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carlacbarroso 's review for:
O Terceiro Passo
by Isabel C. Penteado, Christopher Priest
I have to say that magic never really got me though I like to see illusionists doing their tricks now and then. This book, as well as the recent movie with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale (which I haven't seen yet), never had my curiosity or interest. I even think I would never read this book if I hadn't got it through BookMooch or if there wasn't a show on Portuguese television about magic.
I enjoyed the reading but still this story might work better as a movie, since it has so many descriptions of the visual effects of the tricks. The visual might provoke a greater emotion than the description of it. I think the tricks lose something when imagined than watched. But still the author did an amazing job in what concerns the characters' characterization, as the story is told by the different points of view of the characters, through their journals or biographies, and you can't really pick sides.
The story begins in the 20th century, in the 80's I believe, and is told through the eyes of an heir of one of the illusionist from the Victorian era and who, by several reasons, were enemies. This character, contacted for an interview, gets to know an heiress of his ancestor's rival and both set on a journey to end the rivalry opposing the two families. It's in this way that the reader gets to know the reasons for the rivalry, what secrets did the two illusionists hid from each other and how those secrets affected their lives. If one secret is easy to find out, the other it's a surprise.
The end, however, didn't please me as I hoped, maybe because it was somehow predicable. The reading is pleasant but, as I said before, the adaptation to the big screen might have more life. It might get us into the illusions and keep us on the edge of our seats while we wait for the conclusion of the illusions.
I enjoyed the reading but still this story might work better as a movie, since it has so many descriptions of the visual effects of the tricks. The visual might provoke a greater emotion than the description of it. I think the tricks lose something when imagined than watched. But still the author did an amazing job in what concerns the characters' characterization, as the story is told by the different points of view of the characters, through their journals or biographies, and you can't really pick sides.
The story begins in the 20th century, in the 80's I believe, and is told through the eyes of an heir of one of the illusionist from the Victorian era and who, by several reasons, were enemies. This character, contacted for an interview, gets to know an heiress of his ancestor's rival and both set on a journey to end the rivalry opposing the two families. It's in this way that the reader gets to know the reasons for the rivalry, what secrets did the two illusionists hid from each other and how those secrets affected their lives. If one secret is easy to find out, the other it's a surprise.
The end, however, didn't please me as I hoped, maybe because it was somehow predicable. The reading is pleasant but, as I said before, the adaptation to the big screen might have more life. It might get us into the illusions and keep us on the edge of our seats while we wait for the conclusion of the illusions.