Daphne might have been mad but not as mad as she is now!! The person she was most trusted and the person she wanted to be like when she grew up, stole something from her, didn’t tell her about it and let her go on thinking that the weapon was lost and blameing herself for not getting it before! I don’t know about you but I’d be pretty mad at someone if they did that to me. I’m not trying to make Sabrina look like a bad person in the book. I can see why she took the weapon and I don’t mind that she did it to try and protect everyone. I just think Daphne has a good reason to be mad. Oh, and the thing with the magic room, I don’t think Sabrina would have been to happy to sleep in a magical room.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:57:06 +0000

Sorry if I spelled anything wrong!!! I’m a horrible speller! =)

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:16:13 +0000

Nice to meet you, Hannah! I’m glad you didn’t find my thing about connecting with Sabrina creepy. And you’re right I would be kindof upset if something terrible happened and I thought it was my fault and my sister let me stew when she could have told me the real story, and I don’t think Daphne hates Sabrina. I should have explained my comments before but I was trying to be quick. It’s just that Dapne doesn’t even ask Sabrina why she didn’t tell her and didn’t seem to stop and consider that Sabrina just didn’t know how. (That’s what it was, I think. Sabrina just couldn’t bring herself to it because she knew Daphne would be mad.) Throughout the books it has just seemed like Daphne was very ready to be angry at Sabrina, and hardly ever stopped to see things from her point of view. That’s what I meant by ‘judgemental.’ I realize I might be a bit paranoid and overly eager to defend my ‘friend,’ Sabrina, but when you think about it Sabrina’s putting her whole heart and soul into protecting her loved ones and when not even her own sister tries to be very understanding of her it makes everything harder for her. As I said before, I think Mr. Buckley wanted Daphne to be Sabrina’s conscience, but it doesn’t work. Sabrina already has a conscience and felt terrible about hurting Daphne and I think what she needed was to be understood, rather than criticized. I’m not trying to say that Dapne’s a bad character, either. She’s quirky and affectionate and although she’s not one of my favorites, I don’t dislike her. But sometimes I think it would be easier for Sabrina without Daphne constantly criticizing her. I hope you’ll tell me more about what you agreed or disagreed with in my comments.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:42:27 +0000

Oh, and about the whole ‘Daphne’s scar’ thing, her scar in the future was fresh because she just got the ‘magic detector thing’ recently and in the process Nottingham cut her. Although they got the ‘magic detector’ much earlier in the past/present Sabrina was just afraid Nottingham would still be able to hurt Daphne when they did, which is logical, I think, but fortunately they avoided it. And future Daphne doesn’t have the scar because she didn’t have to get the marble and so didn’t have to get hurt doing it. So the two events are kindof related. That was my take on it. Does that make sense? And the future is changed a little, and the reason it’s not changed completely is because there are lots of other things they have to fix, like warning Baba Yaga that she needs new gaurdians and waking up their parents which obviously they intend to do. So book 5 was not an exercise in futility and was never meant to be. The future will change but only after the girls have done a lot more work.
I also had to wonder if maybe the Evil Queen is closely connected to the Master even though she wasn’t there the night of Sabrina’s birthday (or wasn’t mentioned if she was). Because hadn’t Goldilocks been being chased for about as far back as Sabrina found out she could wake their dad? Who else would have known about that and told the Scarlet Hand to get Goldy but the Queen? Forgive me if I’m stating something terribly obvious.

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:59:42 +0000

Holy Jeans! Wow you gals write a lot. I loved the emotion in this book. The way Canis had to find out ‘he didn’t have much time left’, and he was ’shaken but remained calm’. It was amazing! And when Sabrina couldn’t take Puck’s hand because ‘even the most simplest thing now had layers of complication’. But come on! Where’s the DRAMA? Gotta have that drama! And there wasn’t much edge in it either. If there is one thing Buckley is good at, it’s edge in his books. But he just hasn’t had too much drama! Am I the only fanatic that feels this way!?!

