Reviews

The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody

bridgette22's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

valiceraptor's review

adventurous

4.0

thecrematedwizard's review against another edition

4.0

So this is the second of a seven book series, and i'm LOVING them so far. From where Obernewtyn left off, there were so many paths that Carmody could've taken in terms of storylines, and the plot of this book was not like anything I expected. And it was awesome. So many new characters were introduced that I already love - Kella, Jik, Darga, Dragon and Brydda - and towards the middle of the book I felt as if they'd been there since Elspeth's first journey at Obernewtyn. The mystery of Henry Druid was finally uncovered, and let's just say there were some...inTerEsTinG scenes at his encampment. One of my favourite things in this book was definitely the character development - Domick and Kella growing closer over the course of the quest, and that horse Ghaltha who is a savage legend™, also ended up coming around and being Elspeth's personal bodyguard of all things. On every single page there was always something happening - and it got to the point where I became addicted and I would be reading it into all hours of the night. The only thing I would change is the fact that Elspeth and Rushton barely got to spend any time together :( Elshton is one of my fave fiction couples ever and definitely one of my OTP's. Overall, amazing book - I nEEd to read the next one NOW.

embereye's review against another edition

3.0

This one continues the story of the Misfits at Obernewtyn. We continue to explore what happened prior to the Great White and we slowly get more information there while the actual members of the group continue to have difficulties dealing with other rebel groups and being discovered.

emeraldletter's review against another edition

3.0

This book was pretty good, but I'm not really sure where it's going. I know that eventually Elspeth is

Spoiler

the seeker and is going to find the machines, destroy them and maybe the destroyer and all that

but I really don't know what she's going to do in the next however many books (I think 7). I've started Ashling, but I'm getting bored already as I just don't see the point. Elspeth has definitely had some character development and the adventures of The Farseekers was really interesting, although I didn't like that it started five years into the future. It means that I don't really know the 'new/old' characters (I can barely even keep track of the names) and the old ones either haven't changed at all (I mean REALLY! Who doesn't change in 5 WHOLE YEARS?!?!) or are barely mentioned. All in all, combined with the new layout of Obernewtyn (guild merch, guild leaders, competition between said guilds!) it had a really disorienting effect on me. (my head: 'is this the SECOND book? yes....ok.....what? What on earth is going on?!?....wait... they did what? Who was that again?)
Admittedly, once the adventure was underway, it got a lot better. Thankfully, that was the main part of the book. Going down to the lowlands from a different perspective was great and I loved the Lue-Ellens (is that ow you spell it?).
And then things got confusing again as Elspeth got closer to Obernewtyn. For the sake of spoilers, I wont reveal anything big. But hopefully Ashling will be:
1) Less confusing
2)Still have a bit of lightness-I don't like dystopians that get too dark
3) And more characters developing in relationships, personality and be-mentioned-more-often qualities.

charlemagne's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

almas's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

chlosophis's review against another edition

4.0

I'm really loving this series as it goes on. It's not dominated by romance or eye-rolling dialogue. I find the scenes start and end too suddenly - but this could just be because of it's YA genre. Over all - post-apocalyptic world, strong female character, talking cats, mutant abilities; What's not to like?

catamongstthepages's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.0

scarletrose169's review against another edition

3.0

Better than the first and the plot development made me want to finish the series!

Can't wait to read Ashling and so on!