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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
3.5⭐ tiene un ritmo raro y aunque me costó menos seguirlo que el primero, porque entiendo más, por rato se ponía un poco denso.
Igual terminaré la saga, pero disfruté más Percy Jackson.
Igual terminaré la saga, pero disfruté más Percy Jackson.
3.5 stars, like the first one. This series just simply isn’t as good as Percy Jackson or Heroes of Olympus. It doesn’t have the development or the world building or the intensity of the relationships. I like the characters, but I just don’t care about the story all that much, and I wanted to DNF more than once. I’m really, really not a fan of how Rick tries to force a love triangle between thirteen-year-old Sadie and two sixteen year old guys. That’s just really gross. A huge yikes for me. But I do still like Rick’s writing style, which carries through all of his books: charming characters, funny dialogue, and ridiculous situations. I’m gonna read the last book because that’s how my brain works - I’m this far into it and I can’t give up now, so I only hope the final book manages to surprise me.
Not as good as the Percy Jackson series, but an amusing story full of great Egyptian mythology, and better than the first book in this series.
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I wanted to understand a lot more about all the gods and pharoahs I'd seen. This book is interesting, and has taught me about the gods in a way that I will remember them. Boring documentaries just don't stay in my head. These gods have been given personalities, interesting characters in the stories so it's made it a lot easier to remember who they are. Loved the Percy Jackson series which taught me lots about the Greek gods.
adventurous
emotional
funny
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
Spoilers
So we start off with the new characters[yes Bobo Bobolisnski, I will tell the names]. So the two new characters are Jaz and Walt. So as soon as I heard about Sadie's feelings for Walt, I groaned, and then almost threw the book on the ground. As if Sadie doesn't have enough boy, actually god problems they had to go and throw in another boy. So we learn that Walt is dying, which just adds another twist. The biggest problem I had with this book, is that Sadie is only thirteen( and a newly turned thirteen year old at that.). My point is that this is her first relationship and probably not her last. She is probably not going to stay with Anubis or Walt for the rest of her life, even if they find a cure for Walt.[Be quiet! Bobo Bobolisnski, don't tell them what happens in the last book] Now let's move on to the rest of the characters. So Sadie decides that even though the world is going to end in a couple of days she still needs to go celebrate her birthday. After gods save her, like usual, she gets scolded by Carter. Then a couple of days later Carter runs off to save the girl of his dreams. So I found the main characters reckless and annoying, even though the book tries to say Carter is boring. This book was my favorite of the series, only because Anubis kissed her and I freaked out. I understand that this whole review was all about the characters, but they were my main problem with the book.
Team Anubis Forever!!!!!!!
So we start off with the new characters[yes Bobo Bobolisnski, I will tell the names]. So the two new characters are Jaz and Walt. So as soon as I heard about Sadie's feelings for Walt, I groaned, and then almost threw the book on the ground. As if Sadie doesn't have enough boy, actually god problems they had to go and throw in another boy. So we learn that Walt is dying, which just adds another twist. The biggest problem I had with this book, is that Sadie is only thirteen( and a newly turned thirteen year old at that.). My point is that this is her first relationship and probably not her last. She is probably not going to stay with Anubis or Walt for the rest of her life, even if they find a cure for Walt.[Be quiet! Bobo Bobolisnski, don't tell them what happens in the last book] Now let's move on to the rest of the characters. So Sadie decides that even though the world is going to end in a couple of days she still needs to go celebrate her birthday. After gods save her, like usual, she gets scolded by Carter. Then a couple of days later Carter runs off to save the girl of his dreams. So I found the main characters reckless and annoying, even though the book tries to say Carter is boring. This book was my favorite of the series, only because Anubis kissed her and I freaked out. I understand that this whole review was all about the characters, but they were my main problem with the book.
Team Anubis Forever!!!!!!!
I want to give it 5 stars, but the Sadie x Anubis/Walt thing makes me both highly and deeply uncomfortable.
This book was much more interesting to me than the first book. Mostly because it was less introductory and more action but the whole story was so much fun. I loved the way Sadie and Carter got to travel and we got to see different parts of the Nomes in the House of Life. I liked how they had to make a lot of difficult choices in order to keep Chaos from rising at that moment; plus the way the Kanes started training these younger (and older) magicians who opened up the other paths for us to explore.
In all, I thought this book showed a fantastic relationship between the siblings and I’m excited to see how this whole story ends. I hope we get more information about the Nomes and Zia and honestly the magic in general.
One of the things that I did hate though was the way that the ending was so fast. I wouldn’t have minded it to be dragged out for even a few more pages or maybe the middle cut a little? It was just a lot of buildup (similar to book one) for such a whiplash ending.
In all, I thought this book showed a fantastic relationship between the siblings and I’m excited to see how this whole story ends. I hope we get more information about the Nomes and Zia and honestly the magic in general.
One of the things that I did hate though was the way that the ending was so fast. I wouldn’t have minded it to be dragged out for even a few more pages or maybe the middle cut a little? It was just a lot of buildup (similar to book one) for such a whiplash ending.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes