This post as stated in the title, is about my completion of a book, and trilogy. The Brotherband Chronicles, was the trilogy, and the book was called The Hunters. This series had a very simple base, and a very complex plot, resulting in a final battle at the very end of the entire series. As well as this, each book led into the next, but had a separate plot itself. Each book could have been described to have a regular mountain plot. The series as a whole is a "w" type plot.
As the book begins, one of the boys, Ingvar, is having trouble coping with a wound. To compound this, a prisoner, whom is giving them information, escapes, and someone must track him down. During the next part of the book, they make the journey to Raguza (the pirate haven) and get caught at a couple of ports, forcing them to take the wild-water rift. Eventually they do make it, but the final battle is probably the most intense part of the story.
I really liked the way each event appeared. There was no real pattern to the story, and it kept you guessing throughout. I would rate this book 4/5 stars. Thanks for reading, and have a nice day.
PERIODIC POST OF NEWNESS:
I have started reading the book Insurgent. Hope to continue posting on it.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
This is a set up...
I just finished the book: The Wizard Heir. It had a very satisfying end. I really want to read the next book in the series now. The book had a complex chain of events all leading to a trap, in which you and the characters know is coming, but neither you nor the characters know what it is. The book has a cliff hanger type ending that causes you to need to know what the next event could possibly be.
My favorite part of the book was when you find out that some of the main characters whom died were never actually dead, and there are more types of people, including elictors (those who absorb magic). Each new event leads to a chain of other things, while everything is still unpredictable. I really think that it is a good fantasy novel.
If you want to read this novel, read The Warrior Heir first. This is the sequel to that book, and is a direct continuation, from a new point of view. Even more is revealed about the old characters, even as new characters are introduced to the plot.
My favorite part of the book was when you find out that some of the main characters whom died were never actually dead, and there are more types of people, including elictors (those who absorb magic). Each new event leads to a chain of other things, while everything is still unpredictable. I really think that it is a good fantasy novel.
If you want to read this novel, read The Warrior Heir first. This is the sequel to that book, and is a direct continuation, from a new point of view. Even more is revealed about the old characters, even as new characters are introduced to the plot.
Periodic Post of Newness:
I am now reading the book: The Hunters . Now I am finished and you can go.
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Wizards are NOT what you think they are.
Halloween is fast approaching, and I feel that now would be a good time to talk about wizards. Most people know about Harry Potter in some way shape or form. Whether it be the movies, the books, or word of mouth, it is known. Right now, the picture of "Wizard" you get from that book is completely different from the picture of "Wizard" you get from The Wizard Heir (in which I have not finished yet). Each has its own unique qualities, and both are alike in some ways. Now for the compare and contrast segment.
What's Alike:
There are some things that a wizard cannot be without ☺. Both my book and the Harry Potter series, wizards have magic, but that's a give in. In both book series, the wizard must speak charms to do the most powerful magic. As well as this, wizards must be trained in both series. That is where the similarities end.
Harry Potter:
I'll begin with the more well known series of books. Many know that wizards in this book must have a wand to use magic. This wand aims, and controls the magic in most ways. In this book, there are just wizards, witches, and muggles (non-magical people). You would find out that you are a wizard if you have magic, or don't have magic. In the series, wizards can also specialize into other fields of magic, like sorcery, for-seeing, and transfiguration. There are also schools dedicated specifically to wizardry in this series.
The Wizard Heir (The Heir Chronicles #2):
This lesser known series of books puts a completely different spin on how wizardry works. The largest difference is that wizards have a specific weir-stone that allows them to work magic through words. As well as this, there are three more classes. Weir (Wizards), anawizard weir (non-wizards whom bear a weir-stone) and anaweir (regular people). Many of the wizards consider themselves higher than all others.in this book, and don't care about regular people. They don't use wands either; just words. There are more types of magic as a whole in this series.
Thank you for taking time to read this, and keep reading!
What's Alike:
There are some things that a wizard cannot be without ☺. Both my book and the Harry Potter series, wizards have magic, but that's a give in. In both book series, the wizard must speak charms to do the most powerful magic. As well as this, wizards must be trained in both series. That is where the similarities end.
