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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
The Throne of Fire (My Kindle Review)
Part two of the Kane trilogy returns us to Carter and Sadie’s continuing adventure of mythical proportions as they’re now on a dangerous mission to find three scrolls before they’re used to create the world’s end. It definitely has a more thrilling and suspenseful feel than the first entry and more of the twins’ funny narration. A (100%/Outstanding)
Part two of the Kane trilogy returns us to Carter and Sadie’s continuing adventure of mythical proportions as they’re now on a dangerous mission to find three scrolls before they’re used to create the world’s end. It definitely has a more thrilling and suspenseful feel than the first entry and more of the twins’ funny narration. A (100%/Outstanding)
Rating: 5 out of 10
I usually have the same problem with every Riordan's series: I never like the second books. They tend to suffer from a boring, repetitive plot and feel more like filler than anything else. I'm pretty sure I could go straight to the third one reading only a summary.
Being objective, I can't count many aspects of The Throne of Fire that were badly done. The plot is as full of adventures and the writing as fun to read as the first book. However, I think that might be the problem. This book is so similar to The Red Pyramid, it almost feels as if I'm reading the same book all over again. I enjoyed the first one, obviously, but still, I wasn't looking for a copy-paste nevertheless.
I had several problems with the pacing. The beginning dragged a lot, with overly-long journeys and unnecessary descriptions. The ending, on the other hand, was extremely rushed and didn't hit me like it should have, especially after all the build-up.
The humor is an essential part of Riordan's writing style, but this book... just didn't make it for me. The jokes sounded forced and uninspired, and I could tell the author was running out of ideas to make the book funnier. To give you an idea, I only laughed out loud once or twice in the entire book, which is rare for me. I got to say I kept thinking the narration was charming and a nice touch, but I wasn't a big fan of the one-liners and punchlines.
However, something I did like about this installment was the new characters! Walt and Bes were both sympathetic and I grew to care deeply about them throughout the book. Jaz and Sadie's mates, though minor, were also likable and fun!
Now, this is probably an unpopular opinion, but I thought Carter and Sadie were great protagonists. They made clear mistakes and didn't take responsibility for their quest most of the time, but being honest, I found it to be a spot-on representation of early teenagers - of course, they weren't perfect, but that's the point, right? Sometimes I could even relate to them, and I loved how their emotions weren't played down for the sake of the plot.
The Throne of Fire was a lot less than a worthy sequel to this trilogy. It was a lot shorter than the first (it had around 50 fewer pages) but still felt longer than needed, the pacing was all off, and the book itself was generally uninteresting. Despite everything, I still liked the worldbuilding and characters, so I still have expectations for the third and last book!
I usually have the same problem with every Riordan's series: I never like the second books. They tend to suffer from a boring, repetitive plot and feel more like filler than anything else. I'm pretty sure I could go straight to the third one reading only a summary.
Being objective, I can't count many aspects of The Throne of Fire that were badly done. The plot is as full of adventures and the writing as fun to read as the first book. However, I think that might be the problem. This book is so similar to The Red Pyramid, it almost feels as if I'm reading the same book all over again. I enjoyed the first one, obviously, but still, I wasn't looking for a copy-paste nevertheless.
I had several problems with the pacing. The beginning dragged a lot, with overly-long journeys and unnecessary descriptions. The ending, on the other hand, was extremely rushed and didn't hit me like it should have, especially after all the build-up.
The humor is an essential part of Riordan's writing style, but this book... just didn't make it for me. The jokes sounded forced and uninspired, and I could tell the author was running out of ideas to make the book funnier. To give you an idea, I only laughed out loud once or twice in the entire book, which is rare for me. I got to say I kept thinking the narration was charming and a nice touch, but I wasn't a big fan of the one-liners and punchlines.
However, something I did like about this installment was the new characters! Walt and Bes were both sympathetic and I grew to care deeply about them throughout the book. Jaz and Sadie's mates, though minor, were also likable and fun!
Now, this is probably an unpopular opinion, but I thought Carter and Sadie were great protagonists. They made clear mistakes and didn't take responsibility for their quest most of the time, but being honest, I found it to be a spot-on representation of early teenagers - of course, they weren't perfect, but that's the point, right? Sometimes I could even relate to them, and I loved how their emotions weren't played down for the sake of the plot.
The Throne of Fire was a lot less than a worthy sequel to this trilogy. It was a lot shorter than the first (it had around 50 fewer pages) but still felt longer than needed, the pacing was all off, and the book itself was generally uninteresting. Despite everything, I still liked the worldbuilding and characters, so I still have expectations for the third and last book!
4.5. I'm really enjoying this series, I have a few minor issues, but it's great!
This book was just as great as the first one! I though Ra was hilarious! I mean, zebras and weasels and Wheee's galore! I am not going to spend another minute on this review as I want to jump right into the third and final book in this amazing trilogy!
