Die Bruderschaft von Skandia

I have conflicting thoughts about this book. I read this book a couple times, but this time (2020) I didn't enjoy the book as much. I don't know if this is because I read it in German and since this is a language I'm still learning, it took a lot of time and effort to read it, so I didn???t enjoy it as much or because it just wasn't as good as I remembered.
First, I thought this book was middle grade, but it is in fact Young Adult, and even though there is no romance (a positive thing for me), I was not in the right mindset to read a Young Adult book, especially since last year I have been avoiding YA books.

Second, the characters are one-dimensional, and they don't have a lot of development, not only in this book, but in the rest of the series as well. The thing that is well developed is the bond of characters as a crew, as a unit, instead of individual growth.
I guess I just was expecting too much of this book and it didn't deliver it. Overall, this is not a bad book, but it is not perfect either.
I will probably not continue with my reread of this series, because I don't want to lose my positive experience I had with this series when I was younger.

Old rating: 5???
New Rating: 3.5 ???