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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
this was just so boring, and the characters weren’t interesting at all. couldn’t even bring myself to finish it, and that’s sad because the book was given to me as a present
I thought I had predicted the ending and I was wrong, and that to me makes for great reading!
Bitiş: 28 Ocak 2018
Puan: 7/10
Öncelikle şu kitabı Harry Potter ile kıyaslamayın. Çünkü bunu yapmak manasız. Ben ilk başlarda yaptım biraz sonra fark ettim ki saçmalıyorum ben de yapmayı bıraktım.
Ve kitabı okurken gerçekten her şeyi bildiğinizi sanıyorsunuz, diyorsunuz ki ne kadar da tahmin edilebilir bir kurgu. Ama gerçekten alakası yok. Şok etkisi yapıyor.
Callum'u sevmedim. Babasını da sevmedim. Galiba kimseyi doğru düzgün sevmedim. Kitabın sonunu da pek sevdiğim söylenemez ama bütün bunları bir araya getirince ilginç bir şekilde kitabı çok sevdim.
Bence kitap büyülü.
Bu da böyle bir espri.
Puan: 7/10
Öncelikle şu kitabı Harry Potter ile kıyaslamayın. Çünkü bunu yapmak manasız. Ben ilk başlarda yaptım biraz sonra fark ettim ki saçmalıyorum ben de yapmayı bıraktım.
Ve kitabı okurken gerçekten her şeyi bildiğinizi sanıyorsunuz, diyorsunuz ki ne kadar da tahmin edilebilir bir kurgu. Ama gerçekten alakası yok. Şok etkisi yapıyor.
Callum'u sevmedim. Babasını da sevmedim. Galiba kimseyi doğru düzgün sevmedim. Kitabın sonunu da pek sevdiğim söylenemez ama bütün bunları bir araya getirince ilginç bir şekilde kitabı çok sevdim.
Bence kitap büyülü.
Bu da böyle bir espri.
4,5 Stars. I loved it. The magic system. The characters. The plot. The plot twists. All was amazing. The last part was a little rushed but that is okay for a MG book.
It wasn't my favorite, but I liked this book. The plot twist actually shocked me, because I was sure something else would happen. It was an interesting read.
ARC provided by netgallery in exchange for an honest review.
Okay let's get the obvious out of the way - there are a lot of similarities to Harry Potter, but I really liked the book anyway. While the premise is familiar - kids going to magic school, the characters however felt completely different to the characters in Harry Potter. I am a massive Harry Potter fan and despite the similar themes and troupes used in this book I still loved it.
The magic system in this story was very elemental and it felt different and what I liked about it was that it was clearly very dangerous if messed around with. A big premise of the story is that true power comes from control. Just because you can blow something up doesn't make you strong.
I did think that some of the important character development stages happened a little too quickly. There were a lot of students and masters in the book and I had trouble remembering who everyone was outside of the key players.
I'm excited to see the friendship between Callum, Tamara and Aaron get explored further in the next books. I love the fact that Callum is disabled and therefore is limited in how heroic he can be physically. His heroics come more from his mind than the feats he can achieve. Even the bully in the book has hidden depths and isn't a black and white character.
I read a lot of books and I read a lot of YA books so I went into this one feeling pretty confidant that I knew what was to happen. Callum is an angry kid with a secret past, there is an evil overlord who needs concurring and a chosen one the magical word is waiting for... everyone knows where this is going. I knew where this was going. A curve ball was thrown in the middle of the book - I was confused for a moment but then I figured out what was going to happen. Then I got to the end and it turns out I had no idea what this book was about. my smugness was for nothing. There were two twist I did not see coming! I loved the ending and it makes me very excited for the next one.
I think this book is set up for the rest of the series and I think the themes and ideas that the ending has bought up makes me think this series will be amazing. If this was a once off book I'd rate it only 4 stars - but it is getting 5 stars from me for the promise it bring for the rest of the series. Bring on book 2!