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another great Rick Riordin book. I don't think I'll ever find out that I don't like. Highly entertaining, well researched, and heart felt. We follow more of Carter and Sadie's story in Egyptian mythology and learn about Ra and Apophis along the way. A solid edition to this trilogy and I'll be reading the last book as soon as I can. I would recommend this book and series to kids and adults a like. 5 out of 5 stars.
Last year, I bought a boxset containing the three books in the Kane Chronicles, a book series written by Rick Riordan about the Egyptian Mythology. I read The Red Pyramid, book one a while back, and decided to pick up part two, The Throne of Fire fairly quickly after that. Because I just wanted to read more about Carter and Sadie Kane.
At the end of book one, the Kane siblings recruited a bunch of teens like them; Magicians with all kinds of abilities. In the first couple of chapters of this book we meet two of them in particular, Walt and Jaz, who almost immediately grew on me. We also meet another God, a guy called Bes who became one of my favourite characters in this series (to be honest, I pictured him a bit as <a href="http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/f/f4/703480_1304105989229_full.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140324045456">Chiron from the Disney Hercules movie</a>). We also see some characters from the previous book return, and a new badguy called Menshikov (oh god I hated him so much).
This book is just full of action, one moment the twins are trying to break into a museum filled with wedding guests, the next Sadie and her friends have to run from the Vulture goddess and a gigantic babboon. It just never really stops, and the kids hardly ever have a moment to take a breath which makes me feel sorry for them (give them a break, honestly). Still, there was enough going on around the main adventure that kept the book exciting and kept me wanting to read more.
The narration was done really well too, I honestly enjoyed it much more than the other Riordan books - which I guess is due to the fact that this book was written in first person narrative, rather than third person. The thing that does still bother me is the fact that Carter and Sadie are so young, while they actually just sound so much older to me. In my opinion they could have easily been sixteen (or seventeen, as Sadie's birthday passed in this book) and eighteen instead of thirteen and (almost) fifteen.And that made me not really enjoy the romantic part of this book. I mean Sadie is thirteen, how does she already have <em>two </em>love interests? And one of them is a God even, damn Sadie what is your secret? I did kind of like Carter and Zia and I felt really sad when she woke up and she didn't remember any of the things that happened in the previous book (because that technically wasn't even her, shh).
But besides that, the book was great and I didn't think I could love Rick Riordan's writing even more than I already did, but I do. I just love the way he writes these humorous books without making the humour feel forced; I love his chapter titles, I love his sarcastic characters (even if <em>every </em>main character of his is like this, I honestly don't care, because I love sarcasm). And the way he writes the Gods is just the greatest! I don't think I'll ever love a series about mythology as much as I do with Riordan's books!
I will certainly be picking up the third and final book in the series, <strong>The Serpent's Shadow</strong> very soon, because I need to know how it ends! If you've read the Percy Jackson series, the Heroes of Oympus series and the Magnus Chase book but you're not sure if you should pick this one up... Let me tell you: Do it. Just do it.
At the end of book one, the Kane siblings recruited a bunch of teens like them; Magicians with all kinds of abilities. In the first couple of chapters of this book we meet two of them in particular, Walt and Jaz, who almost immediately grew on me. We also meet another God, a guy called Bes who became one of my favourite characters in this series (to be honest, I pictured him a bit as <a href="http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/f/f4/703480_1304105989229_full.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140324045456">Chiron from the Disney Hercules movie</a>). We also see some characters from the previous book return, and a new badguy called Menshikov (oh god I hated him so much).
This book is just full of action, one moment the twins are trying to break into a museum filled with wedding guests, the next Sadie and her friends have to run from the Vulture goddess and a gigantic babboon. It just never really stops, and the kids hardly ever have a moment to take a breath which makes me feel sorry for them (give them a break, honestly). Still, there was enough going on around the main adventure that kept the book exciting and kept me wanting to read more.
The narration was done really well too, I honestly enjoyed it much more than the other Riordan books - which I guess is due to the fact that this book was written in first person narrative, rather than third person. The thing that does still bother me is the fact that Carter and Sadie are so young, while they actually just sound so much older to me. In my opinion they could have easily been sixteen (or seventeen, as Sadie's birthday passed in this book) and eighteen instead of thirteen and (almost) fifteen.
But besides that, the book was great and I didn't think I could love Rick Riordan's writing even more than I already did, but I do. I just love the way he writes these humorous books without making the humour feel forced; I love his chapter titles, I love his sarcastic characters (even if <em>every </em>main character of his is like this, I honestly don't care, because I love sarcasm). And the way he writes the Gods is just the greatest! I don't think I'll ever love a series about mythology as much as I do with Riordan's books!
I will certainly be picking up the third and final book in the series, <strong>The Serpent's Shadow</strong> very soon, because I need to know how it ends! If you've read the Percy Jackson series, the Heroes of Oympus series and the Magnus Chase book but you're not sure if you should pick this one up... Let me tell you: Do it. Just do it.
