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itzreibrary's review against another edition
3.0
Gendok banget begitu tau kalo buku ini ternyata trilogi,,,ramalannya rasanya terlalu rumit sampai lama dan bertele-tele banget untuk menelaahnya, dan sejujurnya bikin ngantuk, tapi tetep aja penasaran sama sekuelnya :p yang lebih bikin gendok lagi, ternyata sekuelnya belum ada terjemahannyaaaaa!!!!!
snarkywench's review against another edition
4.0
Have you ever run cool, dry sand through your fingers? That delicious feeling is the closest experience I can relate to reading this book. Many reviewers have spoken of similarities between Prophecy of the Sisters and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty - they are both stormy Gothic tales but Zink is the clear winner. The storytelling, characterisation and overarching mythos is stronger and better formed than the latter option.
It's such a lush read that it's easy to find yourself two hundred pages deep and not even notice. Zink's created a mythos that runs throughout the story, each clue in Lia's investigation reveals more about herself, her family and friends and ultimately, the prophecy itself. The story is complex, involving and deep.
The characters are delightful, puzzling and difficult to decipher. The sister's roles contrast with with their personalities, wants and needs and sets up an inevitable clash that I am longing to read. Lia is a character that is quickly thrust into the centre of a prophecy she has no knowledge or understanding of. Her sister, Alice, is not as conflicted, her purpose has been clearly delineated for many a year and this sets the stage for the family conflict that will flow through the expected trilogy. Family plays a strong role in prophecy. Each member is involved to varying degrees that both surprise and shock.
Supporting characters are just as enthralling as the sisters. Aunt Virginia is a remarkably complex and sad character, the victim of the prophecy already, doomed to see it continue with those that remain. Brother Henry, the silent observer, watchmen to his family's dismantling at the hands of a greater good (or evil). Luisa, stubborn and gorgeous, and Sonia, possessing of abilities that are invaluable but taxing, are fabulous additions to a wider mystery involving the prophecy. James is the only character I wish were more fully formed, he's Lia's beau but I don't really see his appeal past their physical attraction and history. This is sure to be played out more fully in the forthcoming volumes.
The intricate weaving of plot involves the reader immediately. The shadowy foreboding and tension that permeate Lia's journey of discovery, propel the reader along with the story making you fully involved in the events that unfold.
Intoxicating and mysterious.
It's such a lush read that it's easy to find yourself two hundred pages deep and not even notice. Zink's created a mythos that runs throughout the story, each clue in Lia's investigation reveals more about herself, her family and friends and ultimately, the prophecy itself. The story is complex, involving and deep.
The characters are delightful, puzzling and difficult to decipher. The sister's roles contrast with with their personalities, wants and needs and sets up an inevitable clash that I am longing to read. Lia is a character that is quickly thrust into the centre of a prophecy she has no knowledge or understanding of. Her sister, Alice, is not as conflicted, her purpose has been clearly delineated for many a year and this sets the stage for the family conflict that will flow through the expected trilogy. Family plays a strong role in prophecy. Each member is involved to varying degrees that both surprise and shock.
Supporting characters are just as enthralling as the sisters. Aunt Virginia is a remarkably complex and sad character, the victim of the prophecy already, doomed to see it continue with those that remain. Brother Henry, the silent observer, watchmen to his family's dismantling at the hands of a greater good (or evil). Luisa, stubborn and gorgeous, and Sonia, possessing of abilities that are invaluable but taxing, are fabulous additions to a wider mystery involving the prophecy. James is the only character I wish were more fully formed, he's Lia's beau but I don't really see his appeal past their physical attraction and history. This is sure to be played out more fully in the forthcoming volumes.
The intricate weaving of plot involves the reader immediately. The shadowy foreboding and tension that permeate Lia's journey of discovery, propel the reader along with the story making you fully involved in the events that unfold.
Intoxicating and mysterious.
alyric6438's review against another edition
It was pretty good. I liked this book a lot because it wasn't just a lead up like most first books are, it had action and romance.
michellefleming33's review against another edition
5.0
O...my...Goodness! Was this book ever so good! I did NOT want it to end!
It definitely wraps you up in the whole Edwardian, Gothic tale of identical twin sisters battling out their true intertwining destinies.
I don't want to give away the ending, or too much of the book, but I do have to say that this was the BEST late 19th century story that I have ever read, and can't WAIT til [a:Michelle Zink|2232265|Michelle Zink|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1233168598p2/2232265.jpg] dishes out the sequel.
