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meganori's review against another edition
3.0
It's still a great story, but it's becoming very drawn out. This book would have been excellent at 300 pages - not 1,000.
celiaedf12's review against another edition
5.0
I am loving this so far - yes, some clumsy exposition, overly formal dialogue, but who cares - I have loved these characters since I first read Obernewtyn at age 11, 12? And reading this takes me right back to that uncritical age. I have a feeling I will enjoy this book tremendously no matter what.
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I managed to stretch out my reading over quite a few days, which I was pleased with - I adored this book. What a fantastic continuation of the series. Then I went and read this thread at Obernewtyn.net and boggled at all the various theories that fans have developed after reading this book. It's made me want to go through and read the series again from the beginning, and then read The Stone Key again.
I loved the way Elspeth has matured and developed in this book, I loved the resolution of her relationship with Rushton (in fact, it hadn't really dawned on me that there were fans that didn't like the Elspeth/Rushton relationship - wah? They are Meant to Be Together!), and the continuation of her quest is most terribly exciting. I loved the part set in the Beforetime complex.
Oh please Isobelle, don't take another 8 years with The Sending.
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I managed to stretch out my reading over quite a few days, which I was pleased with - I adored this book. What a fantastic continuation of the series. Then I went and read this thread at Obernewtyn.net and boggled at all the various theories that fans have developed after reading this book. It's made me want to go through and read the series again from the beginning, and then read The Stone Key again.
I loved the way Elspeth has matured and developed in this book, I loved the resolution of her relationship with Rushton (in fact, it hadn't really dawned on me that there were fans that didn't like the Elspeth/Rushton relationship - wah? They are Meant to Be Together!), and the continuation of her quest is most terribly exciting. I loved the part set in the Beforetime complex.
Oh please Isobelle, don't take another 8 years with The Sending.
witskee1's review against another edition
3.0
I started out really loving the Obernewtyn series. But, to me it has felt like from the third book on Carmody has lost the focus of her story.
It was foretold that the main character, Elspeth, will find the 'weaponmachines' that caused the nuclear holocaust in their post-apocalyptic world and destroy them before they destroy the world completely. But somehow she keeps getting side tracked again and again. She's involved in overthrowing governments, evil religious orders, furthering animal rights and on and on and on. I wish that Elspeth could just get back to her original journey and that all the sub-plots and extra characters would just go away.
It was foretold that the main character, Elspeth, will find the 'weaponmachines' that caused the nuclear holocaust in their post-apocalyptic world and destroy them before they destroy the world completely. But somehow she keeps getting side tracked again and again. She's involved in overthrowing governments, evil religious orders, furthering animal rights and on and on and on. I wish that Elspeth could just get back to her original journey and that all the sub-plots and extra characters would just go away.
readingraiinbow's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
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