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The Sea of Trolls (Sea of Trolls, #1)
by Nancy Farmer (Goodreads Author)
by Nancy Farmer (Goodreads Author)
I just found out this is first of a trilogy. Well I sure hope it doesn't end in a cliffhanger. I like getting introduced to worlds and characters, not going on adventure after adventure with them.
Finished. Gosh this is not my type of book at all, but it was just so good I'm glad I read it. Kudos to Farmer. Ironically, my 14 yo son, who has enjoyed two other books by Farmer and who loves adventure (for example Percy Jackson) did not even finish this. The characters here I thought were extra-rich, so maybe that made the difference for me.
We both think this would be excellent for teen reluctant readers.
It definitely did not end on a cliffhanger. Eventually I'll probably read the others, but I feel no rush to do so. I'll probably read them only to be completist about Farmer's entire output, but read all her stand-alones first.
Finished. Gosh this is not my type of book at all, but it was just so good I'm glad I read it. Kudos to Farmer. Ironically, my 14 yo son, who has enjoyed two other books by Farmer and who loves adventure (for example Percy Jackson) did not even finish this. The characters here I thought were extra-rich, so maybe that made the difference for me.
We both think this would be excellent for teen reluctant readers.
It definitely did not end on a cliffhanger. Eventually I'll probably read the others, but I feel no rush to do so. I'll probably read them only to be completist about Farmer's entire output, but read all her stand-alones first.
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Feb 22, 2011 06:13pm
Two of my favorite books by nancy farmer are house of the scorpion and The Ear the Eyeand the Arm !
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Ok, so since I've read those, maybe I needn't rush w/ the others. Eh - with my piles of books I can't rush w/ anything anyway!
The other two in the triology: The Land of the Silver Apples and The Islands of the Blessed are worthy reads, but they didn't have the same gripping sense of adventure for me. Apples has a more fantasy than adventure oriented plot and in Islands quite a bit of time passes and the protagonists put many miles behind them but they don't mature and grow enough for me to find them as compelling as in Trolls. Cheryl wrote: "Ok, so since I've read those, maybe I needn't rush w/ the others. Eh - with my piles of books I can't rush w/ anything anyway!"
Thank you for the information - very helpful so I know that my priority for those is low, but not nonexistent... :)
I'm reading this one very slowly with my grandson, whenever we can squeeze it in. We both like it a lot. He read Farmer's book A Girl Named Disaster at school and enjoyed it.
