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Dr. Sigmundus: The Resurrection Fields (The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus #3)

by Brian Keaney (Goodreads Author)

3.48 · rating details · 62 ratings · 7 reviews

“Keaney's concoction of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy is remarkably effective. Sigmundus is a villain who will haunt readers.”—The Bulletin

Beginning where Book 2, The Cracked Mirror, left off, this finale to the Promises of Dr. Sigmundus trilogy takes readers into bizarre realms with fanciful creatures, continuing its signature exploration of the price of freedom and self-d...more

Library Binding, 176 pages

Published November 10th 2009 by Knopf Books for Young Readers (first published January 1st 2008)

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Jun 04, 2011

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Right so I'll be honest right now: I had read the first two books in this series about 2 to 3 years ago so when I started reading this book I was completely confused mainly because I could hardly remember what had happened in the past two books. I remember enjoying them and thinking they had a different feel to them and always had me interested so that's why I wanted to continue reading this series.

About half-way into this book things from the past books were coming back to me (but I a...moreRight so I'll be honest right now: I had read the first two books in this series about 2 to 3 years ago so when I started reading this book I was completely confused mainly because I could hardly remember what had happened in the past two books. I remember enjoying them and thinking they had a different feel to them and always had me interested so that's why I wanted to continue reading this series.

About half-way into this book things from the past books were coming back to me (but I am convinced I will have to at this point go back and re-read them so that I can remember clearly)so the book started making more sense. This book also had the same strange hold over me that I recalled from the past books: the world that Keaney has created is so interesting that I cannot grasp it all, and at the same time I am so fascinated by it, so I had trouble putting this book down at many points.

Style-wise because I don't recall how the other two books were I will only speak of the problems I had with this book. Mainly I felt that there was an issue with switching points of view. We would be mid-way into a chapter that was third person but from Bea's POV (I don't know how else to phrase that) then we'd switch to Nyro's point of view with no break in the page or any indication of this happening besides suddenly being aware of the things only Nyro would be aware of. (there was one part where it did this and first -since Nyro didn't know Bea- he referred to her as 'the girl' which was appropriate. But then he switch and called her 'Bea' which annoyed me since he didn't know who Bea was!) It seemed like Keaney didn't know how to transition from one POV to another. Sometimes he'd have a nice break in the page and some **** to show this, sometimes there was just a break in the page, and sometimes there was absolutely no indication of this at all... which confused me greatly at times.

Character-wise I love the characters in this book, I love Bea for being a strong female character, and I especially love Dante. Though in this book I had issues with him being stuck in a bird's (Kidu's) body for the entire book. I was hoping that when the dog, Moon, came into the picture and Bea mentioned she felt that Moon had a big part in everything that maybe Dante would transfer to Moon's body... I kinda wanted him to be transferring to different bodies just to try to communicate better with Bea. (Not that I hated Kidu I just got tired of his ramblings about how he wanted Dante out and Dante just kept saying sorry)
Can't say I liked Nyro and Osman... I had trouble identifying what their purpose was in the story and in the end we really don't know what happened to them... do we? When Bea was standing the Resurrection Fields at the end (I'll rant more about the ending in a bit) I had a feeling that the man and boy she saw could have been Nyro and Osman, but that wouldn't make much sense in my mind since they had been at the other end of the bridge when we last saw them. I will say they helped the reader in gathering more information about the events taking place but at the same time I felt other characters such as Bea or Dante could have done this as well.
Though I can't remember Set much from the previous books I will say I liked his small parts in this book, he truly was an interesting antagonist. I liked his riddle of the 'Feather's filling the sky and the moon in a basket' but... really? Was that the only role the dog 'Moon' played in that whole book? Was to sleep in a basket? That doesn't seem as important as Bea made his role sound... and wouldn't she want the dog gone then? If he was only going to cause trouble for her with Set? It really made little sense to me.

As for the ending of the book: I just stared at the book dumbfounded after I finished. All that could race through my head is: there has to be a sequel! But there isn't... is there? I searched and it seems there isn't! I am truly confused as to what took place!Dante was (I assume) among the birds killing the soldiers... Nyro and Osman were... where? What happened to them? Set and his brother were... just standing there? And then Bea rings the bell that awakens the Odyll and supposedly that would end the world and destroy the Resurrection Fields, according to Set. But instead somehow Bea ends up in the Resurrection Fields... then starts forgetting... then appears sitting in a tree... reading? She sees Dante... and he asks what she is reading and she's reading 'The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus'.

Now I am going to have to go back and read the previous books obviously because I vaguely recall this was how they met? But... at the same time... WHAT JUST HAPPENED?! Did the world reset itself to the moment they met? Was Bea reading the book I just finished reading? I am so confused! And there was so much that just never got resolved! There was no final fight between Dante and Orobas (I'm pretty sure his mom told him he'd be able to defeat Orobas eventually), Dante never got his body back, we don't know what happened to the bridge, we don't know if Set was correct in the world ending... we really don't know much!
I have to say this book's ending let me down greatly. If there was a sequel maybe I wouldn't be as harsh but there were too many unanswered questions! Ones that I felt needed answering. (less)

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Oct 01, 2010

Amy rated it

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Shelves: teen-books

This book is much darker than the previous books in the series.

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Jun 06, 2011

Gabriel rated it

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I loved this book, and i read it a long time ago.

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Dec 27, 2009

Rhience rated it

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In my opinion not as good as the first two but still good

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Feb 28, 2011

Heather rated it

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Shelves: 2011

Not at all what I was imagining. Based on the first book, I was figuring fairly straightforward dystopia. Actually, this is much more complex and fascinating and brings together a number of realms of existence. Occasionally a bit confusing, but very intriguing, and with a beautiful ending.

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Sep 09, 2010

Pisinat rated it

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Shelves: young-adults, read-in-english, dystopia

A little disappointed...

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Oct 08, 2011

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Ok. Very much good vs. Evil story with hints of holocaust rolled in. Will recommend to 7th and 8th grade after looking at rating again.

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Brian is an award-winning children's author. He has written seventeen novels which have been translated into thirteen languages. He is currently Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His latest novel for children, The Magical Detectives and the Forbidden Spell is published by Orchard Books

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