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exmish's review against another edition
5.0
My 13-year-old son loves these books. (Never mind that he =-can-=read at a college level...)
ricksilva's review against another edition
2.0
Tom and Elenna are in the rather unpleasant realm of Gorgonia, homeland of Malvel the evil wizard. Malvel has abducted the good beasts of Avantia and brought them to Gorgonia where each one is guarded by an evil beast.
So this particular installment has Tom and Elenna trying to rescue the good sea serpent Sepron from the clutches of the six-headed sea monster Narga.
Unfortunately about three chapters of this are devoted to a subplot where Elenna is put through the full-on damsel-in-distress trope, complete with a bunch of sexist cliches that just serve to further the bad treatment that the character often receives in the series.
She has some better moments in the climactic battle and the lead-up to that where she gets to show off some skills that Tom is lacking in. And I liked the new ally, Odora, who is introduced, even if she does some out of the same tired kidnapping trope that Elenna gets subjected to.
The sea monster battle itself is silly fun, but is over somewhat quickly. It had been a while since my son and I had read from this series, and he did enjoy the nostalgia value of it.
So this particular installment has Tom and Elenna trying to rescue the good sea serpent Sepron from the clutches of the six-headed sea monster Narga.
Unfortunately about three chapters of this are devoted to a subplot where Elenna is put through the full-on damsel-in-distress trope, complete with a bunch of sexist cliches that just serve to further the bad treatment that the character often receives in the series.
She has some better moments in the climactic battle and the lead-up to that where she gets to show off some skills that Tom is lacking in. And I liked the new ally, Odora, who is introduced, even if she does some out of the same tired kidnapping trope that Elenna gets subjected to.
The sea monster battle itself is silly fun, but is over somewhat quickly. It had been a while since my son and I had read from this series, and he did enjoy the nostalgia value of it.
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