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The Fire (Witch & Wizard #3)
by
James Patterson (Goodreads Author),
Jill Dembowski, Elijah Wood , Spencer Locke
Whit and Wisty Allgood have sacrificed everything to lead the resistance against the merciless totalitarian regime that governs their world. Its supreme leader, The One Who Is The One, has banned everything they hold dear: books, music, art, and imagination. But the growing strength of the siblings' magic hasn't been enough to stop the One's evil rampage, and now he's exec...more
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Published
December 5th 2011
by James Patterson -Young Readers
(first published October 13th 2011)
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Well, I stuck it out. What a waste of time. Patterson changed writing partners for each of the 3 books and I don't think it helped. 3 full books of the Allgood siblings being afraid, never growing, never learning. Three quarters of the way through this 3rd volume and Wisty is still petrified of "the One" and doesn't have a clue how to fight him and Whit is still instantly distracted by his dead girldfriend, Celia, quicker than a retreiver by a SQUIRREL! Whit is the most fickle scatter-brained p...more
Sep 26, 2012
georgia -ωαт¢н ɱє fℓу-
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3 of 5 stars
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3.5 stars.
I dunno, I absolutely loved the first book, and the second one was good. I just... this one had no real emotion in it or wow factor if you know what I mean. Whit was a good character but I like Wisty more. Celia just plain got on my nerves. Byron is amazing, Sasha, Emmet, Janine, Jamilla (hey, what happened to that girl?) Pearl, and Mamma May were just in my opinion, unnessacary characters. Especially Sasha, Emmet and Jamilla, I mean, they had what, one line in the entire book? Come o...more
I dunno, I absolutely loved the first book, and the second one was good. I just... this one had no real emotion in it or wow factor if you know what I mean. Whit was a good character but I like Wisty more. Celia just plain got on my nerves. Byron is amazing, Sasha, Emmet, Janine, Jamilla (hey, what happened to that girl?) Pearl, and Mamma May were just in my opinion, unnessacary characters. Especially Sasha, Emmet and Jamilla, I mean, they had what, one line in the entire book? Come o...more
I had never -and I mean never as far as my reading experience is concerned- found anything that was so beautiful but difficult to read at the same time before I read The Fire. Sometimes I didn't want it to end, but...wait. It didn't end, not really. Not ever.
In the third and last book of the Witch and Wizard series, Whit and Wisty Allgood battle the evil dictator of the New Order in a final, climactic showdown that is epic in all proportions. James Patterson and Jill Dembowski are two of the gr...more
In the third and last book of the Witch and Wizard series, Whit and Wisty Allgood battle the evil dictator of the New Order in a final, climactic showdown that is epic in all proportions. James Patterson and Jill Dembowski are two of the gr...more
Book Report #3- Book Review By: Brittany Hackworth
The book “The Fire”, by James Patterson is mainly about a brother and a sister, taking over the very powerful over world ruler. The brother and sister, Whitford Allgood, and Wisteria Allgood, also called Whit and Wisty, are kids who are enslaved by The One Who Is The One, (the ruler) Whit and Wisty are a witch and wizard, and The One wants there power, he will do anything to get to them, and take over the world. The One banned, music, art, danci...more
The book “The Fire”, by James Patterson is mainly about a brother and a sister, taking over the very powerful over world ruler. The brother and sister, Whitford Allgood, and Wisteria Allgood, also called Whit and Wisty, are kids who are enslaved by The One Who Is The One, (the ruler) Whit and Wisty are a witch and wizard, and The One wants there power, he will do anything to get to them, and take over the world. The One banned, music, art, danci...more
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When I started on this collection, I was a little leery, not sure on the subject matter. I like coming away from a book, feeling better. J.P. writes like no one else I have never read. He takes the subject matter, and writes so you cannot put the book down till you are done. He does it again here, in this collection. I read books 1 & 2 a while ago, read #3 yesterday, and cannot wait for the next one. J.P. is one of my top 10 authors, I have a closet in my basement, that is full of books, (ye...more
That was awesome.
I'm just so glad I decided to read this book at all and ignore all the negative reviews it got.