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:05:17 +0000

And Nikki has a point. But I don’t think Snow White’s stepmom is part of the Hand. Because remember when (in book 6, sorry) that the Red Riding Hood story was a complete WHAMO on account of the tale being true? That’s probably the same with the Queen. After all, she did say, “I did not try to kill her”, and she said it softly *hintcough* . So maybe it’s all just an illusion…maybe she worships bunny rabbits every full moon…or maybe I’m just crazy…

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:50:22 +0000

Hi, Christina! I agree that the sixth book was less dramatic than the rest of the series and I wished it had more ‘edge,’ too. Maybe it was because the book was so short (I think it might be the shortest one in the series yet), and it didn’t really give us a chance to get into the story, or something. But I think Mr. Buckley must be tired. Did you notice how when they’re trying to get Goldylocks to come back to Fairyport Landing but she doesn’t want to because she couldn’t get out again, nobody even mentions the Vorpal Blade. They could have taken her out the hole they already made or cut a new hole in the barrier. Or they could have taken Sabrina’s dad to Goldy through the staircase thingy, but no one even thinks of that. I think Mr. Buckley just didn’t really think through the elements of his story, which is understandable, because he must be really busy these days.
Do you want the Anderson Triplets to be in one of the next books? I do. I also want the next books to be longer.
Oh, and thanks, Hannah for telling me about the reading list. I recommended my books.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:44:24 +0000

Sorry, I was wrong. Book six is the second shortest book in the series, I think.

By: Azaria

Azaria — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:32:32 +0000

Hello! Although I did love this book, It was sorta kinda boring at points. I don’t know if it was if there was to much detail in some parts or something. But, anyways, I usually find myself liking all of the villians just because they’re so evil. xD I love it how Mr. Buckley twisted Red around and made her a mental, deranged child. I would have never thought of that! Oh, and Nikki, thanks for making such brilliant points! You really did open my eyes.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:59:23 +0000

Thanks, Azaria! I’m glad you think I made some good points! It’s nice to be able to say what I think about the books on here ’cause I have no one at home to discuss them with. So please, anyone who is reading this, tell me what you think about my comments.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:01:25 +0000

My problem with this book was how obvious it was about who stole the items. I don’t know about you but I like not knowing who the criminal is, instead of finding out who it is in like the second chapter. But that’s not that big of a deal. About the whole state goverment not knowing, it might be becuase maybe the taxes that mayor Heart mad the humans pay weren’t real. And Ferryport Landing is a small town so maybe they’re not really focusing on it. Sorry it you guys already knew that!

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:06:44 +0000

Hi, Hannah! I thought the Government did know. From what I read I got the impression that the whole world was under attack. I don’t remember exactly what it said but I think it said there were Scarlet Hand bases all over and there were also resistance (or whatever you’d call them) bases. The Grimms were just in charge of the Ferryport Landing base and they of course have to fight the Scarlet Hands who are trapped there. But there are Everafters all over the world and I’m pretty sure the Master isn’t trapped in Ferryport, which is why he was able to get the Wizard of Oz to join him even though the Wizard lives in New York City. So, in other words, he could get Everafters all over the world to join him. So the reason the state or any other government didn’t intervene in Ferryport is because they’re all fighting bad guys of their own, and Ferryport has the Grimms to fight evil.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:34:12 +0000

You’d think that if the goverment already knew then the Everafters would stop hiding or at least the everafters that are in the Scarlet Hand.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:27:48 +0000

I think they did. Didn’t they?

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:45:35 +0000

No, I don’t think they did. Cause when the went to New York the Everafters were still hiding. They weren’t hiding in the furture though, if thats what you mean.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:57:52 +0000

That was what I meant. In the future the world was under attack by the Scarlet Hand and so the Everafters didn’t hide any more.
I’m sorry. Were you talking about the state government just not intervening when it came to the humans being taxed? (I thought you meant in the future, after the Scarlet Hand raided Mirror). Because, in that case you’re probably right. The state government probably doesn’t pay much attention to such a small town.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:54:18 +0000

I agree with you that when Future Pucks saves the girls (all four of them) it makes Sabrina look incompetent and passive. That was a good way of putting it. I mean, it sorta made her look that way whenever he saved her in the present but back then it was more understandable because she was new to detective work and fighting monsters and stuff but 15 YEARS later, in a future where she was in constant battles with the Scarlet Hand, one would definitely expect her to be more able to defend herself. But that doesn’t seem to be the case because Puck still has to (and GETS to, moreover) save her and be the hero of the day. That’s pretty annoying.