Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
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Holly Smale · 2017
82/100
👍 Worth It
Holly Smale sticks the landing on a six-book series — Harriet Manners gets a finale that is funny and genuinely moving, and readers who have followed her from book one will find the emotional payoff real. The Netflix adaptation confirms the series' cultural staying power, and the content remains fully appropriate for its 11-and-up audience throughout. New readers will miss a lot of the emotional weight without the earlier books, but for fans this is a warm, satisfying goodbye.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety96
substance72
craft82
originality68
accuracy80
hype85
age-fit92
human-eye85
Penny’s verdict82
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