I have to say that I was aware of this being a series, so I was not disheartened by the ending of this book, whether as some people who did not have that knowledge were quite upset by the ending.
I am so enthralled by the characters and their developments in this book and I hope that Zink will perhaps write from Alice's perspective in the next installment.
I was able to guess at one of the "gasp" moments early on in the book, but the last astonishment was definitely a shocker!!
I want to know what happenes like RIGHT NOW, and where and how Lia finds out the rest of her destiny.
Great ghost story and good unique mythical, ghost story overall.
It definitely wraps you up in the whole Edwardian, Gothic tale of identical twin sisters battling out their true intertwining destinies.
I don't want to give away the ending, or too much of the book, but I do have to say that this was the BEST late 19th century story that I have ever read, and can't WAIT til [a:Michelle Zink|2232265|Michelle Zink|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1233168598p2/2232265.jpg] dishes out the sequel.
I have to say that I was aware of this being a series, so I was not disheartened by the ending of this book, whether as some people who did not have that knowledge were quite upset by the ending.
I am so enthralled by the characters and their developments in this book and I hope that Zink will perhaps write from Alice's perspective in the next installment.
I was able to guess at one of the "gasp" moments early on in the book, but the last astonishment was definitely a shocker!!
I want to know what happenes like RIGHT NOW, and where and how Lia finds out the rest of her destiny.
Great ghost story and good unique mythical, ghost story overall.
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
2.0
I thought I'd like this one more....
I think the instant disconnect with the sisters in the very beginning of the book didn't make sense to me. Two twins girls who have lost their mother and now lost their father - I couldn't help but imagine them bonding together and not being driven apart.
so from there, the whole book just seemed boring to me. The role each sister would play seems so obvious in the beginning that, even with the silly info in the middle, there just didn't seem like any surprises, suspense or really anything interesting going on...
I think the instant disconnect with the sisters in the very beginning of the book didn't make sense to me. Two twins girls who have lost their mother and now lost their father - I couldn't help but imagine them bonding together and not being driven apart.
so from there, the whole book just seemed boring to me. The role each sister would play seems so obvious in the beginning that, even with the silly info in the middle, there just didn't seem like any surprises, suspense or really anything interesting going on...
rosieloudonson's review against another edition
4.0
To be honest this type of novel is not usually my sort of thing but Michelle Zink's Prophecy of the Sisters blew me away! The intricate plot sees the characters, especially Lia and Alice, as their relationship becomes more and more brutal. Beautifully written, Prophecy of the Sisters is not only about spirits and destiny but zooms in on the difficulties of coping with a family death. I would definately reccomend this book to not just people who particually like this genre but also to those, like me, who would never normally read this sort of thing. Thank you to Michelle for writing such a clever novel :)
asma_aj's review against another edition
5.0
As twins, Lia and Alice have a shared bond. But as they grew up- and apart, their bond has changed. Lia finds out that they are part of a prophecy passed on from the beginning of time, one that could bring about the end of the world. As she struggles to understand her part in it, she finds herself in a battle of will against Alice. As their loyalties are tested, nothing between the sisters remain the same.
At first I was a little skeptical about reading this book. When I started, I hoped I wouldn't regret buying, and I didn't. I loved it. The gothic style, and the depth of Lia's voice is amazing. Zink's world about the Souls is also very creative, and clear. The characters are wonderful. The imagery and descriptions are fantastic. The only thing I had qualms with at first is the easy acceptance of the prophecy on Lia's part, but that didn't become an issue later. But as I said before, Lia's voice was amazing. At some point, I felt that I was syncronized with her feelings- when she was in choking sadness, I was too.
The pacing was well done too. No info dump, but a good amount of information was given, while Lia and her friends go about finding the rest of the answers. This is an excellent read, and I can't wait for the next book.
At first I was a little skeptical about reading this book. When I started, I hoped I wouldn't regret buying, and I didn't. I loved it. The gothic style, and the depth of Lia's voice is amazing. Zink's world about the Souls is also very creative, and clear. The characters are wonderful. The imagery and descriptions are fantastic. The only thing I had qualms with at first is the easy acceptance of the prophecy on Lia's part, but that didn't become an issue later. But as I said before, Lia's voice was amazing. At some point, I felt that I was syncronized with her feelings- when she was in choking sadness, I was too.