Harry Potter:
I'll begin with the more well known series of books. Many know that wizards in this book must have a wand to use magic. This wand aims, and controls the magic in most ways. In this book, there are just wizards, witches, and muggles (non-magical people). You would find out that you are a wizard if you have magic, or don't have magic. In the series, wizards can also specialize into other fields of magic, like sorcery, for-seeing, and transfiguration. There are also schools dedicated specifically to wizardry in this series.
The Wizard Heir (The Heir Chronicles #2):
This lesser known series of books puts a completely different spin on how wizardry works. The largest difference is that wizards have a specific weir-stone that allows them to work magic through words. As well as this, there are three more classes. Weir (Wizards), anawizard weir (non-wizards whom bear a weir-stone) and anaweir (regular people). Many of the wizards consider themselves higher than all others.in this book, and don't care about regular people. They don't use wands either; just words. There are more types of magic as a whole in this series.
Thank you for taking time to read this, and keep reading!
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Periodic Post of Newness
This week's book: The Wizard Heir. This book is a fantasy book that I have been looking foreward to reading. It is the second book in the series, and a continuation of The Warrior Heir. This book so far has been great, and I can't wait to finish.
Once again, this book has great characters, whom each have an intricate storyline, and interact with each other very well. The main character, Seph, is a wizard, and has no training what-so-ever. He finds another boy, Jason, and they rise to the challenge of teaching themselves attack charms, and other important things to learn. Hope to post more soon!
Once again, this book has great characters, whom each have an intricate storyline, and interact with each other very well. The main character, Seph, is a wizard, and has no training what-so-ever. He finds another boy, Jason, and they rise to the challenge of teaching themselves attack charms, and other important things to learn. Hope to post more soon!
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Another Satisfying Victory
I have recently brought home another victory over a book. Yes, I have finally finished Ender's Game, which I have been waiting to talk about for ages. It has an interesting twist at the end, and that is something that I will reveal later at the <<<---SPOILER ALERT--->>> at the end of the page. This one was a false alarm. Also: note that this post is on theme and development. It will be more insight on what was really going on, than a recommendation, but I still think that you should read it. ☺
I believe that the main theme behind this is: one can always be loved, and likewise, one can always be hated. Ender has many friends, and many enemies throughout the book. You can tell by the way he thinks about them. I am going to start with the basic, and closest lave and hate that Ender has. Both of these people are within his family. Valentine and Peter Wiggin. Valentine loves Ender enough. that she wants to protect him, and also, she is the only one to remember his birthday. Peter, is the polar opposite of Ender, and Valentine. He wants to kill Ender at the beginning of the book because of jealousy. Peter also, is manipulative, because of his smarts. Ender is smart, but not manipulative.
Now let's get to Ender's friends and enemies at the Battle School. He has many friends, and just as many enemies, but I'll just name a few. I'll start with his enemies. Bonzo Madrid is the worst of these, followed by some of the other commanders of different armies.Bonzo specifically goes after Ender in one chapter. During this event, a fight takes place. The fight is set in the showers, when Ender is alone. Ender ends up winning the fight, and then on top of it, makes sure that Bonzo doesn't mess with him again. Now I'll get to his friends. All of these people were described thoroughly, and are major components of the story. Some of these are Alai, Bean, Petra, and many others that help him throughout the story. Each of them comes to help him at the end of the story.
I believe that the main theme behind this is: one can always be loved, and likewise, one can always be hated. Ender has many friends, and many enemies throughout the book. You can tell by the way he thinks about them. I am going to start with the basic, and closest lave and hate that Ender has. Both of these people are within his family. Valentine and Peter Wiggin. Valentine loves Ender enough. that she wants to protect him, and also, she is the only one to remember his birthday. Peter, is the polar opposite of Ender, and Valentine. He wants to kill Ender at the beginning of the book because of jealousy. Peter also, is manipulative, because of his smarts. Ender is smart, but not manipulative.
