Pros & Cons
Pros
Author is able to create a world and a history that makes me feel * it could have existed. Grasping the words to build the world. It is very imaginative and very entertaining.
I recommend this book to all teenage readers and lovers of ya fantasy books. Very teen)tween appropriate.
Jack swift learns he is part of the magical world and learns that he is a target at the same time. His aunt drags jack along to search for some ancient family heirloom. The story begins with jack at high school and follows him on his quest to retrieve... Read More
His newfound abilities launch him and those he loves into danger. He has to learn very fast and gets help from strategically based people in his small town.
Cons
This book feels like chima wrote it with big dollar signs in her eyes. The only redeeming quality was that it was pretty well written.
This book continues the story of jonah and his friends and has nothing much to do with sorcerers. They just stand around and say dude, that was weird, hyuk hyuk. His decision to die instead of fight almost looks more like laziness and selfishness.
Protagonist is the stereotypical plucky male.
Highlights
Quality
I was satisfied with the ending and will be starting book 2 right after a short food break
Its very unique and i really enjoyed the mix of history and england with the story
Competitiveness
I read this book based on a trusted recommendation
This story was a wellwritten tale of a magical world that exists along side our normal world
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Would be a great book for preteens
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The story itself was great and while i predicted certain parts they still managed to surprise me and keep me reading and certain plot lines were written with excellence
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I found him to be quite complex and tormented deeply layered and flawed
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There was a lot of action throughout the book right until the very last pages
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Good book but the transitions between the points of view of the characters were extremely clumsy
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Youd be 3 sentences into the next paragraph before realizing the pov had switched
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Pg if you read this expect a minimal amount of violence
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The book also occasionally has some vague sexual innuendos