The pacing was well done too. No info dump, but a good amount of information was given, while Lia and her friends go about finding the rest of the answers. This is an excellent read, and I can't wait for the next book.
books_with_yessica's review against another edition
4.0
Lia and alice are twin sisters.but one is good the other evil but only time will tell. ones the guardien the other the gate. their decision will either keep the peace on earth or let the god of evil, satan, loose in the world. their prophecy have seperated generations of sisters against each other. After the death of their father and mother, they will learn the real truth of why they died.lia knows that her sister and her are on oppisite sides of the prophecy so the Keys will be dangerous in Alices hand so she has to find the Keys, and she has to do before her sister. Alice and lia dont know who to trust, all they know that they cant trust each other.
alittlelou's review against another edition
5.0
I read this as a young teenager or maybe tween, but I remember absolutely loving it. I remember staying up late into the next morning just to read this. There is a scene I remember that scared me, but I don't like this was written for kids 11-13 so that could've been why. I knew this was a series then, but never got around to reading the next couple books. I'm excited to pick the others up now that I'm older and see if they carry the same magic as they did then.
jscarpa14's review against another edition
3.0
***NOTE MY REVIEWS OFTEN CONTAIN SPOILERS***
The story within the Prophecy of the Sisters shows a lot of promise. The idea is awesome to be sure. It's the I guess you'd say writing style itself where the problems in this story lie.
The first few chapters are hard to get into at all, what mostly keeps you turning the pages in the first 40 pages or so is the fact that you spent money on the novel and it does have some teases of an interesting story. It does put questions in your mind and despite the awkwardness of the telling, you do in fact want to know more.
The story takes place in New York in the year 1890 and begins at the funeral of Lia's and Alice's father. I follow with the way the girl thinks and speaks it's probably fairly close to how a real person would think and speak in that era. HOWEVER, Zink's readers aren't from that era, so I think the first mistake she makes in the telling of this story was to write it in the first person. With it being written in the first person the reader never gets a break from that slow, reserved pace or wording that of course seems alien and awkward to them. If she'd told this story in a third person she would still have the ability to share Lia's thoughts and feeling with us, however the description in between could have been more modern and pacing therefore could have been a little faster which is something the book really needed. Not to mention the reader might have gotten an idea of Alice more as a character than just her monster sister. For a story of this magnitude, mystery and danger, the pacing needed to be a whole lot faster. The third major mistake I think she makes with this story beyond POV and Pacing is verb tense. While she does occasionally use the past tense verbs most readers are used to seeing most of the time her verbs are in the present tense. I'm not saying it's wrong to use present tense verbs, I'm saying that because most of what we read is written in the past tense when you start reading a story in the present tense it seems awkward and it does make it a little difficult to read. The more awkward is it to read a story, the harder it becomes to relate to the characters and find the wonderful plot within. This is why you'd don't see teenagers picking up Shakespeare outside of an English class to read for fun. No one would ever deny that his story lines are excellent, if they weren't they wouldn't be able to keep remaking movie after blockbuster movie loosely based on the plots of his plays. The reason everyone but an English major avoid reading Shakespeare for pleasure is weeding your way through all the unfamiliar old English makes it harder to find the plot with and relate to the characters.
That having been said, as with Shakespeare, Zink's story is excellent. Were it not for the wording decisions slowing down the pacing this would be a book you'd never want to put down. Within Lia you see her begin as the quiet, calm one who never does anything wrong but sneak off to meet the man she might one day marry and exchange a few stolen kisses. And the thing with that is since her father approved of the match and wasn't as cloistered and rigid as others in his time she still wasn't doing all that much wrong. And as she unravels the prophecy and finds her place within it you see her become stronger, bolder and more prepared to do what needs to be done to save the world from the Apocalypse. She seems a little one dimensional at first but the further you get into the story the more she fleshes out and the more you want to root for her.
Unfortunately in the first person it's very difficult to flesh out other characters beyond the narrator of the story because you can only see the characters through one person's eyes. While her other characters do achieve a little depth by the end of the story, for the most part Zink wasn't able to achieve really depth and believability to any character beyond Lia. You'd see glimpse here and there to some outer character depth, which makes me believe that Zink had in her mind fully fleshed out characters, but with the point of view, old fashioned wording etc, she just wasn't able to bring that to the page. Some of her characters I think could have been cut all together, for example Lia's betrothed James, he wasn't in the story enough for there to be a point in his character other than the idea of creating more angst in her life because she didn't want to tell him about the prophecy, about what she was, and about the choice and destiny on her shoulders. In some ways she wondered if he'd reject her, in others she didn't feel it was right to involve him. Unless James comes into some more play in later stories I really don't see the point in his character at all.
