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lawbooks600's review
3.0
7/10, this was an ok novel which feels like a cheap imitation of Harry Potter with a few bits of originality here and there but overall this was another slog to get through. The beginning was disorienting until I realised that this was book two in the series and my library couldn't be bothered to get books one and three or they removed them some time ago but I really don't know. It starts off with three really flat characters named Charlie Benjamin, Violet Sweet and Theodore Dagget fight off some strange monsters from somewhere and then they were called to the equivalent of Hogwarts known as Nightmare Academy, how original, which was in the Bermuda Triangle and built out of boats and what could possibly go wrong with that. Then Charlie and the teachers there discuss the imminent threat of the monsters so they go to the Nether and try to stop them and the worldbuilding is fine and gets the job done however there were a few unanswered questions that I thought about like how did the Nightmare Academy and the Nether come to being and who were these monsters and there were apparently also four leader monsters whose names I forgot and they were just flat antagonists to try and stop the protagonists and guess what, the latter won but not before they destroy an entire city. In the end there was a fifth monster who killed the other four leader monsters since she didn't need them anymore and another big war is going to begin and it ends in a cliffhanger with no way of knowing what happens next. If you like books like Harry Potter read the first one or read the original ones or an alternative like Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger. It's also a shame that this series never really took off but it's an interesting series that has untapped potential and more people should know about it.
stivo40's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
alexa_ayana's review against another edition
3.0
Setelah berhasil mengagalkan usaha Verminion dan Barakkas, 2 super monster dari gank "The Named" Charlie tampil lebih percaya diri di buku 2. Dengan Bffnya Theodore yang koplak dan pede jaya plus Violet yang serius dan bisa di andalkan dia mulai membaur di sekolahnya dan sibuk menghadapi ujian-ujian kenaikan tingkat. Tapi teryata para monster Neather ini gigih banget berusaha ngejebol garis batas ke dunia manusia. So, apakah kali ini Charlie Cs bisa menghadapi 2 monster super lainnya yang jauh lebih smart dari sebelumnya? Terutama saat The Guardian, pelindung akademi sedang sekarat?
Buku ini menawarkan formula yang kurleb sama dengan buku pertama. Storyline sederhana tapi kuat, karakter bervariasi dan menghibur termasuk para monster-monsternya, alur yang cepat dan tentu saja tambahan twist yang menambah ketegangan cerita.
Aku suka bagaimana anak-anak bisa belajar dari father issue Theodore, konsep menahan diri menghadapi Guardian, sisi manipulatif dari para monster, motif dari villain kejam lain yang di luar dugaan justru bukan datang dari dunia monster. Anakku bakalan suka buku ini karena kerasa banget aksi petualangannya.
Buku ini menawarkan formula yang kurleb sama dengan buku pertama. Storyline sederhana tapi kuat, karakter bervariasi dan menghibur termasuk para monster-monsternya, alur yang cepat dan tentu saja tambahan twist yang menambah ketegangan cerita.
Aku suka bagaimana anak-anak bisa belajar dari father issue Theodore, konsep menahan diri menghadapi Guardian, sisi manipulatif dari para monster, motif dari villain kejam lain yang di luar dugaan justru bukan datang dari dunia monster. Anakku bakalan suka buku ini karena kerasa banget aksi petualangannya.
bibliocat4's review against another edition
4.0
This is a great series! And I don't think they are that scary. The Monsters are so fantastical that they don't bother me. It does feel like HP for the Nightmare world, with the bad group of monsters and then the really bad leader monster.
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