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Indlæser... Buried Fire (original 1999; udgave 2004)af Jonathan Stroud (Forfatter)
Work InformationBuried Fire af Jonathan Stroud (1999)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I'm sorry to say that, other than trolling for short stories in anthologies, I've exhausted all of Jonathan Stroud's U.S.-available works. Like Garth Nix, Stroud writes young adult fantasy young adult horror underpinnings. Buried Fire is no exception. Overtly a story about dragons and the powers they bestow, it quickly reveals its preoccupation with the unspoken underside--under ground, lost in history, evil, and unconscious. the protagonist, Michael, is as problematic as the protagonist of the Bartimaeus Trilogy; that is, he's an adolescent. Less subtle but more complex than The Leap, it is most similar to The Last Siege, which remains the best of these three. ( ) Drachenglut hat mir nicht gefallen. Schon der Einstieg war schwierig. Die Geschichte hätte eigentlich das Zeug dazu spannend zu sein. Die Entwicklung der Geschichte ist mir aber zu sprunghaft und zu wenig ausgefeilt. Die Personen sind blass und haben kein Leben. Sie wirken eigentlich nur als "Füllmaterial" für die Geschichte. Das Ende der Geschichte wirkt, wie wenn der Autor nicht mehr an seine Geschichte geglaubt hat und froh war das Projekt abschliessen zu können. Das Buch wäre eigentlich gut vorgelesen, wenn ich mir nicht schon alle 7 Harry Potter Bücher von Rufus Beck hätte vorlesen lassen. So errinerte mich die Geschichte allzu oft an HP, ohne allerdings diese auch nur annähernd zu erreichen. I must say I was very disappointed. I like young adult books, I like Jonathan Stroud, I love books about Welsh mythology. But somehow, this book just didn't work. My biggest problem was that there is absolutely no character development. I understand that young adult books aren't supposed to be heavy on the psychology, but it literally took me half the book to be able to distinguish the two main characters. Even after that, I still could not muster up any kind of sympathy for either of them. One of the themes of the book is characterizing people's souls as animals, but how is that supposed to have any meaning to me if I have no idea who these people are? I also noticed a lot of similarities in the ending between this book and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. They were both published in 1999 so I don't really know what's going on with that. I totally approve of writing with influences or ideas from other authors, but the ending of this book just felt really tired and predictable. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
When the unearthing of a broken, ancient cross unleashes the power of a long-buried dragon, Stephen and Sarah MacIntyre and their friend, Tom Aubrey, try to stop the dragon's awakening--even though it means fighting their own brother, Michael, who has fallen under the dragon's evil spell. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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