Despite my criticisms of Zink's book if you are the type of reader who can get past slow pacing and uncomfortable language the story is worth reading and I would recommend it. I do intend to read the rest of Michelle Zink's series. With such a wonderful idea from her and a wonderful story I can't help but expect the her writing skills will only get better with each story and I look forward to reading more of her work.
The story within the Prophecy of the Sisters shows a lot of promise. The idea is awesome to be sure. It's the I guess you'd say writing style itself where the problems in this story lie.
The first few chapters are hard to get into at all, what mostly keeps you turning the pages in the first 40 pages or so is the fact that you spent money on the novel and it does have some teases of an interesting story. It does put questions in your mind and despite the awkwardness of the telling, you do in fact want to know more.
The story takes place in New York in the year 1890 and begins at the funeral of Lia's and Alice's father. I follow with the way the girl thinks and speaks it's probably fairly close to how a real person would think and speak in that era. HOWEVER, Zink's readers aren't from that era, so I think the first mistake she makes in the telling of this story was to write it in the first person. With it being written in the first person the reader never gets a break from that slow, reserved pace or wording that of course seems alien and awkward to them. If she'd told this story in a third person she would still have the ability to share Lia's thoughts and feeling with us, however the description in between could have been more modern and pacing therefore could have been a little faster which is something the book really needed. Not to mention the reader might have gotten an idea of Alice more as a character than just her monster sister. For a story of this magnitude, mystery and danger, the pacing needed to be a whole lot faster. The third major mistake I think she makes with this story beyond POV and Pacing is verb tense. While she does occasionally use the past tense verbs most readers are used to seeing most of the time her verbs are in the present tense. I'm not saying it's wrong to use present tense verbs, I'm saying that because most of what we read is written in the past tense when you start reading a story in the present tense it seems awkward and it does make it a little difficult to read. The more awkward is it to read a story, the harder it becomes to relate to the characters and find the wonderful plot within. This is why you'd don't see teenagers picking up Shakespeare outside of an English class to read for fun. No one would ever deny that his story lines are excellent, if they weren't they wouldn't be able to keep remaking movie after blockbuster movie loosely based on the plots of his plays. The reason everyone but an English major avoid reading Shakespeare for pleasure is weeding your way through all the unfamiliar old English makes it harder to find the plot with and relate to the characters.
That having been said, as with Shakespeare, Zink's story is excellent. Were it not for the wording decisions slowing down the pacing this would be a book you'd never want to put down. Within Lia you see her begin as the quiet, calm one who never does anything wrong but sneak off to meet the man she might one day marry and exchange a few stolen kisses. And the thing with that is since her father approved of the match and wasn't as cloistered and rigid as others in his time she still wasn't doing all that much wrong. And as she unravels the prophecy and finds her place within it you see her become stronger, bolder and more prepared to do what needs to be done to save the world from the Apocalypse. She seems a little one dimensional at first but the further you get into the story the more she fleshes out and the more you want to root for her.
Unfortunately in the first person it's very difficult to flesh out other characters beyond the narrator of the story because you can only see the characters through one person's eyes. While her other characters do achieve a little depth by the end of the story, for the most part Zink wasn't able to achieve really depth and believability to any character beyond Lia. You'd see glimpse here and there to some outer character depth, which makes me believe that Zink had in her mind fully fleshed out characters, but with the point of view, old fashioned wording etc, she just wasn't able to bring that to the page. Some of her characters I think could have been cut all together, for example Lia's betrothed James, he wasn't in the story enough for there to be a point in his character other than the idea of creating more angst in her life because she didn't want to tell him about the prophecy, about what she was, and about the choice and destiny on her shoulders. In some ways she wondered if he'd reject her, in others she didn't feel it was right to involve him. Unless James comes into some more play in later stories I really don't see the point in his character at all.
Despite my criticisms of Zink's book if you are the type of reader who can get past slow pacing and uncomfortable language the story is worth reading and I would recommend it. I do intend to read the rest of Michelle Zink's series. With such a wonderful idea from her and a wonderful story I can't help but expect the her writing skills will only get better with each story and I look forward to reading more of her work.