Reviews - The Alchemyst | The StoryGraph

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The Alchemyst

Michael Scott

3.63 AVERAGE

florixer's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

dpearson5257's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I think this was a really cool and interesting start to a series. So glad it got recommended to me. There were just a few, info dumpy moments that got a little confusing. I understand Flammel is basically long living but man the names dropped throughout history I was like uhhh when was that lol but definitely enjoyed learning more about him since he was vaguely mentioned in HP (but this is not a spin off necessarily).

skyesparklez's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book has a lot of good material, but it feels a little overwhelming. I’m hoping it’s because it is the first book of a series and it’s just introducing the world, but it took more effort than usual to finish. I like the characters though, especially Josh.