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King of Shadows

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by Susan Cooper (Goodreads Author)

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Is it good?? I mean I read the first six chapters and they seemed kind of dull I want to ask is it worth continuing reading or is it dull and boring throughout the book
Carter Playz Nat is an orphan that was adopted by the Fisher family and went to London to join an acting group called “The Company of Boys”.“The Company of Boys” w…moreNat is an orphan that was adopted by the Fisher family and went to London to join an acting group called “The Company of Boys”.“The Company of Boys” were going to act in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Nat gets very ill and falls asleep, waking up somewhere else in a different year. He is in 1599 and acts in A Midsummer Night’s Dream but with Shakespeare.

A reason why I liked the book is that I loved the way the book was made and the fact that Nat went back in time. Something cool aswell was that the author Susan Cooper actually made it was that in 1499 they talked like how they talked in the book. I learned a lot from this book and it was great. What I enjoyed the most in the book King of Shadows was the transitions that Susan Cooper wrote when Nathan Field, the main character, would go back in time or into the present.

Now the reason why this book got 3.5 stars out of 5 is that a book is obviously not perfect. There were some spelling mistakes and some parts were confusing. For example, another reason why I didn’t like it is because you read about the book and how the rehearsals go and then Nat goes back in time and does the play then and then goes back to 1999 and has to do the play all over again. I feel like it was just a whole waste of time reading the end, I didn’t like it. Also, the explanation for his time travel jump at the end made me mad because I feel like the only reason that Arby chose Nat to act with his cast is so Shakespeare wouldn’t die and Arby could do the play.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone but for some young readers I'm not sure. What I am talking about is that two to three times the author would put in inappropriate language and that would be good for people that are young to reader. King Of Shadows by Susan Cooper was surprisingly a good book. Normally the summer reading books at my school are trash but this book was amazing. I gave this book 3.5 stars out of 5.


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