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Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want (Leven Thumps #3)
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Obert Skye
In book three, the war to unite Foo and Reality has begun. Not only must Leven race across Foo to stop the Secret before the deadly truth is revealed, he must travel to the island of Lith, the home of the Want--the manic dreammaster who can give Leven the gifts he needs against a foreboding army of Rants and other Foo beings. Illustrations.
Hardcover, 406 pages
Published
September 25th 2007
by Shadow Mountain
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I really liked this book. At first I was really annoyed with it and how everything was falling apart in Foo. But near the end I became hopeful again and I am excited for the next book. The creatures and the stories behind this book is just amazing. How people come up with things like this I just don't know. May fate be good to Foo.
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I’ve mentioned with the two earlier books that I saw a lot of similarities between this series and Harry Potter. I’ve also noticed that the author has a way of inserting little thoughts about life and the situations in the book that reminds me of the way Lemony Snicket writes in “A Series of Unfortunate Events.”
I am glad that this book has an index because it gets a little hard to keep track of all the different people and types of creatures. I thought that the second book started ...more
I am glad that this book has an index because it gets a little hard to keep track of all the different people and types of creatures. I thought that the second book started ...more
This is an interesting story line and I'll probably finish the series. I like the imagination of the author that create such fantastical possibilities. However, this book is very different from, say, "Wrinkle In Time." Often the descriptions are too broad and the magical definitions too general to engage me in the book. In each book, I've found myself having to relearn about the characters and the rules (which seem to conveniently change) that govern them.
Maybe these books are slowly growing on me, or maybe its just that they took so long to get going that they're finally becoming interesting, but this one seemed better than either of the first two.
In this installment, Leven has to first stop the terrible Secret. As Foo gears up for a momentous battle, the defenders of Foo - the Sycophants - watch their shores, ready for battle. Normally, the Sycophants - despite their diminuitive size and quirky behaviors - wouldn't bat an eye, as th...more
In this installment, Leven has to first stop the terrible Secret. As Foo gears up for a momentous battle, the defenders of Foo - the Sycophants - watch their shores, ready for battle. Normally, the Sycophants - despite their diminuitive size and quirky behaviors - wouldn't bat an eye, as th...more
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I definatly did not enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed the first two books in the Runaway series. It may have just been me, but I felt like most of the book was people talking about what was going to happen, and then it happened in the last 5 or so chapters. There is a plot twist, and when I think about it, I'm just like "Wait.... what?". It's mentioned in the book that Geth might have known it would happen, but I looked back into the previous two books and found absolutly nothing as...more
This book was very exicting! Full of laughs and thought shafts, I liked it very much, it kept me wondering...
A few old characters from previous books come into Foo, Swig the sycophant gets his first burn...and Geth, Winter and Leven get separted.
Leven is summoned to the abode of the Want, who lives on the island of Lith, the 13th Stone; there he shows Leven some very interesting things, all the while harboring a dangerous piece of news that could change Leven forever.
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A few old characters from previous books come into Foo, Swig the sycophant gets his first burn...and Geth, Winter and Leven get separted.
Leven is summoned to the abode of the Want, who lives on the island of Lith, the 13th Stone; there he shows Leven some very interesting things, all the while harboring a dangerous piece of news that could change Leven forever.
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This book was much better than the second. It was adventurous and exciting. I knew all the characters and was more "comfortable" in Foo after the extensive character/place development in the second book. :) I REALLY enjoyed the Want character. He was great. Can't wait for "Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra"!
Once again, Obert Skye has impressed me with his admirable ability to invent truly bizarre concepts to include into Foo, the dream world. But as time goes on and the "honeymoon" period ends, I find that the lack of any clear rules in Foo starts to annoy me more and more.
