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3.81 AVERAGE
I don't knjow what to think about this book. 3.5 stars.
It was good, really good, but I need to read the sequences to find out more about the story. This felt to me like a teaser, and that the big surprises are yet to come. I trust Holly Black and Cassandra Clare completely. I'm sure they have great things in mind and I'm curious to read what Call, Tamara and Aaron will be doing next time...
It was good, really good, but I need to read the sequences to find out more about the story. This felt to me like a teaser, and that the big surprises are yet to come. I trust Holly Black and Cassandra Clare completely. I'm sure they have great things in mind and I'm curious to read what Call, Tamara and Aaron will be doing next time...
muy buena historia, me gusto mucho y si tiene alguna cosas parecidas a Harry pero es una historia completamente distinta, tengo muchas ganas de leer la segunda parte, lo recomiendo!!!
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
"Fire wants to burn
Water wants to flow
Air wants to rise
Earth wants to bind
Chaos wants to devour
Cal wants to live"
AUTHORS OF SHADOWHUNTERS AND FOLK OF AIR UNITE. Will it be good? Will it be bad? Well, it is something...
"So it’s not as bad as it looks?” Call ventured. “Oh, no,” she told him. “It’s just as bad as it looks. But I’m very, very good at my job."
This was literally Harry Potter if Harry Potter didn't want to go to Hogwart.
SAME PLOT DIFFERENT FONT
Here u have:
Magic school✅
Magicians✅
Magic lessons✅
Big bad sorcerer who's called Enemy so I guess it fits with the one whose name u can't say or something✅
Trainings aka karate kid where in theory they do nothing but suddenly they're all powerful and know everything because patience is a virtue✅
"All elements have a counterweight. Fire is the counterweight of water. Air is the counterweight of earth. The counterweight of chaos is the soul."
It was really slow🐢, so I found myself bored at times and I couldn't keep attention on what I was reading was, so I needed to read the same page three times to understand what's going on.
"Knowledge and action are one and the same."
Main character was annoying like ugh, his decisions were questionable at best.
"Fire can either burn down your house or warm it."
The only thing that saved this book from 1⭐ was the ending, which I already suspected, but yeah 2/5⭐
"Oh for goodness sake. Why do boys always have to talk about their feelings, it's so gross"
Thanq @moondrive.books for book to review.
Water wants to flow
Air wants to rise
Earth wants to bind
Chaos wants to devour
Cal wants to live"
AUTHORS OF SHADOWHUNTERS AND FOLK OF AIR UNITE. Will it be good? Will it be bad? Well, it is something...
"So it’s not as bad as it looks?” Call ventured. “Oh, no,” she told him. “It’s just as bad as it looks. But I’m very, very good at my job."
This was literally Harry Potter if Harry Potter didn't want to go to Hogwart.
SAME PLOT DIFFERENT FONT
Here u have:
Magic school✅
Magicians✅
Magic lessons✅
Big bad sorcerer who's called Enemy so I guess it fits with the one whose name u can't say or something✅
Trainings aka karate kid where in theory they do nothing but suddenly they're all powerful and know everything because patience is a virtue✅
"All elements have a counterweight. Fire is the counterweight of water. Air is the counterweight of earth. The counterweight of chaos is the soul."
It was really slow🐢, so I found myself bored at times and I couldn't keep attention on what I was reading was, so I needed to read the same page three times to understand what's going on.
"Knowledge and action are one and the same."
Main character was annoying like ugh, his decisions were questionable at best.
"Fire can either burn down your house or warm it."
The only thing that saved this book from 1⭐ was the ending, which I already suspected, but yeah 2/5⭐
"Oh for goodness sake. Why do boys always have to talk about their feelings, it's so gross"
Thanq @moondrive.books for book to review.
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This is another one of those that the target audience will enjoy, but the cynical grown-up part of me just can’t accept.
Let’s just point out obvious #1: This book clearly and unashamedly steals every key plot element and twist from Harry Potter. I don’t actually mind that–it’s just done really poorly.
What really got me was the number of times I was asked to suspend belief and ignore basic rules of logic. Characters who make awful decisions. Big reveals that don’t make sense. Inconsistent motivators. Stuff that is just plain dumb. No personal connection.
There are some redeeming elements! It did copy from Jo and Harry’s handbook after all. I can easily see my 10-to-14 year old friends really enjoying The Iron Trial. But I’ll leave the rest of the series to them. I’m not interested.
