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aldisparadise's review against another edition
4.0
“Admitir la verdad requiere fuerza y valor.”
Amo a Sadie y Carter por igual como protagonistas, sus narraciones e interacciones son geniales. Además de ellos, Bast es uno de mis personajes favoritos.
Para ser honesta no sabía mucho de mitología egipcia pero esta fue una manera excelente de empezar a aprender más sobre ella :)
Gracias Rick por hacerme parte de la magia otra vez ❤️
Amo a Sadie y Carter por igual como protagonistas, sus narraciones e interacciones son geniales. Además de ellos, Bast es uno de mis personajes favoritos.
Para ser honesta no sabía mucho de mitología egipcia pero esta fue una manera excelente de empezar a aprender más sobre ella :)
Gracias Rick por hacerme parte de la magia otra vez ❤️
tiz96's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
snakeboba's review against another edition
5.0
I would say at first it was unfair for me to pick up another [a:Rick Riordan|15872|Rick Riordan|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1383677264p2/15872.jpg] book because I tend to drop everything else I am reading for his take on mythology. Who can blame me though? Plus who is ever disappointed with his writing? I know this gal never is and to have Egyptian Gods the focus was interesting, as I remember never really diving into their culture in school as much as we clearly should have because this ride was a wonderful one to be on.
Our main two characters are Carter and Sadie Kane, who perspectives switched between the two with very witty chapter titles still along with each alteration. The difference to be stated now between the two besides their way of thinking is how distinct they look from each other enough people do not consider they are siblings. I want to point this out this diversity because it is handled so well. Sadie well enough looks like her English mother with blonde hair and blues eyes whereas Carter has taken traits from their father having darker skin as well as the features from their Egyptian heritage. There is more dissimilarity between the two, but this is one I wanted to point out. The tones between how people treat them is noticed. Sadie is pinned as a trouble-marker, but we can see she is able to get away with a few more things than Carter would because of the way he looks. It is pointed out several times people give their trio of a family strange stares when Julius introduces them as a family. It is pointed out in a chapter how Carter use be seen as a cute little guy until he enter his pre-teens and people began to see him as a gangster, so he tends to listen to his father’s words about looking his best since people tend to expect the worst out of an African American boy. Enough on this though as I want everyone to discover how this unfolds for themselves. It was worth pointing out because as stated it was well written.
Anyway, the book is based on Sadie and Carter as they discover who they are and the path they have been destine to walk. Overnight they are lifted into a world of magic, fearing for their lives from the House of Life and Gods, and heading towards a battle to fight Chaos. Obviously normal things for Halfbloods to deal with; however, in the Kane Chronicles kids are not the love children of Gods. Instead they are born magicians who use to work with the Gods to keep the Kingdom of Egypt strong until they felt the Gods had caused nothing, but failure and the fall of the Egyptian ways. Thus magicians were banned from hosting Gods and were given the task to ensure they never escaped to keep the world safe. This worked for decades upon decades until Ruby saw unsettling things, events would play out no matter what the House of Life attempted to do. Therefore to guarantee magicians had an upper hand even if it was disagreed upon Julius and Ruby took it into their hands to start the change before it was too late. All that was done was done to give Carter and Sadie everything they needed to begin the amendment, to bring Gods back. To bring Order before the world was consumed in Chaos. To fix all the wrong that was done thousands of years ago even if at great cost.
Carter and Sadie race against the time to find a way to reach Set to not only defeat him, but attempt to free their father all while trying to escape the House of Life and uncover truths. Many ones they do not want to deal with and ones they secretly knew all along. Throughout this story we can see Carter grow into a more confident young man who discovers he is far more than what he believed and Sadie into a this force of power not wavering under repeated events. These two display a brilliant relationship of two siblings who went from not knowing much about one another to be the rock for one another to lean on. The growth they go through is paced in such a way we do not feel overwhelmed about not knowing who the characters are anymore, but realize this is who they have always been and needed these events to play out to become who they are.
I adored the idea this book had. I loved how the Gods were written, how it was all explained. I’ll pursue a more understanding because of this as well as attempt to get my hands on the other books. As always I enjoy how even though Riordan has written for a younger audience he does not dumb it down. He writes in a way children can understand, but further their knowledge of the world. This always makes it easier to enjoy for an older audience such as myself. The only problem I had with this was the minor mistakes I noted in the writing. It happened on several occasions and pulled me out of the moment for a split second.