I've also started to notice the fact that there's been an attempt to emulate Lemony Snicket in starting chapters with odd metaphors from a person's life. But whereas in a Series of Unfortunate Events, the in...more
I've also started to notice the fact that there's been an attempt to emulate Lemony Snicket in starting chapters with odd metaphors from a person's life. But whereas in a Series of Unfortunate Events, the in...more
I found this book darker than the others with lots of evil and pain and suffering through the book. Leven doesn't even know what he is supposed to do; so the reader is at a loss too and can only see confusion and failure everywhere with little hope except in fate which also seems to be losing it. Fate is sort of god so it makes it look like god has lost control. And I'm not a fan of Skye's style of writing and his intrusion in the story. Humor is an individual thing and I struggle with his for o...more
B3:Leven Thumps is a fourteen year old boy who was last seen giving the king Geth(a mighty king of a toothpick,don't get me wrong)his true human form back. On his adventure in Foo-- a magical place where dreams live, he has to go see the "mother nature of Foo", the spirit of the Want.In this book, the third book in the Leven Thumps series,Leven encounters many challenges.Monsterous dreams and frightening secrets are just a couple.Winter, a girl with magical powers to freeze things, is ...more
What a journey for leven, to find who the want was, and what leven became. I was impressed with this book, and very excited for the next one to come.
This is probably my least favorite Leven Thumps book, although I'm not exactly sure why. I should have liked it better than the first two since I read it myself this time, instead of listening to E. B. Stevens. Also, Obert Skye has finally decided to drop the phrase, "Leven's eyes burned gold." That was definitely an improvement. I guess there were just way too many main characters in this book, for me anyway. I've never been crazy about books that are told from the perspectives of ten...more
This is the third volume of the Leven Thumps series, and I am still finding that I like some parts while other parts still annoy me. I will admit that the balance is tipping and I am not as annoyed as I was in the earlier two books. This gives me hope for the next one in the series.
As in the previous book, the storyline that grabbed me most was the one dealing with Tim, Ezra, and Dennis, along with the remnants of Sabine. The fact that Ezra is really made up of Geth's darker emotions...more
As in the previous book, the storyline that grabbed me most was the one dealing with Tim, Ezra, and Dennis, along with the remnants of Sabine. The fact that Ezra is really made up of Geth's darker emotions...more
This book was ok in the beginning, but the end turned out much better. I knew what was going to happen to Leven from about the middle of the book, and Ernest (my 12 year old) said he knew from the beginning of the book. I guess he reads foreshadowing much better than I do.
This book was a very easy read, but hard for me to follow. Each chapter would skip to a different charcter and their story. I would mind if it was two or three (like Eldest), but this book had about 7-8! I can...more
This book was a very easy read, but hard for me to follow. Each chapter would skip to a different charcter and their story. I would mind if it was two or three (like Eldest), but this book had about 7-8! I can...more
This is were it ALL started. This is how I found the Leven Thumps series, which is honestly one of my FAVORITE series ever. I was in the library looking at books (I can't go to a library and not find a book I want to read!) and I found this one. The cover looked awesome so I wrote down the name and checked it out once we got home. The next time we went to the library I automaticly went to find book one, the gateway to foo, and checked it out. Read as if Speedy Gonzales (this was over the summer)...more
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I'm completely impressed by this series. I could see how some might say it is similiar to Harry Potter. But, really, it's not. At all. Foo is it's own world. The creatures are interesting and well developed. [return][return]Each character acts according to their own personalities but also within the world that Skye imagines. The prose is lyrical and the descriptions beautiful. This is one of those books you tear through and then mourn the ending.
5*'s. This is the third book in the series. Leven is on a mission to keep the secret of the sycophants from getting out which ultimately leads him to the Island of the Want. The Want has a task for him, but is the Want still serving the land of Foo or has he turned to the Evil side? I found this novel to be rather page turning with many climaxes but still it lacked a set story. It was a bit of a cliff hanger. The next in the series is: "The Wrath of Ezra."
So far I'm not really liking this book as much as the first two. its basically the same story as the first two books. Which is good because there all following the same plot. But unlike the other two books, there is not as much action, intense parts of the book. It seems like the writer ran out of ideas and started using things like the worlds biggest popcorn, or forget-me-not water, and just other things that have been used many times.