Now let's get to Ender's friends and enemies at the Battle School. He has many friends, and just as many enemies, but I'll just name a few. I'll start with his enemies. Bonzo Madrid is the worst of these, followed by some of the other commanders of different armies.Bonzo specifically goes after Ender in one chapter. During this event, a fight takes place. The fight is set in the showers, when Ender is alone. Ender ends up winning the fight, and then on top of it, makes sure that Bonzo doesn't mess with him again. Now I'll get to his friends. All of these people were described thoroughly, and are major components of the story. Some of these are Alai, Bean, Petra, and many others that help him throughout the story. Each of them comes to help him at the end of the story.
<<<---SPOILER ALERT--->>>
At the end of the book, ender is actually in command school. He works with Mazer Rackam, whom was thought to be dead. (Twist #1) He then begins work in simulators. All of his friends from the battle school whom were aparently graduated into pre-command school, are actually also there. (Twist #2) The third and final twist is when the computer simulated game that Ender and his friends were trianing on turned out to be a link to the real bugger war, in which Ender won.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
This book keeps Dragon on...
Armies and war are common. Armies and wars between children are not so common. Now in this book, Ender is the commander of his own army at the battle school. The Dragon army. This army is the best in school, and the school is ruining the game in order to make Ender's army work harder, and become better than any other. The odds are stacked against him battle after battle.
Speaking that I am only one chapter into the dragon army's beginning, I can't tell you much. I can say that the battle game is being rigged by the teachers, and the teachers are using a computer to make sure everything is correct. The one thing that They haven't estimated for however, is the computer's ability to make it so that Ender and his army aren't too tired, and fed up with the school.
Still, the Dragon army has won seven out of seven games that they were given in the past 7 days. Not only this, but they won an eighth game on the seventh day. The battle school never assigns an army to a battle once per day, or even twice per day. Something is definitely going on, and I can't wait to find out.
(P.S.: I think this is how they control gravity in the battle room, and the battle school.)
Speaking that I am only one chapter into the dragon army's beginning, I can't tell you much. I can say that the battle game is being rigged by the teachers, and the teachers are using a computer to make sure everything is correct. The one thing that They haven't estimated for however, is the computer's ability to make it so that Ender and his army aren't too tired, and fed up with the school.
Still, the Dragon army has won seven out of seven games that they were given in the past 7 days. Not only this, but they won an eighth game on the seventh day. The battle school never assigns an army to a battle once per day, or even twice per day. Something is definitely going on, and I can't wait to find out.
(P.S.: I think this is how they control gravity in the battle room, and the battle school.)
Saturday, October 5, 2013
The "Ender's Game" of the World as We Know it
I am about halfway through the book Ender's Game. So far, this book has been intense. There have been conflicting feelings, anger, love, and most of all, what is really going on. It is beginning to have twists that suggest that things aren't as they seem. These these plot twists are interesting, and suggest different things.
Speaking that I am only halfway through the book, I can't tell you how this is all going to come together, but it is becoming interesting already. Ender has been sent to a battle school for geniuses. His brother and sister are also in the plot, but at a different place: Earth.
The book skips details that are not important to the story-line. It does however continually come back to the same thing all of the time. That is the bugger war, and if the war will really happen or not. That is what Ender is training for after all. Hope to post again soon!
Speaking that I am only halfway through the book, I can't tell you how this is all going to come together, but it is becoming interesting already. Ender has been sent to a battle school for geniuses. His brother and sister are also in the plot, but at a different place: Earth.
The book skips details that are not important to the story-line. It does however continually come back to the same thing all of the time. That is the bugger war, and if the war will really happen or not. That is what Ender is training for after all. Hope to post again soon!
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Periodic Post of Newness
I've heard good things about this book. Ender's Game hath been on thy list of reading for a while now. (I am in a "Shakespeare" mood today). This book is science fiction, which is one of my favorite genres. Thy hath been waiting to read thou book for a while. It was recommended, and now, I finally have it.
Ender's game is supposed to be about the government training super geniuses so they can fight off and alien race that is trying to exterminate the human race. They call these aliens Buggers. Most of the training takes the form of games. Ender wins all of the games. This essentially makes him a super-genius. He has a brother who wants to kill him because of jealousy. This book I believe will be very interesting. I hope to update soon. ☺☺☺☺☺
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