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First of all, aesthetically this book gets 5 solid stars. I loved the cover art and illustrations throughout the book which were simply lovely, and the feel of the pages, with their rough uneven edges and texture were wonderful for a bibliophile to get her hands on. It was a chunky book and it felt good in my hands. I enjoyed the story which was a fun mixture of fantasy and reality, magic and action. I thought there were some really interesting characters and some great interactions. But I also
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I am glad this book stood on it's own, since I didn't realize until after I started it, that it is part of a trilogy. Good characters, fun language, good storyline....love the art, which really enhances the tone of the story. I would give book 2 a look based on this one :)
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Another difficult to rate... it was partially amazing, and partially so frustrating and irritating I considered DNFing it.
I liked the idea.
I didn't like the "a 12 years old find a magical portal and becomes a soldier in a more-or-less-real war and actually manages to not get chopped down the first 10 minutes of the fight, no, he swings the sword as if he had actually ever done that and survives, nay, not only that, saves the battle and is applauded by the whole army as the hero"
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I liked the idea.
I didn't like the "a 12 years old find a magical portal and becomes a soldier in a more-or-less-real war and actually manages to not get chopped down the first 10 minutes of the fight, no, he swings the sword as if he had actually ever done that and survives, nay, not only that, saves the battle and is applauded by the whole army as the hero"
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I tried to read this book, but I just could not get into it. It had an engaging first ten pages or so - reminded me a bit of Graveyard Book, but then it seemed like way too much set up for too little pay off. After 25%, according to my Kindle, I didn't care about the political struggle over Wildwood, the recovery of the toddler, or the survival of the other human characters.
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Life's too short, but I certainly gave it a serious try. ...more
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