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charlie9_9's review against another edition
5.0
picked up this book at a library sale and loved it. at the time i didnt know it was a series but i will be going out to buy the rest of it. the story has good character development and is an easy read for young and old
ndwisard's review against another edition
2.0
It was good, not great. He writes in a way that appeals to really young people. Sometimes I get annoyed with that style, but maybe you won't. It's a quick read, so it won't kill you either way... it won't kill you anyway unless it gives you a jugular paper cut.
authorsifoote's review against another edition
4.0
Positives: When I first picked this book up in middle school, I didn't realize it was book 9. I actually didn't enjoy the preceding novels as much and never finished them. Loved this book and on, though.
anikablossom716's review against another edition
3.0
More like a 3.7 for me...Read this book a few years ago and the whole Arthurian/Merlin thing really interested me. It was a pretty good read and I liked pretty much the main characters...the girls were cool, so don't worry you people who are always looking for a butt-kicking female pretagonist, the ones here were pretty cool..:)
meganac's review against another edition
5.0
A totally amazing book. Very well done. And this coming from someone who is hard to please when it comes to fantasy.
ari__s's review against another edition
4.0
This book annoyed me for a silly reason, and that was that until I was just over half way through I thought it was called the Great Tree of Avalon and I was confused because I couldn't find the book on Goodreads. Then I searched the author and found out that this book is actually called Child of the Dark Prophecy. I think they should have rethought the cover design, which - although beautiful - is unnecessarily confusing. I also couldn't tell if it was the first book in a series or not - and then after just looking at the title page (I'll admit - this confusion is on me) and seeing "Book One" the story that followed still felt like it was part of something bigger, which I believe it is. I think this author fellow is pulling a Tamora Pierce and having interwoven series, in which case it would have been nice to get that little head's up before I dived in. But.
Moving on.
I obtained this book back in middle school after a friend read it and recommended it to me. I'm now graduating college and just now picking it up for the first time. I did enjoy it. The characters were a little flat, but there was definite potential for them to blossom in later books. I'm not sure I was gripped enough to continue the series - So if anyone else has read this series, please let me know how the character development progressed. The characters were likable, though, and their journey was compelling.
The reason I rated this book as highly as I did is because the author evoked themes that I remember loving so much in J.R.R. Tolkein - particularly Two Towers. The attention and reverence for nature and the earth that Barron shows through his world of Avalon is exceptionally moving. As moving as Tolkein - probably not - but I loved the appreciation he expressed through the moral codes of these characters in how they treat their home and the other living creatures that inhabit it. That kind of attention is found less and less in books - and in "real" life - as of late, I'd wage to say, and it's something we ought to be paying more attention to.
On that note - I'm sneezing my head off from all the pollen that's happening. Joys of Spring.
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I obtained this book back in middle school after a friend read it and recommended it to me. I'm now graduating college and just now picking it up for the first time. I did enjoy it. The characters were a little flat, but there was definite potential for them to blossom in later books. I'm not sure I was gripped enough to continue the series - So if anyone else has read this series, please let me know how the character development progressed. The characters were likable, though, and their journey was compelling.
The reason I rated this book as highly as I did is because the author evoked themes that I remember loving so much in J.R.R. Tolkein - particularly Two Towers. The attention and reverence for nature and the earth that Barron shows through his world of Avalon is exceptionally moving. As moving as Tolkein - probably not - but I loved the appreciation he expressed through the moral codes of these characters in how they treat their home and the other living creatures that inhabit it. That kind of attention is found less and less in books - and in "real" life - as of late, I'd wage to say, and it's something we ought to be paying more attention to.
On that note - I'm sneezing my head off from all the pollen that's happening. Joys of Spring.
rebeccazh's review against another edition
Read and loved this when I was in primary school/secondary school, and just realized I'd never added this to my shelves.
kaitlyn_wren's review against another edition
3.0
this felt very formulaic and had all the elements that you would expect in a generic fantasy. ex:
-main characters are tragically orphaned
-an old wise mentor
-a “chosen one” prophecy
-a hooded villain motivated by magical racism (humans are superior and should rule the world)
-a time sensitive high stakes mission
-magical comic relief sidekick pets
that being said, this was super fun and cute and i liked it a lot.
-main characters are tragically orphaned
-an old wise mentor
-a “chosen one” prophecy
-a hooded villain motivated by magical racism (humans are superior and should rule the world)
-a time sensitive high stakes mission
-magical comic relief sidekick pets
that being said, this was super fun and cute and i liked it a lot.
alicelibros's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.25