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Bezig met laden... So You Want to Be a Wizard: Twentieth-Anniversary Edition (with Uptown Local)door Diane Duane
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This was a cute read for younger folks. I found some parts to be quite confusing, some of it speaking as if we were all aware of what they were talking about when, in fact, it was fiction and we had no basis for understanding it. The children were exceptionally smart and intuitive for 12 year olds, which was a tad hard to buy into. There were several parts that were left unresolved, like the ending wasn't the ending. I realize this is a series, but it is a nice idea to have endings in each book anyway. Yet ... this was thrilling to read, kept me on the edge of my seat, and I stayed up past my bedtime to finish it. To start, let's get one thing straight. I loved Fred. He was just so inexplicably real and unpredictable. I waffled over the rating. I liked the new-ness of this book. It wasn't copying anything. It ran purely on its own steam and it moved. Oh boy, did it move. It defied the cliche. No namby-pamby relationship woes in this book, thank you very much! My one peeve with the novel was that sometimes it didn't make sense. In the middle, I felt like I had been tossed into a mixer and that I couldn't find up or down. There were lots of bangs, flashes, and villains that I didn't remember. The fact that I spaced it out over a couple of weeks was probably detrimental. That being said, it has enormous potential. The second book is definitely making my to-read list (the fact that it is a series is another point in its favor. I CRAVE a good series). And I liked the thoughtful ending. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Fantasy.
Juvenile Fiction.
HTML:A mysterious library book opens the door to a world of magic and danger in the first book in the beloved Young Wizards series. Bullied by her classmates, Nita Callahan is miserable at school. So when she finds a mysterious book in the library that promises her the chance to become a wizard, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her unhappy reality. But taking the Wizard's Oath is no easy thing, and Nita soon finds herself paired with fellow wizard-in-training Kit Rodriguez on a dangerous mission. The only way to become a full wizard is to face the Lone Power, the being that created death and is the mortal enemy of all wizards. As Nita and Kit battle their way through a deadly alternate version of New York controlled by the Lone Power, they must rely on each other and their newfound wizarding skills to surviveâ??and save the world from the Lone One's gra Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Here's my biggest problem: The story got so deep so fast. The kids have only been wizards for a few weeks and suddenly they're totally alone and fighting for their lives to find the most important book in the universe? I'm barely getting to know the world Duane has created and we're already at what feels like the climax! It's like someone asking to marry you on the second date. And this date is not making you laugh. In fact, he's a little hard to follow and seems to be speaking a different language that he doesn't bother explaining to you. You are getting bored and tuning him out for whole paragraphs, but there's something about him that reminds you of an old boyfriend you still think of fondly (maybe his name was Harry? Or Charles Wallace?) and so you cut him some slack.
But let's face it: he is not what you want. It's time to move on. ( )