The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon, #2)

by D.J. MacHale

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2,765 ratings, 4.19 average rating, 190 reviews (more data...)

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August 4th 2003 by Simon & Schuster Children's (first published January 1st 2003)

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Paperback, 224 pages

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0743468171 (isbn13: 9780743468176)

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The second installment in an epic series of adventures.
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon is not like other boys his age. His uncle Press is a Tr…more

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May 31, 2009

My3a_m!3Rah 1908_mzc added it (review of isbn 0743437322)

bookshelves: pendragon

Read in July, 2007

recommended to My3a_m!3Rah by: myself

the cronology throughout the story was full of imagination,,adventure..n it seems like a story of merlin..
i guess..

The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon, Book 2)

The Lost City of Faar by D.J. MacHale

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the cronology throughout the story was full of imagination,,adventure..n it seems like a story of merlin..

i guess..

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Oct 09, 2008

Julie rated it:

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Read in June, 2008

Great pre-teen to teen series. I wouldn't be surprised if the author was Mormon. It's about this kid who's Uncle is a traveler and takes him to another world to save it from the St. Dane who is hell bent on making war on each of the planets. Each book takes place on a different planet. It's very fun and entertaining. All about sticking to your values to achieve good.

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Jul 21, 2009

Victoria rated it:

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Read in August, 2009

Okay, it's official. I am now fully hooked on the Pendragon series.

Bobby Pendragon, fourteen-year-old new and confused Traveler of space and time, is headed to his next territory. This time, it's Cloral, a water territory where dry land is unheard of and the people have discovered all kinds of cool ways to use and overcome their aquatic surroundings.

But Cloral is also at a tipping point, thanks to the evil Traveler Saint Dane, who seems to have a diabolical plan for d...more

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Aug 22, 2009

Stephanie rated it:

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bookshelves: 2009, science-fiction

Read in September, 2009

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Feb 17, 2009

Priya rated it:

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This book first put me off when I started reading just by the size of its spine. I was wondering what the author could possibly put in that many pages. I soon found out.

The beginning grabbed me right away, just because the setting took place in Cloral, an aquatic habitat. The descriptions of Cloral made me think of a desert island or paradise (apart from some giant killer sharks). I kept reading and...suddenly got bored. I hit about 20 pages or so of descriptions. There was absolutel...more

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Jul 26, 2009

Johnny rated it:

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Read in August, 2009

Nice try, MacHale.

This series isn't going anywhere. A friend told me that it was better than Harry Potter, which I already thought was a little too good to be true, but now I know is a mockery.

This series is based on an immiture teenager that gets sucked into different worlds, battling a shape-shifting evil-for-the-sake-of-being-evil being. Bobby (the protagonist) doesn't try to help anyone around him, and as a result, the characters that the reader actually respects ...more

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May 26, 2009

Starry rated it:

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Aha. I luff Cloral. I really do. It's the perfect world, sort-of. Kinda. Not really. xD In my opinion, it is. It just sounds so... fun. So high-tech. (but not as much as Veelox. o: ) That, and I love Spader. He's hilarious, so happy, so outgoing. He's an amazing guy. Not to mention, he looks pretty cute in my mind.
This book was amazing. Cloral was well-thought out, what with it's ancient back-history that actually came into play near the middle/back of the book. I loved each and every pag...more

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Sep 30, 2009

Matthew Merrill rated it:

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This book is the sequil to the first Pendragon book. In this book Bobby Pendragon has traveled to a slightly futaristic world where they have learned to concentrate water into solid objects. The entire world is water terrain. He cannot travel with his friends from the previous world because the only one he made that could come could not swim.
In this world the man who tried to destroy the previous one was there as well engaging him in yet another battle. He makes even more friend...more

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May 31, 2008

Erin rated it:

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bookshelves: fantasy-sci-fi, juvenile, read-multiple-times

Read in March, 2009

This book is the second in the series about Bobby Pendragon, who is a "Traveler" that goes to different territories (basically other worlds) and saves them from the brink of disaster. I love the sci-fi elements of the book. The Territory that Bobby travels to in this book, Cloral, is awesome. I love hearing about all the adventures Bobby goes on and the other worlds. The Bobby storylines are very engaging and exciting.

What REALLY drags this book down in the side storyline t...more

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Dec 20, 2007

Shoshanapnw rated it:

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bookshelves: 2007, fantasy-science-fiction, young-adult

The Lost City of Faar picks up with Bobby's second adventure thwarting the evil Saint Dane, whose goal is to destroy all worlds and all times. This time he journeys to the water world Chloral, where he teams up with a local named Spader and his Uncle Press. Together, they must identify the turning point Saint Dane will attempt to exploit and counter his attempt to throw this world into chaos.

The series' basic tasks, character roles, and terrain are similar to Diane Duane's Young Wiza...more The Lost City of Faar picks up with Bobby's second adventure thwarting the evil Saint Dane, whose goal is to destroy all worlds and all times. This time he journeys to the water world Chloral, where he teams up with a local named Spader and his Uncle Press. Together, they must identify the turning point Saint Dane will attempt to exploit and counter his attempt to throw this world into chaos.

The series' basic tasks, character roles, and terrain are similar to Diane Duane's Young Wizard series. A major difference is the presence of Courtney and Mark, witnesses who are generally removed from the action and only read about it post hoc in Bobby's journal. In The Merchant of Death, they were called upon to perform some important functions for Bobby. In the present volume, they must thwart their classmate Mitchell. Their role in the story is interesting but as-yet underused. I will hope for more involvement from them in the future.

This series has enough to offer that I've decided to keep going, but I have some misgivings about doing so. My concerns are about certain kinds of poor writing, not word choice or overuse of exposition, for example, but lack of internal consistency about the rules of the universe the author has constructed. I can live with the fact that MacHale is no stylist and that the only voice truly characterized is Bobby's. I can live with the idiocy of Mark and Courtney being frightened that Mitchell will betray them to the police and that the police would actually believe him. I can even live with the ferociously clunky ending of this volume, which has its own disturbing problems related to unreliable exposition (not unreliable narration, but actually telling the reader that events happen and then undoing them in a poorly rendered reveal). Rather, I'm talking about instances where an author undoes physics, not in a way that is consistent with the world s/he has constructed, but for authorial convenience or due to oversight. The Lost City of Faar offers several choice examples of both of these inconsistencies. If you're a person who didn't care that Niven's Ringworld rotated backward in the first edition, or about the order in which the spirits of dead people erupted from Voldemort's wand, you won't see what I'm talking about as a problem. If you have to call your friends when Homer Simpson's shirt is ripped in one shot and then suddenly not ripped in the next, heed my words: In order to enjoy the Pendragon series, you must suspend your annoyance. MacHale comes dangerously close to Funke's cavalier attitude in Inkheart and Inkspell, which can be paraphrased (to avoid spoilers) as "Gee! I don't know why that happened when it's never happened like that before and that's not how it's supposed to happen in the rules of this universe, but oh, well!" Travelers can use hypnotic powers of persuasion--except when they can't. Travelers can recognize Saint Dane in disguise--except when they can't. I will spare you my diatribe about "children's literature" that seems to be based on the assumption that children are idiots and that good crafting is not just as important as it is in adult fiction. I'm sure you can imagine how it goes.(less)

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Oct 06, 2007

Jon rated it:

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Read in May, 2005

I thought the first 2 books in the Pendragon series were ok, but as soon as I read the 3rd book i realized that theres gonna be no end to the series. Let me explain, in every book, it starts out Pendragon goes to the new planet, in a new time. He gets there meets the things that guard the portals(its been a little while since i read this book so i cant remember specifics about names and stuff) and gets away. He then learns a little bit about the culture there, then the arch-enemy strikes(again f...more

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Jul 04, 2009

Jordan Dasen rated it:

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Ok, I started this with cautious optimism. I was like, "Well, he managed a first, but let's see if he can do a second. Ha!" Turns out, he CAN. And I LOVE the second more than the first. I like Cloral more than Denduron, and though I love Alder, Spader is my favorite :D :D :D Again, the action WAS surprising. And it was amazing... awesome...

And still written with the awesome friendly-ness of Bobby's narration. Ya' know, I kinda like Bobby. He's done so believably. ...more

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Jan 25, 2010

Alyssa rated it:

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Read in January, 2010

Better than the first- no language or kissing obsession or any romance at all actually-and lots more of the same kind of action and adventure. I have a feeling these books will start to feel repetitive (in fact they kind of already do). Not sure if I'll read the next one. I think younger kids might find it more enjoyable, but the writer uses such dumbbed down language (100x worse than the Olympian series) that I'd rather not have my kids waste their time on it.

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Apr 10, 2009

Stephanie rated it:

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Bobby Pendragon travels to his second territory in search of the evil Saint Dane to try and uncover a plot to destroy Coral. Bobby has grown up quite a bit in this book which automatically makes it much better than the first. There is a lot of imagination in MacHale's writing and a I appreciate his descriptions and inventive settings.

One pet peeve I have about this series so far is what seems to be continuous plugs for random name brand products. Several times he refers to a product...more

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Nov 21, 2009

Adam rated it:

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If only the rest of the series could have been this fantastic!!

Machale's narrative was fun, exciting and new. A lot of action and excitement for my younger self.

I don't remember much about it since I read it (over 5 years ago), but I remember wishing that the following books in the series were this good. They just went downhill from here, until I stopped after the 4th one.

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Aug 29, 2008

Zarakoda rated it:

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Jan 18, 2009

Sabrina rated it:

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(I'll try my best not to include spoilers...) Bobby continues the fight against Saint Dane when he follows the murderous demon to the tropical territory of Cloral. There, he meets Vo Spader, the (in a sense) newest Traveler. He also meets disaster and the only solution is the map of a dead man, secretiveness, and a lost city....

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Nov 16, 2007

Patrick rated it:

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The Pendragon series was an unexpected surprise when I picked it up a few years ago. Now I'm re-reading the entire series and it is just as good as the first time. Some may think that its size or writing style best suits a middle schooler, however the book is still very enjoyable. In this book Bobby Pendragon continues his journies as a traveler trying to save the territories (different worlds) from total destruction by the evil Saint Dane. In this adventure, Bobby is on the world of Corral and ...more

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Feb 13, 2009

Morgan rated it:

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I definitely liked this one better than The Merchant of Death. I loved the whole water theme and their ability to use water to make some of their stuff like bullets. I also really like their technology. D. J. Mac Hale has made an interesting book full of cool and sad surprises.

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Sep 11, 2009

Jayden rated it:

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Read in September, 2009

The Lost City of Faar is just as good as the first Pendragon book; The Merchant of Death. This book is funny, entertaing, full of action, and thrill. I can barely stop thinking about it just to write this review. This book is recommended to people who love Sci-Fi and Action Adventure stories.

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