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datura's review against another edition
4.0
From the description of the book I didn't know what to think.
More than four hundred years after the events of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the sorcerer Prospero, his daughter Miranda, and his other children have attained everlasting life. Miranda is the head of her family’s business, Prospero Inc., which secretly has used its magic for good around the world. One day, Miranda receives a warning from her father: "Beware of the Three Shadowed Ones." When Miranda goes to her father for an explanation, he is nowhere to be found.
I resisted reading the book for a long time because I never read the Tempest and I didn't really want to read anything related to Shakespeare at this point. Having said all of that I did somehow forced myself to give it a try, mainly because of Jeff Miller's (http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/) review. I am very happy to say that now that I have finished book one I can't wait to start book two.
This is a great fantasy book. We have all the things necessary for an awesome adventure. Missing magician, wind spirits, unicorns, elves and demons from hell, angels and even Santa!
I will not give away any plot points for that you must read the book yourself.
Give it a try, you will be happy you did.
More than four hundred years after the events of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the sorcerer Prospero, his daughter Miranda, and his other children have attained everlasting life. Miranda is the head of her family’s business, Prospero Inc., which secretly has used its magic for good around the world. One day, Miranda receives a warning from her father: "Beware of the Three Shadowed Ones." When Miranda goes to her father for an explanation, he is nowhere to be found.
I resisted reading the book for a long time because I never read the Tempest and I didn't really want to read anything related to Shakespeare at this point. Having said all of that I did somehow forced myself to give it a try, mainly because of Jeff Miller's (http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/) review. I am very happy to say that now that I have finished book one I can't wait to start book two.
This is a great fantasy book. We have all the things necessary for an awesome adventure. Missing magician, wind spirits, unicorns, elves and demons from hell, angels and even Santa!
I will not give away any plot points for that you must read the book yourself.
Give it a try, you will be happy you did.
casvelyn's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
4.5
middlekmissie's review
4.0
Loved the concept and the way Lamplighter worked it out. Can't wait to read the next one!
Here's my full video review:
http://thebookfix.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/prospero-lost-by-l-jagi/
Here's my full video review:
http://thebookfix.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/prospero-lost-by-l-jagi/
mgwuh's review
2.0
Interesting interpretations of religion undermined by very strong puritan, gendered, heterosexual values on FULL display.
bookswithjk's review
slow-paced
3.0
Having reread this book a second time, I took a star off my original rating. The pacing is much slower than I originally remembered, and the constant flashbacks interrupt the overall flow of the story.
Our main character Miranda is a stubborn mortal-turned-immortal who has spent most of her life on the island that she is a true foreigner to the world around her. She is completely fixed in her ways, and you can barely go a few pages without her wishing she had been made a Sybil.
The chapters concerning Santa Claus seemed entirely out of place. There is constant mention of Greek mythology (even Greek fashion/hairstyles), so the inclusion of something outside of that area - like Santa Claus and the oni and tengu) - feels entirely jarring.
Still though, this story is enjoyable and lays solid groundwork for the rest of the trilogy. I am hoping the pacing and the plot do pick up in the next two books.
Our main character Miranda is a stubborn mortal-turned-immortal who has spent most of her life on the island that she is a true foreigner to the world around her. She is completely fixed in her ways, and you can barely go a few pages without her wishing she had been made a Sybil.
The chapters concerning Santa Claus seemed entirely out of place. There is constant mention of Greek mythology (even Greek fashion/hairstyles), so the inclusion of something outside of that area - like Santa Claus and the oni and tengu) - feels entirely jarring.
Still though, this story is enjoyable and lays solid groundwork for the rest of the trilogy. I am hoping the pacing and the plot do pick up in the next two books.
scherzo's review
2.0
Stay away if you love Shakespeare and Tolkien. She tries to ride on their coat tails but leaves muddy footprints and trash. No understanding of characters or ideas. Pedestrian, puerile, trite and banal.
gossamerchild's review
2.0
My lower rating of this book has more to do with the quality of writing than anything else. I highly enjoyed the book, the story, the characters; I simply couldn't get past the overuse of !. Seriously, a chapter should NOT begin with a sentence that has an ! at the end of it. Perhaps this is more of an editorial issue than a writing issue, but it bothered me nonetheless. It read like it was written by a first-time novelist, which Lamplighter was at the time. However, I loved the concept : 500 years after "The Tempest" Miranda and Prospero are still alive, managing a corporation that controls the magical beings all over the world that create all the bad things (volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.) we blame on "weather." When Prospero mysteriously disappears, Miranda must track down her 6 siblings to warn them of possible doom. It's clever, with a nice mixture of fantasy and mystery. With a dash of Santa Claus, elves, and a little romance. I've just started reading the second in the trilogy and I only hope for writing that's just a wee bit more put together.
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