Book 1 was okay. Book 2 was better. And now this. KLJFKLDJSDLKSFJDSFJKLSDJL:SDFJDSKSJDF:SDKLFJDSKL:FJSD It was fabulous. The first page is action-packed already. Well that apparently is because The Gift just ended in the middle of nowhere.
Anyways, this sort of reminds me of City of Glass by Cassandra Clare in a way because it has a happy ending where the antagonist is truly defeated....more
I'm just so glad I decided to read this book at all and ignore all the negative reviews it got.
Book 1 was okay. Book 2 was better. And now this. KLJFKLDJSDLKSFJDSFJKLSDJL:SDFJDSKSJDF:SDKLFJDSKL:FJSD It was fabulous. The first page is action-packed already. Well that apparently is because The Gift just ended in the middle of nowhere.
Anyways, this sort of reminds me of City of Glass by Cassandra Clare in a way because it has a happy ending where the antagonist is truly defeated....more
Oct 22, 2012
Mansi
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5 of 5 stars
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I finished this book in one day, that good.
I read the first book in this series a loong time ago, but now that I have finished the second one a week back, it was way too tempting to snatch this up and run out of the book store with it. Thankfully one of the teachers in my school allowed me to borrow it, and I finished it the same day!
I feel like everything was answered in this book, which is usually hard to do since it is a sequel. The only down thought I have about this book in general (and I h...more
I read the first book in this series a loong time ago, but now that I have finished the second one a week back, it was way too tempting to snatch this up and run out of the book store with it. Thankfully one of the teachers in my school allowed me to borrow it, and I finished it the same day!
I feel like everything was answered in this book, which is usually hard to do since it is a sequel. The only down thought I have about this book in general (and I h...more
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I used to be an avid fan of James Patterson when I first began reading the Maximum Ride series. It wasn't until the last two MR books that I became a bit sick and disappointed in Patterson's predictable, repeated, and overrated "thrills", "cliffhangers", and "plot twists." It was the same case with this book. I suppose the general idea was decent, if not a slightly stale take on the popular totalitarian society takeover plot line. But the characters weren't unique...more
I used to be an avid fan of James Patterson when I first began reading the Maximum Ride series. It wasn't until the last two MR books that I became a bit sick and disappointed in Patterson's predictable, repeated, and overrated "thrills", "cliffhangers", and "plot twists." It was the same case with this book. I suppose the general idea was decent, if not a slightly stale take on the popular totalitarian society takeover plot line. But the characters weren't unique...more
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This book starts approximately a month or two after Whit and Wisty's parents were executed. Wisty has apparently caught the blood plague, a virus that is spreading throughout the new world. So a lot has happened since then. This usually annoys me, but I liked it this time. It took a little while to catch up, but I liked that because I didn't already know everything.
A lot of this book takes place in the shadowland, which I didn't like about the previous books, but I still think The Fire was my f...more
A lot of this book takes place in the shadowland, which I didn't like about the previous books, but I still think The Fire was my f...more
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Whit and Wisty are on the run. Danger is around every corner with the New Order police on the lookout. Their pictures are posted everywhere making it difficult to blend in. Whit’s magic is running low and Wisty is in the last stages of the Blood Plague. Whit has to find somewhere to hide and someway to help Wisty or he is afraid he’ll lose her for good.
The resistance has been scattered and Whit doesn’t know if they are even alive. Luckily, Whit comes across a little girl named Pearl Ann who take...more
The resistance has been scattered and Whit doesn’t know if they are even alive. Luckily, Whit comes across a little girl named Pearl Ann who take...more
In the final book of this trilogy, I was a bit disappointed. The short chapters seem to bounce around a bit too much and there were a couple chapters that could have been taken out and the story would still have made sense. On the topic of the story, I feel like it was drawn out too much. I think it could have fit in two books at the most. Besides those few bothering things, I did enjoy the book. It had a nice closing to it. Of course the villain was defeated, what good would a story be if the g...more
I'm sorry, but I have to say that I really have no idea how this book got so many five star reviews. Now, granted, I read about a few chapters offered on James Patterson's website, and I couldn't even bring myself to finish that. The first book was lacking. The second made no sense whatsoever. And the few chapters I read of The Fire showed that it was going to be exactly the same.
