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brittany_cooper 's review for:
The Alchemyst
by Michael Scott
I didn’t know how I was going to feel about this book considering some of the reviews I read. However, after reading it myself, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
The book has a consistent amount of action sequences throughout which I thought weaved nicely around the world building, lore dumps and character introductions. That being said, I felt the sequence around the 3/4 mark of the book was way stronger than the final scene, which I thought after the scene before was going to be even more epic. It almost felt like they ran out of time to make the finale worth the buildup.
I will say though the ending did make me itch to start the next book as it seems it will pick up seamlessly from the first.
I read some reviews about how unbearable Josh’s character was and how his character arch was unrealistic but I found his characterization fit his only 15-year old self. He’s still young, a bit foolish and doesn’t think too hard before he speaks. I found that that fits most 15 year olds in general and didn’t make he seem annoying at all. Plus, he stays pretty consistent throughout the book. The whole book takes place over only 2 days and even though the twins get introduced to wild mythical characters and hidden magic, I found it still not enough time to create a large character arch for Josh (especially since this is only book 1 of 6).
The reason this is a 4/5 star for me was the lack of excitement at the final scene (compared to the chaotic previous action sequence) and how I really didn’t find myself caring until after I finished the first 3rd of the book.
Once more backstory, world building and lore was introduced, I was way more intrigued with the story, as I am with any fantasy genre book.
The book has a consistent amount of action sequences throughout which I thought weaved nicely around the world building, lore dumps and character introductions. That being said, I felt the sequence around the 3/4 mark of the book was way stronger than the final scene, which I thought after the scene before was going to be even more epic. It almost felt like they ran out of time to make the finale worth the buildup.
I will say though the ending did make me itch to start the next book as it seems it will pick up seamlessly from the first.
I read some reviews about how unbearable Josh’s character was and how his character arch was unrealistic but I found his characterization fit his only 15-year old self. He’s still young, a bit foolish and doesn’t think too hard before he speaks. I found that that fits most 15 year olds in general and didn’t make he seem annoying at all. Plus, he stays pretty consistent throughout the book. The whole book takes place over only 2 days and even though the twins get introduced to wild mythical characters and hidden magic, I found it still not enough time to create a large character arch for Josh (especially since this is only book 1 of 6).
The reason this is a 4/5 star for me was the lack of excitement at the final scene (compared to the chaotic previous action sequence) and how I really didn’t find myself caring until after I finished the first 3rd of the book.
Once more backstory, world building and lore was introduced, I was way more intrigued with the story, as I am with any fantasy genre book.