Pete the Cat: Play Ball! Pup-Fu Power! Puppy Birthday to You! Ready, Freddy! She Did It! Bruce Cameron. What Are You Looking At? Whose Poop Is That? You Are a Lion! Kjsljd - Read and download Henry H. Neff Synopsis: The Tapestry series continues to weave threads of fantasy, mythology, science fiction, and mystery into a wholly original adventure that appeals to fans of everything from Harry Potter to Lord of the Rings to The X-Men.
Genre-blending and fully illustrated, The Tapestry novels have caught the attention of middle-grade and young adult readers alike—and the series is only getting bigger. Yet in the latter books Astaroth reveals that he's got a shady side- the stuff with the apprentice and summoning, which I won't go into detail here. I might be wrong, Ms. Richter also strikes me as the type that would do things viewed as "wrong" to protect Rowan and the peace.
A third thing is the situation of having actually lost to the demons, and Max having to deal with the consequences of everyone seemingly being fine with it. That added with the reforging of the gale bolga and Nick subsequently dyingNot to mention the death of his father Though I'm honestly surprised he lived this long- parents finding out what's going on often end up with something happening to them. Well, in Fablehaven the parents were kidnapped before finding out, but not the point.
That makes for lots of nice juicy angst, eh? The Bad: Character personalities. I simply cannot get much of a grip on them. This book Max is easily described as "angry berserker", but his anger isn't as prominent in any of the other books. Uh, Sorcerer, seems to care for his mom, mysterious I don't know. Take one of those character survey tests where you list 10 characters and answer questions, use The Tapestry characters human ones anyway- demons seem to be easier to depict personality-wise , and go!
David walks in on Cooper and Ms. Richter making out, what happens? You tell me whether he's going to run out, laugh, just raise an eyebrow, or take pictures. Inconsistencies- I don't recall reading about Max's regenerative ability anywhere in the first two books- it's like Neff mentally listed Max's abilities, found "white light and screaming" lacking, and tacked that on.
Plus the aforementioned anger issues- now you see me, now you don't. All in all not a bad book, but have to tack off a star. Neff takes the "Tapestry" series even further than he did with book 2.
I remember thinking that it had a lot of really great ideas and I liked the inclusion of art history, which is rather hard to come by in a young-adult book. With the second book, The Second Siege , and the arrival of all the new fighting techniques, Irish mysteries and the really thoughtful handling of explaining all the different aspects of the siege and the prize of a war, I thought the series took a major leap albeit a very good one , and was on the verge of not considering it young-adult material anymore.
The third book now definitely deserves an age restriction in my opinion, what with Max experiencing the cost of war, being a gladiator, being imprisoned, being tortured.
I'm not sure how much I like the fact that the book isn't all about David. It's a great idea to not actually follow the real hero but rather his protector, it's certainly more interesting to watch Max's adventures than to see David studying all the time and it does help the surprise reveals in the end, but I've grown to love the character of David a lot and I think it's sad that he doesn't explain himself or talk to Max as often as he used to in the previous books.
Plus, Max can be rather annoying sometimes and not all of his excentricities can be explained away by him having a bad temper, whichever way it might be influenced by his blood or not. Also, I still have a problem with time frames - from a general point of view of being in one place for three weeks to having been there for months just two pages later, to a sense of wonder how members of orders can just slip away for rescue missions that last a few weeks, down to a question of Max's character because sometimes it's just weird to have him do some things that maybe a man of thirty or forty years would do, but probably not a boy of sixteen.
Also I think that despite being quite long this book threw up a lot more questions than answers, so I'm looking forward to No. I loved all the new ideas, but it took some time taking it all in; I'm guessing a re-read of the entire series is in order before the publication of the next book. Do smees actually exist in folk tales or legends?
Plus, I'd love to see more of the teaching and studying, althoug I'm afraid that Max is too old now to still attend classes. Especially as I couldn't have predicted it and so wasn't prepared for it at all :. Der dritte Teil war ein guter und solider Abschluss, der jedoch sehr viel Inhalt bot. Dennoch ist es dem Autor wieder mal gelungen , alles anders zu macjen , als es der Leser wartet. Vor allem das Ende das zweiten Teils hatte das ja schon sehr deutlich gezeigt und irgendwie hatte ich auch hier ein anderes Ende erwartet.
Aber auch mit diesem bin ich durchaus zufrieden! Mike the Paladin. As I've noted I've taken my time about getting to the reviews of these. I will be assuming that if you are reading this review that you have read the first two books. I have said that there seems to be a plot line in these books that will only be revealed near the series end. I think there are some hints but we can't be sure till we get there.
Here we enter into a world suffering the outcome of the Second Siege. The "things" of the modern world have not only vanished from existence but are fading from memory. Books are "fading away" The print in any book not written out by hand is fading and leaving only bound paper. The citizens of Rowan are hurriedly recopying volumes trying to save all they can. Only Rowan lives outside direct demonic control Demonic lords rule all the lands of Earth. The nations have been forgotten. Goblins, ogres and other creatures swarm Great book, The Fiend and the Forge pdf is enough to raise the goose bumps alone.
Add a review Your Rating: Your Comment:. Neff by Henry H. Attack of the Fiend by Joseph Delaney. The Whitechapel Fiend by Cassandra Clare. Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley. Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson.
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