This series is not well written. The plot jumps around until it becomes clear that there isn't really a clear object...more
This series is not well written. The plot jumps around until it becomes clear that there isn't really a clear object...more
Is it the end of the end ?
It was pretty epic I have to admit. If you've ever read the book Anthem , you'll get the whole point of the story, that's not to say that you won't understand W&W 3 if you haven't, but Anthem sure does put a different perspective on the whole.
Whit and Whisty do indeed save the day, hoorah, and people die, some people live, happy ending and yada yada. I don't know. The writing is good, but what do you expect it's JAMES PATTERSON, he doesn't do bad writing. I ju...more
It was pretty epic I have to admit. If you've ever read the book Anthem , you'll get the whole point of the story, that's not to say that you won't understand W&W 3 if you haven't, but Anthem sure does put a different perspective on the whole.
Whit and Whisty do indeed save the day, hoorah, and people die, some people live, happy ending and yada yada. I don't know. The writing is good, but what do you expect it's JAMES PATTERSON, he doesn't do bad writing. I ju...more
I am a huge fan of James Patterson, I love most of his YA fiction. This book was fantastic!!!!
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN(supplied by Wiki, sorry for any mistakes)
• Wisteria 'Wisty' Allgood - A rebellious fifteen-year-old who is shocked to discover her magical ability. Her main power is the ability to burst into flames at random moments, but she is also known to float in her sleep, shape-shift, and even glow radioactive green.
• Whitford 'Whit' Allgood - An eighteen-year-old 'All-American' athlete. He se...more
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN(supplied by Wiki, sorry for any mistakes)
• Wisteria 'Wisty' Allgood - A rebellious fifteen-year-old who is shocked to discover her magical ability. Her main power is the ability to burst into flames at random moments, but she is also known to float in her sleep, shape-shift, and even glow radioactive green.
• Whitford 'Whit' Allgood - An eighteen-year-old 'All-American' athlete. He se...more
Finally the end of the series. At the beginning Whit and Witsy are hiding and Witsy has the dreaded blood plague. After meeting up with a family the Allgoods see hope. Then of course the New Order finds them and then the book goes on and on. Whit is still obssessed with Celia (his dead girlfriend) and Witsy is always too scared. Then dadadadahhhh ultimate showdown between Witsy Allgood and The One Who is the One happens. All the lead up from the previous two books and it finally comes to an end....more
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Apr 13, 2012
Patrice
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
young adults, those liking a dystopian society story
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I am glad I finally had the chance to get this book and find out what happens with Wisty & Whit. It had been a while since I read The Gift, but when I started The Fire, it was almost as if it had only been a few weeks ago that I finished The Gift. This was a very "active" story. There is a lot of action going on and as always, Whit and Wisty are still trying to figure things out. Are their parents really dead? Wisty is dying; will she survive to face The One? Will Whit be able to heal those...more
The Fire is the third and final installment of Patterson's "Witch & Wizard" series and it didn't disappoint me. I wasn't sure what I expected from this book, but it did require some suspension of disbelief to really understand it. Whit and Wisty are still trying to figure out how there powers work while dealing with strange and deadly people, along with the dreaded Shadowland. This book was very action-oriented and just when I'd think things were coming to a close I was wrong. Without giving...more
Jun 20, 2012
Lizz
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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This book was honestly okay. I mean, I really really loved the first book when I read it a few months ago... But this one just continued with the same kinds of things, there wasn't really anything new, because it continued with Whit's and Celia's truely dead relationship, but they just kept dragging it out, if James wrote all that kind of stuff, which I really doubt, he needs to work on romance, because that relationship, was dead and boring, I mean yeah Celia's been dead all three books, it was...more
I really enjoyed this book. I realized a bit late in the game that it was the third installment. That being said, I never felt like I was behind. James Patterson gave enough information to bring the bandwagon readers up to speed without going into too much detail. The book worked very well on its own.
