Firewing (Silverwing #3)
by
Kenneth Oppel (Goodreads Author)
The forest heaves and splits in a terrible quake, and Griffin, a newborn Silverwing bat, is sucked down a fissure deep into the earth. Shade, Griffin's father, soon realizes that his son has been drawn into the Underworld and embarks on the most dangerous of journeys to rescue him. Shade knows he must find Griffin quickly -- legend dictates that if the living stumble into...more
Paperback, 317 pages
Published
May 4th 2004
by Aladdin Paperbacks
(first published January 1st 2000)
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What a horrible story. Why is it these authors become so despondent by their third book? He should have just stopped with the second book and been done with it. After all the thrilling adventure and the victory of the first 2 books, Shade and his son Griffin end up in hell and are trying to escape. Some of the most compelling images of hell are described here. (Which from that aspect was truly fascinating and great food for thought.) The heroes of the past books that have died end...more
What a horrible story. Why is it these authors become so despondent by their third book? He should have just stopped with the second book and been done with it. After all the thrilling adventure and the victory of the first 2 books, Shade and his son Griffin end up in hell and are trying to escape. Some of the most compelling images of hell are described here. (Which from that aspect was truly fascinating and great food for thought.) The heroes of the past books that have died end...more
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4.5 STARS. Kenneth Oppel is a great author, no doubt about it. He creates characters that feel real, whether they be humans or bats, and weaves a world around them that you feel you inhabit while you read about it. His action sequences are among the best I've read yet he manages to instill such thoughtfulness and heartfelt emotions in his characters that the stories always have a depth that still manages to surprise and impress me even though I've read half a dozen of his books so far.
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Firewing is the continuation of the book Sunwing. Firewing is about a young bat named Griffin, who goes on a journey in the land of the dead. In the land of the dead, he meets Luna, a young bat that got killed because of Griffin. Griffin soon learns that he is not dead, but everyone else is. He also learns about the "Tree". The "Tree" is where the dead can go and start a new life, so Griffin decides to take Luna with him. At the same time, Shade, Griffin's father, goes to the land of the dead t...more
Firewing was a very well thought out and satisfying ending for the Silverwing series, or at least the ones involving the adventures of Shade. In this book, the story seemed to become a bit more complex than the previous two. Yes, Shade does have to follow his son Griffin into the underworld (of bats, not all creatures) and atempt to rescue him, but there is a lot more emotion in this book. I always love when the main character of a series has a child and that child tries to live up to their fath...more
I did enjoy this final volume of the Silverwing trilogy, however, this book was by far the most flawed. Perhaps it is the evolution of Kenneth Oppel's writing style, but the first book was almost formulaic. The sequel managed to improve upon the overall story and probably should have been the end of the series. This third volume just seems to be tacked on without much forethought. To begin with, there's a question whether the protagonist is Shade or Griffin. It seems that Griffin sees the most g...more
A disappointing conclusion to Shade's journeys (as I understand the last book in the series is actually a far past prequel), and seems to argue the point with the Airborn series that Oppel chokes after the second book in a series. Altogether, it does have a cohesive, interesting plot, but suffers many other problems. Nearly all the book happens in the land of the dead, so it is more surreal than the previous books, which is a good and bad thing (land of the dead should be weird to the living, bu...more
This was a really nice conclusion to the triology, even through I TOTALLY thought there was going to be another one. It was kinda' set up like that. Maybe I should spam the author until he wrotes another one? Maybe not...
Anyways... I think it was a nice touch. That would be an amazing afterlife (what the author created). It really made me look at bats an entirley different way!
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Anyways... I think it was a nice touch. That would be an amazing afterlife (what the author created). It really made me look at bats an entirley different way!
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It was really s...more
It has been several years after the events of "Sunwing," and Marina and Shade had married and had a son, a newborn bat by the name of Griffin. What happens when Griffin has fallen into the underworld? Shade must find Griffin and save him from death, he must hope that his skills as a child has not deteriorated yet.
We travel with Shade Silverwing, who ventures into the Underworld itself to find and rescue his son, Griffin. But Shade has conquered difficult challenges before, what is there possibly...more
We travel with Shade Silverwing, who ventures into the Underworld itself to find and rescue his son, Griffin. But Shade has conquered difficult challenges before, what is there possibly...more
Dec 08, 2012
Jori Richardson
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of the first two books
Shelves:
kids-books-read-as-an-adult
I loved the first two books in this trilogy, which I read years ago. Though perhaps aimed toward a younger audience, I decided to read this book simply because the previous two were enjoyed so much in my middle school years.
The plot was a bit too unrealistic - or perhaps it was the way that Oppel created the entirely new and unique Underworld. It was a courageous idea, to be sure, but one that was not quite pulled off.
Also, each event seemed to drag on. The focus was placed mainly on the setting...more
The plot was a bit too unrealistic - or perhaps it was the way that Oppel created the entirely new and unique Underworld. It was a courageous idea, to be sure, but one that was not quite pulled off.
Also, each event seemed to drag on. The focus was placed mainly on the setting...more
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I'm between 2 and 3 stars on this book. I must say I LOVED Silverwing and Sunwing, but I just hated the story (well actually only the ending) of this book!
WARNING: Major spoiler ahead!!! read at your own risk. I'm pretty much reveling the whole ending of this book.
