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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
It is hard to rate these books separately, as they are really chapters of a serial novel that has been broken up into five installments. That always rankled, but the story is fun, and Tony DiT's artwork is about eight kinds of wonderful.
I read this as a part of my Around the Year in 52 Books challenge. This one is for challenge #12 - Read a Childhood Classic.
We’re ramping up the tension in this third novel, not only between the fae themselves, but between the children and the fae as well.
On a visit to their elderly aunt, the children share their story and implore her for advice about what to do with the Guide she isn’t as much help as they’d like her to be. This is when they learn about what happened to Arthur, and that it isn’t safe to stay at the house. This is also when they learn that the Guide has been taken and replaced with a different book. Instead of deterring them from getting more involved the Grace children promise to figure out what happened to their great great uncle.
While searching for answers they stumble upon a grove filled with elves, who trap Jared and threaten to keep him there forever unless they hand over the Guide. Needless to say they weren’t how I imagined them to be at all; they were beautiful, but terrible. Thankfully Jared is clever and tricks them into thinking he’s Simon and makes a deal with them that forces them to let him go, but it’s a close one. They promise to give them the Guide when they get it back. On their way home they come upon information that suggests that Arthur is still alive, imprisoned in Faerie by the elves to never set foot on human soil again.
We’re ramping up the tension in this third novel, not only between the fae themselves, but between the children and the fae as well.
On a visit to their elderly aunt, the children share their story and implore her for advice about what to do with the Guide she isn’t as much help as they’d like her to be. This is when they learn about what happened to Arthur, and that it isn’t safe to stay at the house. This is also when they learn that the Guide has been taken and replaced with a different book. Instead of deterring them from getting more involved the Grace children promise to figure out what happened to their great great uncle.
While searching for answers they stumble upon a grove filled with elves, who trap Jared and threaten to keep him there forever unless they hand over the Guide. Needless to say they weren’t how I imagined them to be at all; they were beautiful, but terrible. Thankfully Jared is clever and tricks them into thinking he’s Simon and makes a deal with them that forces them to let him go, but it’s a close one. They promise to give them the Guide when they get it back. On their way home they come upon information that suggests that Arthur is still alive, imprisoned in Faerie by the elves to never set foot on human soil again.
Yet another great entry to the Spiderwick Chronicles
3.5/5*
Opinião completa e frases do livro aqui: http://presa-nas-palavras.blogspot.com/2015/07/as-cronicas-de-spiderwick-2-pedra-magica.html
"O facto de que este livro tem apenas 108 páginas faz com que eu não possa dizer praticamente nada sobre ele que não sejam spoilers. Assim sendo, deixo aqui apenas o que posso dizer (tenham em conta que posso falar algo dos dois livros anteriores):
Tal como nos anteriores, a Malory continuou a ser bastante irritante e a pensar sobretudo nela própria enquanto que a mãe parece não ver nada, mais uma vez, tudo igual ao de sempre. O Jared continua a ser impulsivo como sempre mas neste livro realmente demonstra um bocado mais de inteligência. Ou seja, relativamente às personagens irritei-me com as do costumo e gostei da do costume: o Simon. Finalmente temos um vislumbre da famosa tia Luciana e sabemos um pouco mais do porquê de a considerarem maluca, e essa parte foi incrível.
A história em si é rápida e engraçada de ler mas continuo a achar que para livros tão pequenos e ilustrados é um desperdício serem cinco. Entretanto considerei a trama deste terceiro volume mais interessante do que os outros, e tenho esperança de que os outros ainda melhorem mais.
Algo que me deixou bastante feliz, e surpreendida, é o facto de que neste livro realmente consegui encontrar frases de que gostei. Assim sendo, tal como de costume, recomendo estes livros que são bem rápidos de serem lidos."
Opinião completa e frases do livro aqui: http://presa-nas-palavras.blogspot.com/2015/07/as-cronicas-de-spiderwick-2-pedra-magica.html
"O facto de que este livro tem apenas 108 páginas faz com que eu não possa dizer praticamente nada sobre ele que não sejam spoilers. Assim sendo, deixo aqui apenas o que posso dizer (tenham em conta que posso falar algo dos dois livros anteriores):
Tal como nos anteriores, a Malory continuou a ser bastante irritante e a pensar sobretudo nela própria enquanto que a mãe parece não ver nada, mais uma vez, tudo igual ao de sempre. O Jared continua a ser impulsivo como sempre mas neste livro realmente demonstra um bocado mais de inteligência. Ou seja, relativamente às personagens irritei-me com as do costumo e gostei da do costume: o Simon. Finalmente temos um vislumbre da famosa tia Luciana e sabemos um pouco mais do porquê de a considerarem maluca, e essa parte foi incrível.
A história em si é rápida e engraçada de ler mas continuo a achar que para livros tão pequenos e ilustrados é um desperdício serem cinco. Entretanto considerei a trama deste terceiro volume mais interessante do que os outros, e tenho esperança de que os outros ainda melhorem mais.
Algo que me deixou bastante feliz, e surpreendida, é o facto de que neste livro realmente consegui encontrar frases de que gostei. Assim sendo, tal como de costume, recomendo estes livros que são bem rápidos de serem lidos."
This was better than the last one but not as good as the first one. Somehow everything gets a little better when elves are involved right?
Having seen the film I can't help to notice that this book is very different. Wonder where it will take me thought?
Having seen the film I can't help to notice that this book is very different. Wonder where it will take me thought?
These are kind of like popcorn or chips for me. Just can't stop. On to number four I go!
I read Lucinda's Secret. The book is about Jared, Mallory, and Simon wanting to see their great aunt Lucinda for information about the field guide they found in the first book. But the field guide got stolen and in the cloth which Jared wrapped the field guide in before going to their great aunt was an entirely different book. They have to find that book or else...
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
The Phooka CREEPS ME OUT.
My children LOVED this book. (as with the first two).
I wish we owned it and didn't have to return it to the library.
I wish we owned it and didn't have to return it to the library.
Another fun book. So far, I've really liked them aside from the first. Things are happening and the mysteries are unveiling nicely.