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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
Prophecy of the Sisters is a story about good against evil, where the good and the bad are represented by two different sisters. The main character is one of the sisters, Lia. Before reading this book, I expected it to be told from the point of view of both sisters, which would've been cool and added a different angle to the story, but it wasn't. In the beginning I assumed Lia was on the good side of the prophecy, but throughout the book it becomes apparent that even though this is a tale that filmly divides good against evil, Lia and Alice aren't distinctly on either the good or the bad side.
The myth/fantasy aspect of this book is neat. The "Prophecy" is that throughout generations there have been a set of twins, one the Guardian and one the Gate, the Guardian (usually) the good one who keeps bad souls from getting released, and the Gate the one who releases them. Lia and Alice find that they are the Guardian and the Gate (I'm not saying which is which). Lia realizes she has the power to stop the prophecy forever and end the war with the souls, if only she can decipher it's meaning. From the best I could tell, it was set in the 1800's, though I missed the location, but I think it was in America. I wish the time and place was better established. It was hard for me to understand at first, and it could have been clearer. In general though, I thought it had a great plot.
The characters were good, though not great. As I already said, I liked Lia and Alice, though I really wished we could've heard more about Alice. This book really only focused on Lia. There wasn't much romance, which was okay with me but might disappoint some people. Lia's boyfriend James seemed like a flat character, and there was nothing that really made me care about him or whether Lia ended up with him. More depth and involvement of his character would've been nice.
The writing is really good, flows nicely and Lia has a distinct voice. The twists weren't jaw dropping, but they were entertaining and suspenseful. It actually took me a while to get into this book though, I spent about two weeks reading the first half, then picked up the rest and got so into it I finished it in one day. There wasn't a lot of interesting or funny dialouge or outlandish characters, which usually holds the interest of a book for me, so that was probably why it was a little hard to get into, but I still really enjoyed it.
I can't wait to read the sequel- it's set up so well. You can tell it's definitely only the first book in the trilogy. A lot of questions are unanswered, but not all. Most of this book was spent setting up the mythology, and now in the next book I expect to see a lot more action.
Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who likes good mythology, late 19th century, and tales of good and evil! It's a good book, and though I've read better books with similar themes, I still really liked this one.
The myth/fantasy aspect of this book is neat. The "Prophecy" is that throughout generations there have been a set of twins, one the Guardian and one the Gate, the Guardian (usually) the good one who keeps bad souls from getting released, and the Gate the one who releases them. Lia and Alice find that they are the Guardian and the Gate (I'm not saying which is which). Lia realizes she has the power to stop the prophecy forever and end the war with the souls, if only she can decipher it's meaning. From the best I could tell, it was set in the 1800's, though I missed the location, but I think it was in America. I wish the time and place was better established. It was hard for me to understand at first, and it could have been clearer. In general though, I thought it had a great plot.
The characters were good, though not great. As I already said, I liked Lia and Alice, though I really wished we could've heard more about Alice. This book really only focused on Lia. There wasn't much romance, which was okay with me but might disappoint some people. Lia's boyfriend James seemed like a flat character, and there was nothing that really made me care about him or whether Lia ended up with him. More depth and involvement of his character would've been nice.
The writing is really good, flows nicely and Lia has a distinct voice. The twists weren't jaw dropping, but they were entertaining and suspenseful. It actually took me a while to get into this book though, I spent about two weeks reading the first half, then picked up the rest and got so into it I finished it in one day. There wasn't a lot of interesting or funny dialouge or outlandish characters, which usually holds the interest of a book for me, so that was probably why it was a little hard to get into, but I still really enjoyed it.
I can't wait to read the sequel- it's set up so well. You can tell it's definitely only the first book in the trilogy. A lot of questions are unanswered, but not all. Most of this book was spent setting up the mythology, and now in the next book I expect to see a lot more action.
Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who likes good mythology, late 19th century, and tales of good and evil! It's a good book, and though I've read better books with similar themes, I still really liked this one.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Jeg syntes det var genialt å blande gammeldags 1800-talls dialog og skrivemåte (for her er Lia fortelleren, boka er skrevet i jeg-form) med nymotens fantasy, og forfatteren har gjort en veldig bra jobb. Historien er spennende, og til tider sånn at man får frysninger nedover ryggen. Inn i dette er det også blandet kjærlighet, vennskap, dramatikk og tragedie, noe som gir boka god driv framover og den holder fast på leserens oppmerksomhet. Boka er på nesten 350 sider, og jeg fant meg selv sittende og lese hundre sider om gangen, bare for å få vite hvordan det gikk. Forfatteren er kjempeflink til å skildre og beskrive, og det gjør alt veldig levende og lett å leve seg inn i. Og når hun i tillegg bruker litt gammeldags språk, slik som de snakket og ordla seg på 1800-tallet gjorde det veldig enkelt å forestille seg hovedpersonene med gammeldagse klær og i et veldig annerledes samfunn fra i dag. Gleder meg utrolig mye til neste bok, for denne boka sluttet på et spennende tidspunkt! Veldig god bok som jeg anbefaler folk å lese; selv om den kanskje helst passer til litt eldre tenåringer/unge voksne på grunn av det litt gammeldagse språket.
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Tak jo... Knihu proroctví sester jsem si vypůjčila v knihovně z police "Dnes vrácené knihy". Měla krásnou obálku a nepříliš dobrou anotaci. Měla jsem poslechnout anotaci.
Osobně považuji Proroctví sester za velmi slabou knihu. Většinu času se tam vůbec nic neděje. Postavy se chovají absolutně chaoticky - máme zde dvě sestry, které stojí na opačných stranách barikády - a zatím co chvíli se jedna druhou pokouší zabít, o pár stran dál se spolu drží za ruce a hořekují, jak je to smutné, že jsou nepřátelkyně. Ta kniha postrádá jakýkoli náznak atmosféry z doby, kdy se má příběh odehrávat...
Jen těžko zde hledám nějaké klady - proto 1*.
Osobně považuji Proroctví sester za velmi slabou knihu. Většinu času se tam vůbec nic neděje. Postavy se chovají absolutně chaoticky - máme zde dvě sestry, které stojí na opačných stranách barikády - a zatím co chvíli se jedna druhou pokouší zabít, o pár stran dál se spolu drží za ruce a hořekují, jak je to smutné, že jsou nepřátelkyně. Ta kniha postrádá jakýkoli náznak atmosféry z doby, kdy se má příběh odehrávat...
Jen těžko zde hledám nějaké klady - proto 1*.
I had so much hope for this novel when I first started it. It spooked me enough that I didn't want to read it at night alone. And then it kind of fell short of what I had hoped would happen. What did I hope happened? I hoped it would scare me. That being said I will read the sequel. It was well written and I like Lia. And Alice has such wonderful scope for being bad that I want to see it happen. Read it!!
I ended up skim reading this. I think I would have gotten into it more when it first came out & was everywhere (i.e. when I was a teenager). Reading it as an adult, I found the language over explained a lot, the plot felt predictable, and I found the characters bland.
3.5 stars. This was a good story with some creepy elements to it. I can't wait to read the next one. I do wish the evil sister seemed a bit more menacing. Half the time she is, and the other half she isn't, but maybe that is just because a part of her doesn't want to be evil.
I’m not entirely sure what gripped me into this story. Maybe it was the gorgeous cover? (I rarely like covers with photographs of models on them but for this one they actually fit well and I adore them.) Or maybe it was the Victorian era of softness and chivalry. I’m not certain.
The main push of the story, the prophecy itself, confused me. I know that it was meant to, considering it’s told through Lia’s eyes and we, as readers only know what she knows, but it was highly confusing and irritating to having to keep going back to reread it as Lia and the other characters talked about other lines in the prophecy. There were too many words starting with the same letters (Gate/Guardian, Samael/Samhain) so it was confusing to have to keep track of them, especially when their roles in the story are never fully explained in the first book. At least not to the extent in which I would have liked as a reader.
The main push of the story, the prophecy itself, confused me. I know that it was meant to, considering it’s told through Lia’s eyes and we, as readers only know what she knows, but it was highly confusing and irritating to having to keep going back to reread it as Lia and the other characters talked about other lines in the prophecy. There were too many words starting with the same letters (Gate/Guardian, Samael/Samhain) so it was confusing to have to keep track of them, especially when their roles in the story are never fully explained in the first book. At least not to the extent in which I would have liked as a reader.