Content appropriate for all ages.
Happy Reading!
The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained
This is another one of those that the target audience will enjoy, but the cynical grown-up part of me just can’t accept.
Let’s just point out obvious #1: This book clearly and unashamedly steals every key plot element and twist from Harry Potter. I don’t actually mind that–it’s just done really poorly.
What really got me was the number of times I was asked to suspend belief and ignore basic rules of logic. Characters who make awful decisions. Big reveals that don’t make sense. Inconsistent motivators. Stuff that is just plain dumb. No personal connection.
There are some redeeming elements! It did copy from Jo and Harry’s handbook after all. I can easily see my 10-to-14 year old friends really enjoying The Iron Trial. But I’ll leave the rest of the series to them. I’m not interested.
Content appropriate for all ages.
Happy Reading!
A fine entry into the magical-boarding-school genre. The point of view character, Callum Hunt, was the only survivor of a massacre during the last wizarding war. (For given values of "only" and "survivor.") He was an infant and his leg was shattered badly. His mother scratched a dying message on the wall of the cave: Kill the Child. His father, a wizard, did not. Instead, his father rejected the surviving wizards and forswore magic, even the magic that might have healed Callum's leg and spared him much misery. He raised Callum to hate and fear wizards, wizarding school, and wizarding experiments.
But in a world of magic, the child of powerful wizards can not escape the call of magical boarding schools. His father might have tried to kill him when he got in, but he might just have been tossing him the knife his mum had used to carve her dying words in a cave, because dads do that, right? Callum survives his first year and for the first time in his life, has friends and a possibly-evil wolf puppy who followed him home after one of Callum's fellow students killed the pack. They name the dog Havoc and he's awesome.
Would have made a great bus book.
But in a world of magic, the child of powerful wizards can not escape the call of magical boarding schools. His father might have tried to kill him when he got in, but he might just have been tossing him the knife his mum had used to carve her dying words in a cave, because dads do that, right? Callum survives his first year and for the first time in his life, has friends and a possibly-evil wolf puppy who followed him home after one of Callum's fellow students killed the pack. They name the dog Havoc and he's awesome.
Would have made a great bus book.
once upon a time, i stated that this was the most "rollercoaster" book i have ever read. i was wrong. i do not think this is the most rollercoaster book ive ever read. not even close.
- Callum Hunt hasste Magie - er hasste einfach alles an ihr... -
... deswegen gibt Call sich auch die größte Mühe in der Aufnahmeprüfung fürs Magisterium, der Schule für Magie, durchzufallen. Wider aller Erwartungen wird Call dennoch angenommen und ist nun gezwungen sich dem Studium der Magie zuzuwenden.
Der Protagonist, Call, ist ein typischer 12 jähriger Junge, der gerne mal Laut seine Meinung kund tut. Genau das und sein verkrüppeltes Bein machen ihm zum Außenseiter.
Ich habe schon oft gehört, dass viele die Reihe mit Harry Potter vergleichen und so hatte ich das die ganze Zeit im Hinterkopf. Ja, es sind mir einige Parallelen aufgefallen, wie z.B. das Trio, dass sich erst annähern muss. Auch erinnert mich Tamara etwas an Hermine, aber alles in allem finde ich, dass es eine eigenständige Geschichte ist.
Die Welt, die hier beschrieben wurde, gefällt mir sehr gut und auch die Handlung fand ich super. Man wird zusammen mit Call in diese neue Welt eingeführt, fast so als wäre man selbst Schüler des Magisteriums. Besonders fasziniert war ich übrigesn vom Essen!
Das Ende war ein großer Wendepunkt, der alle Theorien die ich hatte über den Haufen geschmissen hat. Doch leider kam mir das alles dann zu abrupt. Es fühlte sich ein bisschen so an, als wollten die Autorinnen schnell zum Ende kommen um mit dem nächsten Band beginnen zu können.
Alles in Allem fand ich das Buch aber super und freue mich auf den nächsten Band.
... deswegen gibt Call sich auch die größte Mühe in der Aufnahmeprüfung fürs Magisterium, der Schule für Magie, durchzufallen. Wider aller Erwartungen wird Call dennoch angenommen und ist nun gezwungen sich dem Studium der Magie zuzuwenden.
Der Protagonist, Call, ist ein typischer 12 jähriger Junge, der gerne mal Laut seine Meinung kund tut. Genau das und sein verkrüppeltes Bein machen ihm zum Außenseiter.
