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jholloed's review against another edition
3.0
Great little companion book, make a nice look back at the series.
It doesn't add a lot, but it is good for fans and fact checking.
Do not read before you have read the series, there are spoilers.
It doesn't add a lot, but it is good for fans and fact checking.
Do not read before you have read the series, there are spoilers.
bookishbehaviours's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
4.25
junggo_okie's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
burniescrolls's review against another edition
I'm deciding not to rate these sort of books, as they're more for convenience/referencing rather than enjoyment.
booksnorkel's review against another edition
4.0
A guide that is set up for fans of the series I think between books one and two. A basic understanding of a little bit of Egyptian mythology, magic, and the gods. It's a great little addition and I'm so happy I found it for a dollar at a book sale, because there was no way I was going to pay like $12 for this. I'm ridiculously happy I have this though because I truly and honestly love Riordan and want him to continue writing books.
carmen_loves_books's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
jscarpa14's review against another edition
3.0
***NOTE MY REVIEWS OFTEN CONTAIN SPOILERS***
Learn the details of The Kane Chronicles world in this interactive ebook featuring character profiles, Egyptian History and Egyptian Mythology. Hear exclusive interviews with Carter and Sadie Kane and meet the many Kane Chronicles Characters up close and personal. Learn to read hieroglyphs show your knowledge of the Egyptian world and magic in interactive quizzes. All that and more awaits you in the Kane Chronicles Survival Guide.
Even though this is a shorter novel, be sure to a lot a decent amount of time to reading the Interactive Ebook version of this book. If the cute bits of information weren’t interesting enough. Most pictures include animation when touched and touching certain spots in the novel will bring sound and voice clips to life as you make your way through this short informational book. Touching section titles shows the names rewritten in hieroglyphs which I’m sure will delight young Kane Chronicles fans. One page if you touch the page just right snakes crawl across your screen as you read. The enhanced editions special effects will certainly appeal to young readers. While I thought this was cute though it didn’t offer much in the way of appeal for an adult reader. While the actual novels in this series are well written enough to attract a wider audience The Survival Guide targets only the younger readers. If you’re under the impression that this book includes series associated short stories or anything really necessary to the regular book series I think you’ll find yourself very disappointed. While the interviews with Sadie and Carter are adorable and being able to read about Egyptian gods and some of their myths as well as the country’s history is interesting, the book isn’t really necessary or beneficial to the series. What series information is included in this novel is mostly already revealed in the actual novels and in some places it actually contradicts that main series books. For example in this book Bes is the God of Children while in the main series books he’s the God of Gnomes. The book related information offered in the survival guide only offers information that’s been provided already in the first two books of the series, it does not include anything revealed in The Serpent’s Shadow with the exception of a short except from Chapter 13 which you can hear read to you in Sadie’s voice if you so choose.
Since the most offered character wise is character profiles I can’t really talk about characterization though I will note that most character profiles include on touch animated illustrations so children can see how the character is intended to look. Some character illustrations are actually a bit of a surprise, for example Anubis look very little like I pictured him in my head when I was reading the series novels, in this book he looks almost oriental in nationality and he doesn’t much resemble the bad boy Sadie always describes. The benefits of this book are not so much in the enhancement of the series because honestly I don’t see how it does do that, but in the educational value for children who are fans of the series. Parents can use their children’s Kane Chronicles worship to get them to learn about moments in world history related to Egypt as well as Egyptian myth and various other Kane Chronicles related topics. The book includes illustrations, photographs, maps and sound effects to make the learning experience enjoyable to children.
Overall I'd recommend this book to parents who have children that are fans of the Kane Chronicles series because the way the book makes learning fun is always a benefit to parents seeking to better educate their children. I would not however really recommend this book to adult fans of the series.
Learn the details of The Kane Chronicles world in this interactive ebook featuring character profiles, Egyptian History and Egyptian Mythology. Hear exclusive interviews with Carter and Sadie Kane and meet the many Kane Chronicles Characters up close and personal. Learn to read hieroglyphs show your knowledge of the Egyptian world and magic in interactive quizzes. All that and more awaits you in the Kane Chronicles Survival Guide.
Even though this is a shorter novel, be sure to a lot a decent amount of time to reading the Interactive Ebook version of this book. If the cute bits of information weren’t interesting enough. Most pictures include animation when touched and touching certain spots in the novel will bring sound and voice clips to life as you make your way through this short informational book. Touching section titles shows the names rewritten in hieroglyphs which I’m sure will delight young Kane Chronicles fans. One page if you touch the page just right snakes crawl across your screen as you read. The enhanced editions special effects will certainly appeal to young readers. While I thought this was cute though it didn’t offer much in the way of appeal for an adult reader. While the actual novels in this series are well written enough to attract a wider audience The Survival Guide targets only the younger readers. If you’re under the impression that this book includes series associated short stories or anything really necessary to the regular book series I think you’ll find yourself very disappointed. While the interviews with Sadie and Carter are adorable and being able to read about Egyptian gods and some of their myths as well as the country’s history is interesting, the book isn’t really necessary or beneficial to the series. What series information is included in this novel is mostly already revealed in the actual novels and in some places it actually contradicts that main series books. For example in this book Bes is the God of Children while in the main series books he’s the God of Gnomes. The book related information offered in the survival guide only offers information that’s been provided already in the first two books of the series, it does not include anything revealed in The Serpent’s Shadow with the exception of a short except from Chapter 13 which you can hear read to you in Sadie’s voice if you so choose.
Since the most offered character wise is character profiles I can’t really talk about characterization though I will note that most character profiles include on touch animated illustrations so children can see how the character is intended to look. Some character illustrations are actually a bit of a surprise, for example Anubis look very little like I pictured him in my head when I was reading the series novels, in this book he looks almost oriental in nationality and he doesn’t much resemble the bad boy Sadie always describes. The benefits of this book are not so much in the enhancement of the series because honestly I don’t see how it does do that, but in the educational value for children who are fans of the series. Parents can use their children’s Kane Chronicles worship to get them to learn about moments in world history related to Egypt as well as Egyptian myth and various other Kane Chronicles related topics. The book includes illustrations, photographs, maps and sound effects to make the learning experience enjoyable to children.
Overall I'd recommend this book to parents who have children that are fans of the Kane Chronicles series because the way the book makes learning fun is always a benefit to parents seeking to better educate their children. I would not however really recommend this book to adult fans of the series.
chasep's review against another edition
informative
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
2.25