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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
anbar's review against another edition
4.0
Egg is the youngest son of a backwater plantation owner living on an island largely inhabited by pirates. After his scrappy family disappears on a trip to town, he is taken in by a wealthy family and life finally seems perfect...until someone tries to throw him off a cliff. Egg must figure out why he was targeted with only the help of a bossy young heiress and a deranged cabin boy
Fun adventure with a strong mystery element and a good dash of humour sprinkled throughout so things don't get too dark or gritty. Egg is a clever underdog not given to gloomy brooding. The writing doesn't talk down to young readers and was very enjoyable to me as an adult reader. Highly recommended.
Fun adventure with a strong mystery element and a good dash of humour sprinkled throughout so things don't get too dark or gritty. Egg is a clever underdog not given to gloomy brooding. The writing doesn't talk down to young readers and was very enjoyable to me as an adult reader. Highly recommended.
gudgercollege's review against another edition
3.0
Millicent is such a badass, but it annoys me that she's the only girl in the book, and that she's only allowed to be so cool because she's the love interest. I'm hoping the next books in the series aren't such a sausage fest.
queer_redhead's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! This book has all the normal troubles of a kid! (Well without the ‘about to be killed’ stuff) Over all this book was one of my favorites and will never be forgotten in book history.
grrlsphinx's review against another edition
4.0
A children's book yes, good fun though. It was nice to read something a bit different then what I would normally read
highvoltagegrrl's review against another edition
3.0
The Chronicles of Egg is filled with a bevy of interesting characters. From Egg, who really has a sob story of a life to the pirates who aren’t quite always bad; there is no shortage of interesting people. I do wish that there were more background on all of these characters as they are the part of the book I liked the best. I wasn’t keen on the way Egg’s family behaves towards him or how they disappear and Egg seems to get over it immediately. Granted due to how they acted towards him I can understand not crying buckets, but he often talks about his father’s redeeming qualities, which I would have thought would have inspired more love, it felt off to me. The different locations were inventive and all the horror of the pirates was awesome. The story was simple and cute and middle grade readers will enjoy the adventure throughout.
Reviewed by Jessica for Book Sake.
Reviewed by Jessica for Book Sake.
coraleeq's review against another edition
5.0
I was surprised at how much I liked this book. The author's writing was so clean, and he created a likable, intelligent main character with a true, honest voice. I appreciated the interesting internal dialogue instead of skipping over it. The exciting adventure tale was fantastical and somehow believable at the same time. Great read!
chaosisafriend's review against another edition
4.0
Deadweather and Sunrise is a great pirate adventure that I think will appeal to its target audience - middle grade boys. The hero has some familiar qualities - a dead mother and a father and siblings who don't treat him that well. I haven't seen a pirate adventure recently though - I think it will be a nice change for boys who have already read all the wizard and dragon books out there. This is the first book of a trilogy so I think some of the characters will be fleshed out more in the next two books. I know that Guts, a thirteen year old pirate missing a hand, must have a great back-story that comes out at some point. I'm also looking forward to finding out why the pirate Burn Healy is so helpful to Egg when he is ruthless to everyone else.
This book is recommended for 5th grade (10 years old) and up, which I think is spot-on. It's packed full of adventure, which I think boys that age will love, but it does have some killing and death and threats of killing that may be too violent for younger readers to handle even if they are reading at the 5th grade level. Also, when a 13 year old girl gets captured by pirates, it's clear to an adult reader that she's in danger of being sexually assaulted. However, it's written cryptically enough that I don't think the middle grade reader will catch on. They might ask you a question about it though. I have an 8 year old that could read this book but I'm going to wait a couple of years to pass it on to him. When I do, I think he'll really like it.
This book is recommended for 5th grade (10 years old) and up, which I think is spot-on. It's packed full of adventure, which I think boys that age will love, but it does have some killing and death and threats of killing that may be too violent for younger readers to handle even if they are reading at the 5th grade level. Also, when a 13 year old girl gets captured by pirates, it's clear to an adult reader that she's in danger of being sexually assaulted. However, it's written cryptically enough that I don't think the middle grade reader will catch on. They might ask you a question about it though. I have an 8 year old that could read this book but I'm going to wait a couple of years to pass it on to him. When I do, I think he'll really like it.
chriskoppenhaver's review against another edition
4.0
Nobody lived on Deadweather but us and the pirates, this book opens, the "us" being the family that owns the ugly fruit plantation with labor provided by ex-pirates too mutilated to earn any other living. Egbert is the youngest in the family, which means he has spent his life being the smallest, weakest, most abused person in his world. Fortunately--or not, depending on your perspective--he knows that his world is not the entire world because he has discovered the joy of reading and devoured every book he's encountered. The greater world seems a much kinder, more exciting place than his meager, maltreated life on his isolated island.
I'd always consoled myself, when I dreamed about life outside of Deadweather, with the thought that somewhere there were better, more civilized people, who wouldn't turn into a pack of snarling dogs because a man who was good with words had whipped them into a frenzy.
Egbert's isolation comes to an end the day his father makes some sort of discovery, and he finds himself testing his theory about better, more civilized people in the countless situations of danger and peril that he is thrown. Egg's tale begins slowly--though from the start he narrates it with a subtle, sophisticated wit--then eventually rewards the patient reader with a rousing adventure of piracy, greed, love, and noble sacrifices. He's a true underdog and a pleasure to root for. I'm excited to read the next chapter of his chronicles.
I'd always consoled myself, when I dreamed about life outside of Deadweather, with the thought that somewhere there were better, more civilized people, who wouldn't turn into a pack of snarling dogs because a man who was good with words had whipped them into a frenzy.
Egbert's isolation comes to an end the day his father makes some sort of discovery, and he finds himself testing his theory about better, more civilized people in the countless situations of danger and peril that he is thrown. Egg's tale begins slowly--though from the start he narrates it with a subtle, sophisticated wit--then eventually rewards the patient reader with a rousing adventure of piracy, greed, love, and noble sacrifices. He's a true underdog and a pleasure to root for. I'm excited to read the next chapter of his chronicles.
ryanboros's review against another edition
3.0
Ugly fruit or vacation destination
Ruthless business
Good to have Guts
Ruthless business
Good to have Guts