Ich habe schon oft gehört, dass viele die Reihe mit Harry Potter vergleichen und so hatte ich das die ganze Zeit im Hinterkopf. Ja, es sind mir einige Parallelen aufgefallen, wie z.B. das Trio, dass sich erst annähern muss. Auch erinnert mich Tamara etwas an Hermine, aber alles in allem finde ich, dass es eine eigenständige Geschichte ist.
Die Welt, die hier beschrieben wurde, gefällt mir sehr gut und auch die Handlung fand ich super. Man wird zusammen mit Call in diese neue Welt eingeführt, fast so als wäre man selbst Schüler des Magisteriums. Besonders fasziniert war ich übrigesn vom Essen!
Das Ende war ein großer Wendepunkt, der alle Theorien die ich hatte über den Haufen geschmissen hat. Doch leider kam mir das alles dann zu abrupt. Es fühlte sich ein bisschen so an, als wollten die Autorinnen schnell zum Ende kommen um mit dem nächsten Band beginnen zu können.
Alles in Allem fand ich das Buch aber super und freue mich auf den nächsten Band.
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I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, thank you!
The Iron Trial is the first book in the new Magisterium series.
Callum Hunt has always been warned by his father for the Magisterium. Still he goes to audition for them, together with a bunch of muggles - ehm, excuse me, people unaware of magic - who believe they are going to ballet school or something similar. Callum alone will be trying to fail getting into the Magisterium. And even though he's done a splendid job in failing his test, he's still rewarded a place at this prestigious school of magic to train to become a mage. But what are the teachers not telling him?
It's hard not to compare this book to others, like Harry Potter, and indeed, especially in the beginning it's quite similar. The mysterious school and it's weird teachers, imminent danger and a general threat in the person of the Enemy of Death (who disappeared when Callum was a baby). Add to this the tragic death of a parent in a battle with aforementioned enemy and no evidence for any classes that do not involve magic like English or Maths...
However, these kind of books are usually something I really enjoy. The Iron Trial is no exception. But it's more than that. In itself it was a very enjoyable read. My attention was immediately grabbed from the prologue and I wanted to find out what it meant. Near the end there are some twists that are rarely seen in books today, so I liked the change and always appreciate things that are different from what I always read. The ending left me with questions I really want to know the answers to. A very interesting first book in a new YA fantasy school series I'll definitely want to read the second book of.
Read all my reviews on http://urlphantomhive.booklikes.com
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, thank you!
The Iron Trial is the first book in the new Magisterium series.
Callum Hunt has always been warned by his father for the Magisterium. Still he goes to audition for them, together with a bunch of muggles - ehm, excuse me, people unaware of magic - who believe they are going to ballet school or something similar. Callum alone will be trying to fail getting into the Magisterium. And even though he's done a splendid job in failing his test, he's still rewarded a place at this prestigious school of magic to train to become a mage. But what are the teachers not telling him?
It's hard not to compare this book to others, like Harry Potter, and indeed, especially in the beginning it's quite similar. The mysterious school and it's weird teachers, imminent danger and a general threat in the person of the Enemy of Death (who disappeared when Callum was a baby). Add to this the tragic death of a parent in a battle with aforementioned enemy and no evidence for any classes that do not involve magic like English or Maths...
However, these kind of books are usually something I really enjoy. The Iron Trial is no exception. But it's more than that. In itself it was a very enjoyable read. My attention was immediately grabbed from the prologue and I wanted to find out what it meant. Near the end there are some twists that are rarely seen in books today, so I liked the change and always appreciate things that are different from what I always read. The ending left me with questions I really want to know the answers to. A very interesting first book in a new YA fantasy school series I'll definitely want to read the second book of.
To read my completed review, please go here
Rating: 4/5
The Iron Trial is the first book written by Holly and Cassie as collaborators. However, they are not new to the Young Adult genre at all. Holly is well known for her Curse Breakers’ series as well as The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. Cassie already has two widely popular series under her belt as well: The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. Both authors are favorites of mine, so needless to say, I was absolutely thrilled to hear about the two of them working together.
I have to say that The Iron Trial showcased what I loved best about both authors. When I started reading, I was actually quite worried. Let me spell it out for you. There’s a magic school that people spend all of their schooling career at. The mother died when our main character was a baby, and said main character has a visible disability/scar because of it. There is an older master/mentor character. Oh, and the main character has two best friends: a know-it-all female and a loyal male. I think after the phenomena that was Harry Potter, readers automatically put the pieces of the puzzle together that it will be exactly like the story that got many of us into reading.
