Obernewtyn (The Obernewtyn Chronicles, #1) in Aussie Readers

Aug 04, 2008 Tien rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, own, australian-author, fantasy, favorites, dystopia, fav-on-kobo

This is the umpteenth time I have read this book. I've first read this series in my teens (there were only 4 then) and this is just one of those series which stuck, for life (for me anyway). A few years ago, Carmody decided to write the fifth book, then the sixth and so on. So, it's time that I catch up by reading all the way from the first book.

I used to only classify this series as fantasy but with references to the 'Beforetime', the 'Great White' (maybe referring to an atomic explosion?), and ...more

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Mar 26, 2009 Belinda rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: australian, fantasy, read-in-2009

3.5 stars.

For a first book (which the author started writing in high school) I thought this was fairly entertaining. However, I thought the post-apocalyptic world idea had a lot of potential that wasn't fully explored. Still, I've been told this series gets better as it goes, so I'm sticking with it.

I'm just hoping Rushton's character doesn't become one-dimensional. He started as a very enigmatic, interesting character, but the responsible, visionary-leader shtick doesn't really lend itself to t ...more

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Apr 26, 2009 Tracey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi, childrens-books, 2009

For a first book its a great book, a very real world is created with very real characters and a story that moved along at a good pace. The story was clever in that it did not tell you everything, allowed you not to be sure about who was good and who was bad. Too often you can predict where everything is going way too easy and this story held back and allowed me to speculate, which was nice.

The other good thing is that the characters are flawed and I like that.

I am looking forward to reading th ...more

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Jan 22, 2013 Lucinda rated it really liked it

Stayed in bed this morning so I could finish it!

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Oct 25, 2008 Kerry rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, battle-of-the-books

First read this book in 1987 and really enjoyed it. Re-read it for Battle of the Books and enjoyed it all over again. The other books of the series were not available in 1987 but I will make an effort to read them later on. An interesting story and a real precursor to the teenage dystopian genre that has become so prevalent this century.

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