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WARNING: Major spoiler ahead!!! read at your own risk. I'm pretty much reveling the whole ending of this book.
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I can't put a finger on it, but this series is hitting a nerve close to home with me right now. Well written and fast paced and besides,I like bats and other under valued animals. It's also a break away from all the heavy reading subjects I normally spend my time on. There are ideas and emotions in these stories that have made me do some deep thinking besides having me glued to the story word for word. Every book in this series has one thing in common for me, I was upset at the last page that th...more
One of the things I enjoyed about this installment in the Silverwing saga was the fantastical nature of the plot. The earlier ones were just slightly off on the believable aspect, but because this one delved into a whole new world where anything could happen (and frequently did), it did not jar with me. Griffin's personality also struck a chord, I think because he was so different from his father. Indeed, the only thing that really bugged me was the corny nature of the ending (the sacrifice bit)...more
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Of the three in the trilogy, this is the most unique because it’s entirely a fantasy world rather than a mythology of bats within our own world. Shade and his son Griffin are thrust into the world of the dead even though they are still alive, and all of the elements that they encounter are entirely otherworldly, even the way the world is created. On the other hand, it works against this text as a classroom text because it’s completely out of the context of our own world. The natural laws are ent...more
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this book was surprisingly very good i actually liked it the other 2 book i did not like but i really liked this one this book had a lot more action and excitement in it i do agree with lily that at the end was a sad part but it was defiantly a 4 out of 5 book that how good it was even though it was about a bat and im not interested in bats and stuff but this is the only book i liked surprisingly.any way thats all i have to say about this book i totally recommend this book for people that love b...more
A fun read for this book in this series by Kenneth Oppel. Griffin, Shade's son, gets into some trouble and his father must save him. Griffin is a lot like his father and has a lot of courage in this struggle of Gods in the underworld. I definitely liked this the least of all of the books in the series so far, but it was still pretty good. Definitely a fan of Kenneth Oppel.
Don't read this book if a trip to the Underworld and its frightening aspects are going to bother you. Issues about death and the afterlife may also be inappropriate for some readers, especially those who do not wish that their own ideas be challenged. This is quite a departure from the first two books and I think it is totally okay to stop the series after Sunwing.
I think that Griffin will steal fire from the humans because he is tiered of being thought of as boring.
pg46 12/4/10 This book is very confusing but is very exciting to read. Like when Shade woke up and his heart wasnt beating but he felt like he was still alive. But it was only a dream.
pg103 12/12/10 In Firewing Griffin wishes his father(Shade) was there to help. In Sunwing Shade wishes that his friend Chinook was there to help him.
pg 12/18/10 In Firewing Griffin is aggravated with Frieda (Elde...more
pg46 12/4/10 This book is very confusing but is very exciting to read. Like when Shade woke up and his heart wasnt beating but he felt like he was still alive. But it was only a dream.
pg103 12/12/10 In Firewing Griffin wishes his father(Shade) was there to help. In Sunwing Shade wishes that his friend Chinook was there to help him.
pg 12/18/10 In Firewing Griffin is aggravated with Frieda (Elde...more
this book was awsome , i love the new characters like griffen,luna was my fav . but at the end i cried yes i CRIED thats what girls do ok .but i am not giving the ending away you just have to make TIME TO FIND OUT HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.ok but fantastic book and hope to read the rest of the series i am reading them weridly :p but there GREAT!!!
I think this book was really good because it was very descriptive. It describes a lot of things and is easy to understand. It is the third book of the Silverwing trilogy. If you like being with weird and strange people, you should read this book. It is about Griffin a bat, getting dragged in to the underworld with different bats and he is the only one alive.
Eww Eww Eww!!!! This was the last book in one of my favorite serieses of all time but I just hated the conclusion! Too much mythology, no happy ending, and over emphasis on the power of the DEAD! Please do not read this! The first two were soooo good and this book doesn't even come close at all! Eww Eww Eww!!!!
Do you remember Shade and Marina in the two previous books? Well, this book actually centers on their son, Griffin. After Griffin accidentally killed Luna, his best friend, by burning her, he quickly travels to the hellish mystical Underworld ruled by the Aztecan bat god, Cama Zots, whom the Vampyrum Spectrums believe in. There, he finds the dead spirit of Luna, and other bats. He must find a way out of here, with Luna too. They must travel to the Tree, in which souls may pass to go to the upper...more
You may be suprised that I gave this book 5 stars. But in my opinion it was really like 4.0999 stars so really close. This book was # 3 in the silverwing saga and it was my favourite its sad though that it is the last one besides Darkwing wich has totally different charachters. Shade has to die for his sons sake genius it was a great sad ending filled with strong emotions. The series was great silverwings epicneess wich made me read sunwing and that was second fave in the series. I really hope K...more
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Firewing is the third book by Kenneth Oppel. Shade’s adventure this time has to do with his son, Griffin. Both Shade and Griffin have to fight for their lives in this story. They both hope they will see each other again.
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I was born in 1967 in Port Alberni, a mill town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia but spent the bulk of my childhood in Victoria, B.C. and on the opposite coast, in Halifax, Nova Scotia...At around twelve I decided I wanted to be a writer (this came after deciding I wanted to be a scientist, and then an architect). I started out writing sci-fi epics (my Star Wars phase) then went on to swords...more
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