I've only read three and a half but they're hit and miss, actually. The best book I've read so far was one of the flashback books, and I suspect that the more you see of Christopher (aka the Chrestomanci guy) in the plot, the better the book is. Charmed Life is decent but there isn't that much of a plot. I didn't like Witch Week at all, every character was an annoying brat. I'm reading Magicians of Caprona now and I'm liking it so far.
Some of the books' structure seem to be something similar to a Doctor Who episode seen from the POV of the one-shot characters: the quality varies from one to the another, but you're pretty much reading because you like the charismatic Doctor (except here it's an interdimensional magical guy, the Chrestomanci, instead of a time-traveling alien) and he saves the day anyway. DWJ seems to prefer to leave her Quirky Metrosexual Magicians (Howl, Christopher) as secondary characters even though they're chewing the stage curtains and the series is called after them, which is odd.
The Zelda mangas are fun, sometimes serious, but really cute. If you want to read the ones for the N64 games, go ahead, as they changed the plot for the Ocarina one and it's not exactly like the game. So you're only spoiling yourself for some twists, but enough to enjoy the 3DS remake anyway!
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Some of the books' structure seem to be something similar to a Doctor Who episode seen from the POV of the one-shot characters: the quality varies from one to the another, but you're pretty much reading because you like the charismatic Doctor (except here it's an interdimensional magical guy, the Chrestomanci, instead of a time-traveling alien) and he saves the day anyway. DWJ seems to prefer to leave her Quirky Metrosexual Magicians (Howl, Christopher) as secondary characters even though they're chewing the stage curtains and the series is called after them, which is odd.
The Zelda mangas are fun, sometimes serious, but really cute. If you want to read the ones for the N64 games, go ahead, as they changed the plot for the Ocarina one and it's not exactly like the game. So you're only spoiling yourself for some twists, but enough to enjoy the 3DS remake anyway!