Okay let's get the obvious out of the way - there are a lot of similarities to Harry Potter, but I really liked the book anyway. While the premise is familiar - kids going to magic school, the characters however felt completely different to the characters in Harry Potter. I am a massive Harry Potter fan and despite the similar themes and troupes used in this book I still loved it.
The magic system in this story was very elemental and it felt different and what I liked about it was that it was clearly very dangerous if messed around with. A big premise of the story is that true power comes from control. Just because you can blow something up doesn't make you strong.
I did think that some of the important character development stages happened a little too quickly. There were a lot of students and masters in the book and I had trouble remembering who everyone was outside of the key players.
I'm excited to see the friendship between Callum, Tamara and Aaron get explored further in the next books. I love the fact that Callum is disabled and therefore is limited in how heroic he can be physically. His heroics come more from his mind than the feats he can achieve. Even the bully in the book has hidden depths and isn't a black and white character.
I read a lot of books and I read a lot of YA books so I went into this one feeling pretty confidant that I knew what was to happen. Callum is an angry kid with a secret past, there is an evil overlord who needs concurring and a chosen one the magical word is waiting for... everyone knows where this is going. I knew where this was going. A curve ball was thrown in the middle of the book - I was confused for a moment but then I figured out what was going to happen. Then I got to the end and it turns out I had no idea what this book was about. my smugness was for nothing. There were two twist I did not see coming! I loved the ending and it makes me very excited for the next one.
I think this book is set up for the rest of the series and I think the themes and ideas that the ending has bought up makes me think this series will be amazing. If this was a once off book I'd rate it only 4 stars - but it is getting 5 stars from me for the promise it bring for the rest of the series. Bring on book 2!
4.5 Golden Stars!
omg! this story was amazing & cute! I didn't see that coming!
I literally couldn't stop reading!
I wanna go there! I want to go to Magisterium! I wanna eat those delicious weird food & drinks!
I guess this series going to be in my TOP 10 favorites.
I mean:
amazing Idea
"Elemental Magic School
in
Our Reality!"
& very Unique! (you'll see!)
with lovable Characters!
exciting Plot!
in an interesting world building wrapped up in our reality.
all I need to love a series.
one of the best middle grades I've ever read (after Deltora quests)
Attention: for me HP, Riordanverse, Pendragon & the secrets of Nicholas flamel is more young adult because almost everyone can enjoy it regardless of age. ;)
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World building: ★★★★★/5
Characters: ★★★★/5
Writing style: ★★★★/5
plot: ★★★★★/5
Cover: ★★★★★/5
General idea: ★★★★★/5
omg! this story was amazing & cute! I didn't see that coming!
I literally couldn't stop reading!
I wanna go there! I want to go to Magisterium! I wanna eat those delicious weird food & drinks!
I guess this series going to be in my TOP 10 favorites.
I mean:
amazing Idea
"Elemental Magic School
in
Our Reality!"
& very Unique! (you'll see!)
with lovable Characters!
exciting Plot!
in an interesting world building wrapped up in our reality.
all I need to love a series.
one of the best middle grades I've ever read (after Deltora quests)
Attention: for me HP, Riordanverse, Pendragon & the secrets of Nicholas flamel is more young adult because almost everyone can enjoy it regardless of age. ;)
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World building: ★★★★★/5
Characters: ★★★★/5
Writing style: ★★★★/5
plot: ★★★★★/5
Cover: ★★★★★/5
General idea: ★★★★★/5
Para empezar a ser justos, tengo casi 27 años y no 10 o 15, así que puede que la historia no me haya impresionado tanto porque para empezar no soy el público objetivo de la historia, sin embargo no quiere decir que no me haya gustado. De hecho 3 de 5 estrellas no es tan malo, no la amé, pero me gustó. Y seguramente si te gustó Harry Potter, puede que te guste The Iron Trial. El plot twist es interesante y, sigamos siendo justos, es solo el inicio de una serie de 5 libros, por lo que sé que la historia se pondrá mucho más interesante.
Les recomiendo que le den una oportunidad al libro, estoy segura que lo que sigue no nos decepcionará.
Les recomiendo que le den una oportunidad al libro, estoy segura que lo que sigue no nos decepcionará.