Well, I read this book over break because I forgot Flowers for Algernon at school. It was interesting to see how this book was both similar and different to her first one and I think I liked this one.
Basically, Cashore made up her own new world that's not quite as terrifying as Funke's but still scary. There are random people in these world with deadly unnatural talents and these people are usually either evil or unusually good, in my opinion. The story is creative and it was an enjoyable read. I identified with the characters for the most part and was not half annoyed with Fire as I would be with a real person who tried to shut out the world because they realized that everybody is going to die someday. With her, it was more understandable, I suppose. It was a pretty good read. I kinda saw the twist coming but that was because of foreshadowing not predicatbility.
Criticism: To start out, the things I am complaining about are not necessarily a major part of the book. They are just things i picked up on because of one reason or anthoer. I did not really appreciate the fact that every character over 15 broke the 6th commandment or the attitude that surrounded this. I mean, really. Not necessary. Also, Fire and the main character of Graceling both went through the books being feared by everyone except the guy you knew they were going to fall in love with. My computer just deleted everything I typed after this so I can't remember what else I had. Uh... Oh, I went on a rant about recycling characters! Alright, so she killed off her evil king bad guy in the last book but then went back and reused him in this book. Honestly, if you, nonexistant reader, ever write a book please do not do this unless your book is going back and focusing on this evil character. If he is just randomly there messing with things in the background, it is just lazy. Thank you. I'm done now.
Rating: Pretty good.
You read? meh
Read again? Mehbe.
Age level? Young adult.
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