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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
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
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’m enjoying my reread of this series quite a bit, and as I don’t think I’ve read the last two books, I imagine it will be quite interesting to see where everything goes. However, the references to Postman Pat and the very thinly-veiled reference to Doctor Who? This is set in early 00s Massachusetts, but sure, okay.
Five years ago, David disappeared in the arctic and with his disappearance, change to the earth has been brought forth. The polar bears have started to starve while the ice rapidly melts. Dragons are rising up from their extinction and a presence of new evil is being born.
The series is starting to get really confusing here. A lot of the new concepts didn’t feel fully explained. I’m really unsure of who the Fain are, what they want, and how they interact with the world through comingleling. I also have the same questions regarding the Ix, which are the corrupted creations of the Fain.
The characters also lost a lot of their personality in this book. The dragons especially lost their personalities here. They were really only reacting to and figuring out warnings about the evil that was about to be born or created. The polar bears weren’t advancing the plot or helping to explain anything. Their chapters felt really slow moving.
I however do believe that the series is still interesting. Even though I felt very confused most of the time, I’m still heavily invested in the stories of Zanna, Lucy, and David. Lucy seems to have a lot of developing to do and she has promise to continue growing with the series. David and his developments are interesting into what he has come and the powers he has gained since the last book. Zanna is having to raise Alexa with the help of Elizabeth. Alexa is interesting in the fact that she does not seem to be quite human. She herself appears to have powers. Alexa has lots of potential for this series, but I unfortunately have more questions than answers from this book.
The series is starting to get really confusing here. A lot of the new concepts didn’t feel fully explained. I’m really unsure of who the Fain are, what they want, and how they interact with the world through comingleling. I also have the same questions regarding the Ix, which are the corrupted creations of the Fain.
The characters also lost a lot of their personality in this book. The dragons especially lost their personalities here. They were really only reacting to and figuring out warnings about the evil that was about to be born or created. The polar bears weren’t advancing the plot or helping to explain anything. Their chapters felt really slow moving.
I however do believe that the series is still interesting. Even though I felt very confused most of the time, I’m still heavily invested in the stories of Zanna, Lucy, and David. Lucy seems to have a lot of developing to do and she has promise to continue growing with the series. David and his developments are interesting into what he has come and the powers he has gained since the last book. Zanna is having to raise Alexa with the help of Elizabeth. Alexa is interesting in the fact that she does not seem to be quite human. She herself appears to have powers. Alexa has lots of potential for this series, but I unfortunately have more questions than answers from this book.
I really loved the polar bear part of the story. All the mysticism behind it kept me into it. However, although most of the series is written from different perspectives, this time the multiple perspectives didn't really come together well until the end. Sometimes it was a bit frustrating to figure out where the setting was, whether it was at the Pennykettles' house, in the Artic, in Zanna's shop, and so on. I was highly disappointed at first with the way Zanna reacted to that reporter guy. In fact, I didn't like the reporter guy at all until the end. Reading about Lucy was very annoying. I understand that teenagers are known for being difficult, but I felt like the author completely made Lucy a stereotypical character when he added in all the teenage drama. That's the number one thing I disliked about the book. Overall, I think the relationships between the characters and a few of the characters could some work, but the mysticism of the book is interesting.
This was, so far, the weirdest in the series. I will admit that I hadn't read any of the previous books since Fire Star was released, so maybe I lost something that way. Plus this book begins 5 years after the last one ended, so there are a lot of events that happened since that need explaining.
I don't think it was over all bad, but the end was just very weird. It seemed like the author was suddenly trying to come up with more plot lines that he could draw into another book or two or three. Like Liz suddenly and randomly becoming pregnant, a piece of obsidian with pure dark fire in it, and Tam knowing about dragons and stuff.
And I'm not even sure what happened to David. What is he, exactly? Why the heck was he a polar bear? Why couldn't he come back before? There were so many unexplained things that it just wasn't enjoyable to read. Perhaps if I'd slowed down and read more carefully it would have made more sense, but I didn't have much interest in that. I'm not sure whether I'll be reading the rest of the series when it comes out.
I don't think it was over all bad, but the end was just very weird. It seemed like the author was suddenly trying to come up with more plot lines that he could draw into another book or two or three. Like Liz suddenly and randomly becoming pregnant, a piece of obsidian with pure dark fire in it, and Tam knowing about dragons and stuff.
And I'm not even sure what happened to David. What is he, exactly? Why the heck was he a polar bear? Why couldn't he come back before? There were so many unexplained things that it just wasn't enjoyable to read. Perhaps if I'd slowed down and read more carefully it would have made more sense, but I didn't have much interest in that. I'm not sure whether I'll be reading the rest of the series when it comes out.
I give this book 3 1/2 stars. I like how this series became more complex as it progressed.