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A review by brittney_tyler
Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver
4.0
Star Rating: 4 stars
Note: This is the 6th book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series so this will not be an in-depth review.
After finding out that Michelle Paver will be continuing the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series in 2020, I decided to pick up the one book by her that I still hadn’t read, Ghost Hunter. This book chronicles the end of Torak’s journey to save his world from the evil Soul Eaters and to redeem his parent’s names.
The best thing about this book is the message that Paver is trying to convey. Within the confines of this book, there are two different characters that are very unique and that don’t quite fit in. One is our main character, Torak, and the other is a character that he meets on his journey, Dark. If you have read the series, then you know that Torak has always felt apart from others in this world because of his special abilities and the way he was raised, but Dark was ostracized from society simply because of the way he looks and acts. Dark has albinism and possibly psychic abilities, and because of this his clan thought that he was possessed or cursed so his father abandoned him within a scared gorge, fully expecting him to die. Through these characters and their stories, Paver introduces her readers to the concept of diversity and the fact that everyone is different, some obviously and some not, but that however one is different, it is okay. I think this is a great concept to teach children especially as they enter into school/the world and start meeting new people.
I only have one problem with this book and series in general, and that I wish that the reasons for why Torak is the way he is and why he is the only one who can complete these quests was explained a lot earlier in the series. Paver waited to book 5 to start to explain why she was putting Torak through all this pain, and I feel that she should have started addressing the reasons in book 1 and slowly revealed more and more details with each consecutive book as it would have packed a lot more punch instead of leaving the readers confused and questioning why.
All in all, this was a great series ender, and I am looking forward to Paver’s 2020 continuation. 4 stars!!!!!
Note: This is the 6th book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series so this will not be an in-depth review.
After finding out that Michelle Paver will be continuing the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series in 2020, I decided to pick up the one book by her that I still hadn’t read, Ghost Hunter. This book chronicles the end of Torak’s journey to save his world from the evil Soul Eaters and to redeem his parent’s names.
The best thing about this book is the message that Paver is trying to convey. Within the confines of this book, there are two different characters that are very unique and that don’t quite fit in. One is our main character, Torak, and the other is a character that he meets on his journey, Dark. If you have read the series, then you know that Torak has always felt apart from others in this world because of his special abilities and the way he was raised, but Dark was ostracized from society simply because of the way he looks and acts. Dark has albinism and possibly psychic abilities, and because of this his clan thought that he was possessed or cursed so his father abandoned him within a scared gorge, fully expecting him to die. Through these characters and their stories, Paver introduces her readers to the concept of diversity and the fact that everyone is different, some obviously and some not, but that however one is different, it is okay. I think this is a great concept to teach children especially as they enter into school/the world and start meeting new people.
I only have one problem with this book and series in general, and that I wish that the reasons for why Torak is the way he is and why he is the only one who can complete these quests was explained a lot earlier in the series. Paver waited to book 5 to start to explain why she was putting Torak through all this pain, and I feel that she should have started addressing the reasons in book 1 and slowly revealed more and more details with each consecutive book as it would have packed a lot more punch instead of leaving the readers confused and questioning why.
All in all, this was a great series ender, and I am looking forward to Paver’s 2020 continuation. 4 stars!!!!!