Our main two characters are Carter and Sadie Kane, who perspectives switched between the two with very witty chapter titles still along with each alteration. The difference to be stated now between the two besides their way of thinking is how distinct they look from each other enough people do not consider they are siblings. I want to point this out this diversity because it is handled so well. Sadie well enough looks like her English mother with blonde hair and blues eyes whereas Carter has taken traits from their father having darker skin as well as the features from their Egyptian heritage. There is more dissimilarity between the two, but this is one I wanted to point out. The tones between how people treat them is noticed. Sadie is pinned as a trouble-marker, but we can see she is able to get away with a few more things than Carter would because of the way he looks. It is pointed out several times people give their trio of a family strange stares when Julius introduces them as a family. It is pointed out in a chapter how Carter use be seen as a cute little guy until he enter his pre-teens and people began to see him as a gangster, so he tends to listen to his father’s words about looking his best since people tend to expect the worst out of an African American boy. Enough on this though as I want everyone to discover how this unfolds for themselves. It was worth pointing out because as stated it was well written.
Anyway, the book is based on Sadie and Carter as they discover who they are and the path they have been destine to walk. Overnight they are lifted into a world of magic, fearing for their lives from the House of Life and Gods, and heading towards a battle to fight Chaos. Obviously normal things for Halfbloods to deal with; however, in the Kane Chronicles kids are not the love children of Gods. Instead they are born magicians who use to work with the Gods to keep the Kingdom of Egypt strong until they felt the Gods had caused nothing, but failure and the fall of the Egyptian ways. Thus magicians were banned from hosting Gods and were given the task to ensure they never escaped to keep the world safe. This worked for decades upon decades until Ruby saw unsettling things, events would play out no matter what the House of Life attempted to do. Therefore to guarantee magicians had an upper hand even if it was disagreed upon Julius and Ruby took it into their hands to start the change before it was too late. All that was done was done to give Carter and Sadie everything they needed to begin the amendment, to bring Gods back. To bring Order before the world was consumed in Chaos. To fix all the wrong that was done thousands of years ago even if at great cost.
Carter and Sadie race against the time to find a way to reach Set to not only defeat him, but attempt to free their father all while trying to escape the House of Life and uncover truths. Many ones they do not want to deal with and ones they secretly knew all along. Throughout this story we can see Carter grow into a more confident young man who discovers he is far more than what he believed and Sadie into a this force of power not wavering under repeated events. These two display a brilliant relationship of two siblings who went from not knowing much about one another to be the rock for one another to lean on. The growth they go through is paced in such a way we do not feel overwhelmed about not knowing who the characters are anymore, but realize this is who they have always been and needed these events to play out to become who they are.
I adored the idea this book had. I loved how the Gods were written, how it was all explained. I’ll pursue a more understanding because of this as well as attempt to get my hands on the other books. As always I enjoy how even though Riordan has written for a younger audience he does not dumb it down. He writes in a way children can understand, but further their knowledge of the world. This always makes it easier to enjoy for an older audience such as myself. The only problem I had with this was the minor mistakes I noted in the writing. It happened on several occasions and pulled me out of the moment for a split second.
beththrolson's review against another edition
4.0
I read the all the Percy Jackson books and LOVED them so i thought i would try this one because it sounded like the the same idea as Percy Jackson. Im not a fan of Egyptain mythology an I still really liked it.
sophie_fantasy321's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
tense
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? It's complicated
4.0
A really great start to the Kane Chronicles trilogy! If you like the Percy Jackson series or any other Rick Riordan series, then you'll really like this book! It is like an Egyptian mythology version of Percy Jackson. It follows Sadie and Carter Kane (brother and sister) who find out that they are magicians in the Egyptian god/goddesses world. So definitely go read this book it's super good!
dancingdino's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
scotia_mullin's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-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? No
4.75
I absolutely loved this book! I have reread it in the last few years as an adult and it was just as enjoyable!
jenniharbour's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.0
chrystalo's review against another edition
4.0
I am honestly shocked that so many people saw this first book in the Kane Chronicles as inferior to Percy Jackson. I LOOOOOOVED this book! I think the Egyptian mythology seemed even more convincing than I expected, and I really loved the character development of the Kane siblings. The action stayed constant throughout, and though it was a quick and easy read, it never strayed to "cheesy" territory. This book seems like a more mature version of the Percy Jackson series - not only because the books are longer, but because the mythology was more intricate and the twists and turns were quite compelling. I have to say, I did read a review that indicated Rick Riordan as a the young adult fiction genre's Dan Brown, and that's accurate up to a point. But what I think Riordan does well is making the characters relatable, especially because they are children who are not only discovering themselves, but also are learning their history. I highly recommend it.
magikspells's review against another edition
4.0
I honestly can't imagine reading this book, it seems like it was purposely written to be an audiobook. But I did quite enjoy it.