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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
One of my favorites, couldn't put the book down, wanted to scream at some of the characters "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?" unpredictible, has a mix of many different mythologies, it made me imagine the characters and their actions, and everything so vividly, which i loved, some downpoints, like it kept mentioning stuff that had already been mentioned about 50 million times before; that was a tad annoying, but overall a great read
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Great read! I liked it a lot though I felt sometimes the timeline was confusing. Or to know whose perspective you are reading through.
I do like that you get to know each character and how they feel about things instead of it being from only the twins perspective. It gives more meaning to those characters.
The timeline is very fast paced and they move through a lot of different places so it’s a little hard to keep track of but Michael Scott does a good job of reminding us just how fast everything is happening
I’m so happy that the twins seem like they’ll be working together and not turning on one another. I hope it stays that way!
I do like that you get to know each character and how they feel about things instead of it being from only the twins perspective. It gives more meaning to those characters.
The timeline is very fast paced and they move through a lot of different places so it’s a little hard to keep track of but Michael Scott does a good job of reminding us just how fast everything is happening
I’m so happy that the twins seem like they’ll be working together and not turning on one another. I hope it stays that way!
A fun young adult book that moves at a good pace, has a great blend of fiction and fact with historical figures and events.
2 1/2 stars. Stars for readability & ease, some interesting plot work. Lost stars for totally unscary monsters, I mean cat people are just not that terrifying. And continuously telling me how terrifying they are, which is what the author does here, doesn't work. Overall I didn't think the writing was very good at evoking terror and honestly the descriptions of the magic was not that "magical" either. Too bad, there was potential here.
This story took awhile to grab my interest but when it did it was a fun roller coaster of a ride. I love how Egyptian, Celtic, and Greek Mythology are incorporated throughout the story. Very imaginative and magical! I can't wait to read the next one in this series.
This book was just okay. It ended up being more about Josh and Sophie than about Nicholas Flamel. Not only that, but it felt cluttered with every god and goddess and a lot of name-dropping that will definitely date the book in a few years.
It was pretty generic, relied a lot on clichés, and the characters were pretty superficial. It was mentioned at least once or twice that Josh and Sophie were not identical twins...they're different genders, so if they were identical, I'd be concerned. And then wonder why we never heard about twins of 2 different genders who were magically identical. I get some of the characters are hundreds of years old, but they act like fraternal twins are a new concept.
I was reminded of the Percy Jackson series when I was reading it- gods, goddesses and people living for centuries amongst regular people, prophecies, and a couple of 15-year-olds who need to save the world.
I give it a 1 out of 5. It's far too generic for me to like it.
It was pretty generic, relied a lot on clichés, and the characters were pretty superficial. It was mentioned at least once or twice that Josh and Sophie were not identical twins...they're different genders, so if they were identical, I'd be concerned. And then wonder why we never heard about twins of 2 different genders who were magically identical. I get some of the characters are hundreds of years old, but they act like fraternal twins are a new concept.
I was reminded of the Percy Jackson series when I was reading it- gods, goddesses and people living for centuries amongst regular people, prophecies, and a couple of 15-year-olds who need to save the world.
I give it a 1 out of 5. It's far too generic for me to like it.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I've been meaning to read this book for years now and I was not disappointed. I was only going to read the first one to see what it was about but now I have to read the whole series because it made me care about these characters.
Not sure if it was the narrator or the story, meh is how I would describe the books. Had to check it out 3 times to get through it. I’m not going to bother with the next ones.