I am so very happy to say Cassie and Holly proved us wrong. Though the preface may seem similar, these ladies took the idea of a magic school and completely made it their own.
The book opens with Callum right before he is about to take his Iron Trial. He has spent his whole life being told magic is wrong. He was led to believe mages only care about themselves, and that’s how his mother was killed. Throughout his whole life, his father trained him to fail these tests. Yet, no matter how hard he tried at failing, Call couldn’t fail. The concept is interesting and something I have never seen in YA lit yet. Usually schools full of magic are glorified for all the good they bring with it. However, this book shone a light on … what if that wasn’t the case?
One thing I loved was the main character Call. If I met him in life, I’m not sure I would be friends with his little twelve year old self. The thing I loved about him was that he was real. All too often, YA books are filled with characters that are supposed to be young… but don’t act it. Callum was mischievous and lacked tact. He was rash in his anger, and he was insecure. It wasn’t a far reach for me to believe that he was actually a 12 year old little boy. Same thing goes for Callum’s two best friends, Tamara and Aaron. Each have motivations and depth. They aren’t at all what they appear to be on the surface. One thing everyone should keep in mind is that this book is written for middle school kids. It is not the most advanced characterization simply because they are twelve. They still have so much time to learn and grow.
READ MY COMPLETED REVIEW here
Rating: 4/5
The Iron Trial is the first book written by Holly and Cassie as collaborators. However, they are not new to the Young Adult genre at all. Holly is well known for her Curse Breakers’ series as well as The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. Cassie already has two widely popular series under her belt as well: The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. Both authors are favorites of mine, so needless to say, I was absolutely thrilled to hear about the two of them working together.
I have to say that The Iron Trial showcased what I loved best about both authors. When I started reading, I was actually quite worried. Let me spell it out for you. There’s a magic school that people spend all of their schooling career at. The mother died when our main character was a baby, and said main character has a visible disability/scar because of it. There is an older master/mentor character. Oh, and the main character has two best friends: a know-it-all female and a loyal male. I think after the phenomena that was Harry Potter, readers automatically put the pieces of the puzzle together that it will be exactly like the story that got many of us into reading.
I am so very happy to say Cassie and Holly proved us wrong. Though the preface may seem similar, these ladies took the idea of a magic school and completely made it their own.
The book opens with Callum right before he is about to take his Iron Trial. He has spent his whole life being told magic is wrong. He was led to believe mages only care about themselves, and that’s how his mother was killed. Throughout his whole life, his father trained him to fail these tests. Yet, no matter how hard he tried at failing, Call couldn’t fail. The concept is interesting and something I have never seen in YA lit yet. Usually schools full of magic are glorified for all the good they bring with it. However, this book shone a light on … what if that wasn’t the case?
One thing I loved was the main character Call. If I met him in life, I’m not sure I would be friends with his little twelve year old self. The thing I loved about him was that he was real. All too often, YA books are filled with characters that are supposed to be young… but don’t act it. Callum was mischievous and lacked tact. He was rash in his anger, and he was insecure. It wasn’t a far reach for me to believe that he was actually a 12 year old little boy. Same thing goes for Callum’s two best friends, Tamara and Aaron. Each have motivations and depth. They aren’t at all what they appear to be on the surface. One thing everyone should keep in mind is that this book is written for middle school kids. It is not the most advanced characterization simply because they are twelve. They still have so much time to learn and grow.
READ MY COMPLETED REVIEW here
Whaaaaaaat?!?! Malta. Corram a comprar este livro. Por favor. Para todos os fãs de Harry Potter, que querem voltar a ficar presos a um livro cheio de fantasia e de ação, com plot twists de ficar de queixo caído. Apesar de ser uma série de Middle Grade, de uma das minhas favoritas Cassandra Clare (em conjunto com Holly Black) este livro é para todos aqueles que adoram uma boa história de fantasia. Independentemente da idade. Não há limites para as histórias nem catálogos onde se devam enquadrar.
Creio que devem ir todos para este livro como eu fui, sem saber nada. Apenas que se trata de uma história numa escola de magia. E nada mais.
5 ⭐/ 5
Creio que devem ir todos para este livro como eu fui, sem saber nada. Apenas que se trata de uma história numa escola de magia. E nada mais.
5 ⭐/ 5