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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
It has so much promise, this book. But the magic isn't very magical and the characters aren't quite compelling enough. And the things that are supposed to be shocking surprises just aren't at all. Maybe it was the translation? But I don't know - my mom read it in Spanish and she was pretty lukewarm about it, too.
Bintang 3 karena di buku ini banyak informasi mengenai antropologi dan kehidupan liar di belantara Amazon. Tapi sejujurnya saya merasa bosan karena kok seisi buku ini jadi serupa dongeng, bukan kisah petualangan remaja yang seru di tengah hutan yang eksotis. Sebabnya, seluruh kejadian dalam buku ini, berikut alasan2nya, diceritakan semua tumplek blek secara naratif oleh pengarangnya, tidak memberi kesempatan pembaca untuk deg2an, atau penasaran, atau ikut bertualang atau menebak-nebak kenapa si jahat jadi jahat. Miskin dialog setelah seperlima bagian awal buku. Dialog2 yang dimaksudkan sebagai humor pun, misalnya saat menyindir si Profesor Ludovic Leblanc, masih berat buat dicerna remaja kebanyakan.
Bukan buku yang seru buat remaja zaman sekarang. Buat yang baru lewat masa remajanya kemarin, lebih membosankan lagi. Makanya perlu lima hari buat saya menyelesaikan buku ini.
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yang baru lewat masa remajanya kemarin.
Bukan buku yang seru buat remaja zaman sekarang. Buat yang baru lewat masa remajanya kemarin, lebih membosankan lagi. Makanya perlu lima hari buat saya menyelesaikan buku ini.
salam dari
-bungamawaramazon-
yang baru lewat masa remajanya kemarin.
YA book about a sulky teenager visiting the amazon. Good character development, beautiful scenes, but the writing style was too simplistic to properly convey the atmosphere. It's difficult to tell whether this is due to the original writing or the translation. Good story, but the overly simplistic language let it down.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book definitely reads like YA, and not in a great way. It’s an interesting storyline, and it was overall enjoyable to read. It just felt like it was catering to a young audience, almost to the point of feeling patronizing in the writing style at times. Not bad, still a fun read!
When Alex Cole's mother get sick, his father has to ship the kids off to different grandmothers so he can take his wife for treatment. Alex is sent to his grandmother in NYC. She is a magazine reporter.
She is not the stay home and bake cookies type. She is the type that doesn't meet a 15-year-old at a NYC airport and expects him to find her apartment.
She is also the kind that takes him on assignment with her to the Amazon to find a Beast. This animal seems to be a Big Foot like creature that lives isolated in the Amazon.
Alex has to contend with the leaders on the trip, his grandmother, guides, and the military. He allies himself with a girl, Nadia, on the trip. Both are chosen by the indigenous people to help them with the interlopers who want to take over their land.
Good story. Definitely for sixth grade and up thanks to early drug references in the story.
She is not the stay home and bake cookies type. She is the type that doesn't meet a 15-year-old at a NYC airport and expects him to find her apartment.
She is also the kind that takes him on assignment with her to the Amazon to find a Beast. This animal seems to be a Big Foot like creature that lives isolated in the Amazon.
Alex has to contend with the leaders on the trip, his grandmother, guides, and the military. He allies himself with a girl, Nadia, on the trip. Both are chosen by the indigenous people to help them with the interlopers who want to take over their land.
Good story. Definitely for sixth grade and up thanks to early drug references in the story.
The first novel in a trilogy for young adults by Allende. It's a thrilling, magical adventure through the Amazon! A fun ride with interesting characters.
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated