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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
I loved this book. I wonder just how much Nicolas is telling the twins. And I get the feeling he is leaving a lot out. To be 15 years old Sophie and Josh have jobs
This is really more of a 3.5 star book, but I’m upping it to 4 stars since I probably would have liked it more had I read it earlier in my life at some point.
This is a really great concept, of 2 twins helping Nicholas Flamel save the world, with John Dee as the bad guy. But what made this book lose some of my interest was how much it pulled from everywhere, the folklore it used as well as just other ideas overall were so all over the place, & I felt like it would have been a stronger story if it had a narrower focus.
This is a really great concept, of 2 twins helping Nicholas Flamel save the world, with John Dee as the bad guy. But what made this book lose some of my interest was how much it pulled from everywhere, the folklore it used as well as just other ideas overall were so all over the place, & I felt like it would have been a stronger story if it had a narrower focus.
Just wasn’t for me, but I managed to get through it. I probably would have loved this series back in middle school before I knew more about history, biology, and general life facts.
The first installment. Introduces many characters and sets the tone for the remainder of the series.
Reading through my personal library as I decide which books to donate.
Writings a bit dry. I feel like the descriptions could be better, the fight scenes especially. The author could have written more of the characters’ reactions TO things instead of describing the things themselves.
The kids are also not kid-like, like they don’t talk like teens. I wish their personalities were explored further in the writing.
I don’t really understand the twins’ trust in Flamel. If the exposition took more time in fleshing out the relationship balance, their initial trust of him would be more believable.
Honestly, I just kept thinking this is a poorly written version of Percy Jackson.
Writings a bit dry. I feel like the descriptions could be better, the fight scenes especially. The author could have written more of the characters’ reactions TO things instead of describing the things themselves.
The kids are also not kid-like, like they don’t talk like teens. I wish their personalities were explored further in the writing.
I don’t really understand the twins’ trust in Flamel. If the exposition took more time in fleshing out the relationship balance, their initial trust of him would be more believable.
Honestly, I just kept thinking this is a poorly written version of Percy Jackson.
This book had an interesting basis, but I felt like it was just too much like reading Harry Potter only not as believable and well-written. It was an ok read and I will read the sequel since it ended in a way that makes me curious to see how the whole thing turns out.
I really wanted to like this book but there was just something off about it. It seemed very stilted. Details were thrown in and they didn’t seem to fit. For example, there is a place in the book where Josh talks about looking up to Nick like a big brother which doesn’t make sense because Nick is older than his dad. And then he goes on to talk about music and movies they both enjoy. It just doesn’t flow. The author spent a lot of time helping us know Josh but didn’t really give any insight into Sophie.
Eh. All characters seemed one-dimensional. Instead of developing a plot based on character motivation, the author simply chose to indroduce a new character each time he wanted to advance the story forward. Kind of lame. I made it through the whole book, but I will not be reading the rest of the series.
I liked it quite a bit. It does leave you hanging. Good book for children age 11 and up.