LEVEN THUMPS AND THE EYES OF THE WANT is a really SLOW book. i would give it a 3 in a half stars. The book is mostly about Leven being on the 13th stone the whole book. Geth and Winter are captured again, and they people in reallty are trying to get to FOO. To me is is a speed bump in the LEVEN THUMPS books. once you get done with this one you will be so happy. It also holds one of the biggest surprises in all of the LEVEN THUMPS books. It will make want to go and get the 4th book as soon as pos...more
The more I read of this series, the more I'm getting into it. I wasn't thrilled with the first book, but I wanted to keep reading just to see what happens. I'm glad I did, because the plot gets more intense as it goes. The only thing I don't like so much is that there are a lot of characters and it seems to jump back and forth between their different experiences...I'm waiting for it all to come together, if that makes sense.
I don't know if I've just gotten used to the disruptive narration in these books (since I read the first 3 in a row) or if they are actually getting better, but I like each one more than the one before it. I mean, none of them have blown me away with amazing-ness or clever writing, but they are coming along. There are still a bunch of unneccesary creatures with lame names and functions, but I'm getting distracted from the story less and less by the narration... I'll continue on with the rest of ...more
There was a huge hype about this series because the author came to our school and everything, so I got excited and tried to read the whole thing. It wasn't that good, and now I regret it because I have a signed copy of the second book and it's personalized (he signed it "To Maigan") and I'll probably never read it again...I never finished the series, and part of me wants to, part of me doesn't...
Another great book. The ending was completely unexpected. One thing the author does though on each book, is to NOT wrap it up! The whole book builds towards something and that something does not happen until the next book! But, it's still a good series. However, like I stated before, when reading this series, it's like Lemony Snicket, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings all meshed together.
This series is finally starting to get my attention, and to keep it throughout.
Setting: Nothing new here from previous books.
Plot: Leven needs to learn some things from the Want. Along the way we get to see his friends and support group struggle and fail. This is a fairly dark plot. But, I anticipate that the next book will bring it all together and wrap it up nicely (it is a children's book after all).
Conflict: There is lots of dramatic irony here where the r...more
Setting: Nothing new here from previous books.
Plot: Leven needs to learn some things from the Want. Along the way we get to see his friends and support group struggle and fail. This is a fairly dark plot. But, I anticipate that the next book will bring it all together and wrap it up nicely (it is a children's book after all).
Conflict: There is lots of dramatic irony here where the r...more
Here's what Nicholas C. had to say about this book:
Overview: Leven tries to find and silence the secret that he released in book 2: Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret.
This book ROCKS because: I think it would be cool to have gold eyes and a white stripe in my hair and also to be able to do multiple things just by thinking about it.
Overview: Leven tries to find and silence the secret that he released in book 2: Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret.
This book ROCKS because: I think it would be cool to have gold eyes and a white stripe in my hair and also to be able to do multiple things just by thinking about it.
I started this series to see what my 9 yr old was reading. I haven't been able to spend as much time reading them as I'd like...he's done, I'm not. ;o) For a children's series, I thought it was pretty good. I liked the author's descriptions & narrations, & often found myself laughing out loud. The books are quick, fun reads.
SO life is too short to finish books you just don't care about...hard as that is for me. I feel very guilty not finishing books, but perhaps the fact that the baby is coming soon has made me realize my free reading time is about to become scarce! I had a rough time getting through book 2 and so I give up on this series. My apologies, LDS author! :(
I enjoyed the book overall. One complaint I have about this series that seemed more promounced in this book is that just as a character gets into a really dire situation the author moves to another scene. That does keep the pages turning, but gets a bit annoying for me, especially as he goes through several other scenes before coming back.
This series of books is different. I like the story or stories, I keep thinking all the stories will come together and make sense at some point. I’m a happy ever after kind of person so I’m hoping all the people in the black hats will get their just rewards and all the people in the white hats will live happily ever after. I know in life that is not the case, I’m just hopeful in stories it will be. Anyway will Obert Skye be able to put it all right? I guess I will find out. Mean while I’m ...more
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Obert Skye read his first book at age two. He wrote his first story at age four. And he was nearly trampled by a herd of water buffalo at age six. For a short time, he lived on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, where he spent time as a candy-taster. Several years ago, Obert Skye says, he discovered the existence of Foo. Publishing his story as a fictional series was not Obert’s first choice. Neverthel...more
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