My main issue with the writing style was how choppy it was. The story was great and I liked that he moved back and forth between characters. I didn't like that he inserted so many chapters for each...more
My main issue with the writing style was how choppy it was. The story was great and I liked that he moved back and forth between characters. I didn't like that he inserted so many chapters for each...more
I can't believe that this is part of the same Witch and Wizard series that I loved so much! This book was horrible. I had to force myself to finish it and even that was off of principle alone. Otherwise I would've walked away from this. It was so boring- I'm sorry- but this was so out of character for James Patterson! Horrible ending also. It was like all of the sudden (and very lackluster) they defeat "the One" and resume their normal lives. The family just casually went back home and discussed...more
I have listened to this entire series on audio and loved it! This concluding book did not let me down. Whit and Whistie find themselves challenged in a way that the reader thinks they will be unable to overcome because this time, for much of the book they are separated. It seems that a lot of their powers before have come from using them together. In normal fashion, they are receiving half clues and acting based on what they feel the prophecies are saying.
We meet with familiar characters which...more
We meet with familiar characters which...more
NO, Miss Pearl Marie, The One Who Is The One is NOT God.
Despite my initial thoughts, based on Pearl up there, this was pretty good! Wisty was pretty good--she got her hair back--the villain was nice and villainous, and Pearce was sufficiently reminiscent of Draco Malfoy, though he'd have been even more formidable had his name been spelled "P-i-e-r-c-e." Whatever.
*SPOILERS!*
Seriously. Whitford P. Allgood. (What does the "P" stand for??) Could you please. Pretty please. With gummy bears on top,...more
Despite my initial thoughts, based on Pearl up there, this was pretty good! Wisty was pretty good--she got her hair back--the villain was nice and villainous, and Pearce was sufficiently reminiscent of Draco Malfoy, though he'd have been even more formidable had his name been spelled "P-i-e-r-c-e." Whatever.
*SPOILERS!*
Seriously. Whitford P. Allgood. (What does the "P" stand for??) Could you please. Pretty please. With gummy bears on top,...more
I thought The Fire was the best book so far in this series. Fewer references to lamely renamed pop culture may have influenced my feelings.
Despite this being the best book so far, I'm having a hard time continuing these books and I'm not sure how many more of them I can read.
The truth is, The Fire is NOT a 4 star book - it's just a 4 star book in comparison to the first two books in the series.
The majority of the "Young Adult" books I read are aimed at an audience between the ages of 15 and 18...more
Despite this being the best book so far, I'm having a hard time continuing these books and I'm not sure how many more of them I can read.
The truth is, The Fire is NOT a 4 star book - it's just a 4 star book in comparison to the first two books in the series.
The majority of the "Young Adult" books I read are aimed at an audience between the ages of 15 and 18...more
Woah! that was amazing. Here's a nice little list explaining myself:
1. These books get better and better each time! First 3 stars, then 4, now 5?! Nice!
2. So intense, and not little-kiddish at all. I wasn't annoyed at how they talked this time.
3. Incredibly fast paced. Boom, boom, boom. Every chapter has a new surprise, and better yet, the chapters are, like, 3 pages average, which I love!
4. It's got that epic Maximum Ride effect we all love.
5. The ending! It could be continued, it doesn't nee...more
1. These books get better and better each time! First 3 stars, then 4, now 5?! Nice!
2. So intense, and not little-kiddish at all. I wasn't annoyed at how they talked this time.
3. Incredibly fast paced. Boom, boom, boom. Every chapter has a new surprise, and better yet, the chapters are, like, 3 pages average, which I love!
4. It's got that epic Maximum Ride effect we all love.
5. The ending! It could be continued, it doesn't nee...more
This is the second summer young adult book I am reading this summer and the third in the witch and wizard series by James Patterson. Even though I loved the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and also enjoyed the Harry Potter series, I guess I am realizing that most of the time I do not get into Fantasy stories. I found much of the plot less than logical and inconsistent. The "New Order" with its charisma leader very reminiscent of the Nazi regime which attacks on creativity, music and art which was...more
it had a good plot and i think that it should have another series with a different storyline and the same characters
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The subject of a Time magazine feature called, "The Man Who Can't Miss," James Patterson is the bestselling author of the past year, bar none, with more than 16 million books sold in North America alone. In 2007, one of every fifteen hardcover fiction books sold was a Patterson title. In the past three years, James has sold more books than any other author (according...more
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