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La llave de bronce by Holly Black

eesh25's review against another edition

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4.0


I'd heard this book screwed with your emotions and made a big change in the series. Now I get why that was said. Because it's gonna take me forever to believe that what happened actually happened. Just... Oh my God...

In the last book, we saw that Aaron, Tamara and Jasper found out about Call being The Enemy and accepted it. Call's relationship with his dad was fixed and Call beheaded Constantine body (him taking the head out of the bag was the best scene in the entire series!) and everyone thought Constantine was dead. Call also got Chaos magic. Things were good, except for Master Joseph getting away with the Alkahest.

This book starts off just a few days before the Bronze year is to begin and Call, Aaron, Tamara, Jasper and Alastair are being honoured for killing the Enemy. Things don't got as planned at the ceremony and we find out someone's trying to kill Call. And that's all I'm saying.

The book follows the mystery behind who is trying to kill Call and why. Our three protagonists are trying to solve the mystery while also keeping Call's real identity a secret and dealing with problems from their teachers and the other student mages. While Jasper is being is usual useless self, whose only contribution is snark and unhelpful tips.

I loved the story and how fast paced the book was. Things picked up really quickly and continued that way. The book was also very funny and endlessly entertaining.

The wannabe-Makar-killer was someone I didn't expect. I figured it out like two pages before Call did and when I did, my reaction was:



I'm not ready to accept that it was that person (no, I'm not even revealing the gender). After that, more shit went down that I'm also not ready to accept. Basically, this book is gonna take a while, probably until I read the next one.

The only things that bothered me was the writing in some parts. The last two books flowed really well, but with this one, it seemed as if the authors were struggling a little. This could be considered the bridge book and they seemed to have a hard time with that.

Some important scenes weren't well written and the one that really upset me was the second last chapter. It was one of the most important chapters in the series and it wasn't done well. It was a little clumsy and didn't deliver as big an emotional punch as it should have. It kinda soured the experience.

But I'm hoping that, since the bridging part is over, things will become great again.

Overall, this was still a good installment (The Iron Trial remains my favourite) and it has me freaking out because, as usual, I've got no clue what's gonna happen next.

yukarin's review against another edition

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4.0

Vielen Dank an Netgalley.de für die Zurverfügungstellung einer Rezensionsexemplars

Das Buch ist, ähnlich wie der Vorgängerband, recht kurz und hat aufgrund dessen sehr schnell wechselnde Szenen und recht schnellen, springenden Handlungsverlauf. Eigentlich wollte ich das Buch genießen und habe nach gut 30% des Buches es erstmals zur Seite gelegt damit die Wartezeit auf Band 4 nicht ganz so lange ist. Als ich dann doch wissen wollte wie es weitergeht, hab ich mich zurückhalten müssen nicht das Buch in einem zuende zu lesen. Die letzten 50% des Buches gingen unfassbar schnell zuende, weshalb das Buch für schnelle Leser ein recht kurzes Lesevergnügen ist (was bis auf Wartezeit auf das nächste Buch ja nichts schlechtes sein muss).

Charaktere:
In diesem Band merkt man sehr die Veränderung des Trios zu den Vorbänden. Wo man sich manchmal denkt, dass die Charaktere anders handeln, merkt man dass die Charaktere reifen. Auch wenn sie manchmal in ihren anfänglichen Charakter zurückfallen (Callum vor allem). Dies macht die Figuren realistisch und immer noch verständlich/liebenswert.

Inhalt:
Der Plot geht in eine andere Richtung als ich es zunächst erwartet hatte. Nachdem der letzte Band eher ein Roadtrip war, haben wir hier einen Plot der sich größtenteils auf das Magisterium selbst beschränkt. Wem also das Reisen in Band 2 nicht so gefiel, wird hier wahrscheinlich glücklicher. Das Magiesystem wird nicht so weit ausgeschöpft wie ich das gerne gehabt hätte, da die Chaosmagie immer noch ein großes statt ein kleines Mysterium ist. Ich denke aber, dass sich das in dem nächsten Band noch ändern wird.
Ohne spoilern zu wollen: einige der Plottwists waren offensichtlich für mich, weshalb die Suche nach einer Person für mich recht langwierig und offensichtlich rüberkam. Andere Änderungen der Storyrichtung waren genial und absolut unvorhersehbar für mich (vor allem das Ende). Ich weiß nicht genau was die Autorinnen aus diesem Ende für die nächsten Bände zaubern wollen, aber ich bin gespannt und werde den nächsten Band fieberhaft erwarten.

kaulhilo's review against another edition

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4.0

lbr i was gonna give it like 3 stars i really was,,, but the ending,,,,, had me so shook,,,, im dying and my only coherent thought is, oh my god oh my god oh my god — i need the fourth book, like right now, because it's illegal to write a book this small. it's also illegal to give it that cliffhanger i want to stab my heart and die thnx cassie ur the real mvp

judebugs's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

_aoibheann_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

cjg0316's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

katieinca's review against another edition

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3.0

Probably the most forgettable of the series, but still a fun quick read. AND OF COURSE you won't see the end coming.

izzy_readz's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

brianne_k's review against another edition

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3.0

*3.5/5*
I believe this is my favourite of the series so far!

the books are kind of formulaic.. but overall, enjoyable.
the ending was pretty good! I can't wait to see where it goes from here! but the long wait will suck!

mquail's review against another edition

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3.75

I like the adventure but every time I turn it on I still get a Harry Potter Percy Jackson feel. I’ll finish the series cause it’s cute and I’ll have my kids read it. (A)