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Hello there. Today we'll talk about a book trilogy by the name of "The pathfinder". This trilogy was written by Orson Scott Card, the guy who wrote Ender's game and it sequels(among several other science fiction works). The structures of this review will consist in a small paragraph containing the official synopsis of each book (In italic caligraphy) and my impressions below. Beware of spoilers in the impressions because it's highly complicated to talk about this story without revealing spoilers , as I'll explain later. Let's go with Pathfinder!
A powerful secret. A dangerous path.
Hello there. Today we'll talk about a book trilogy by the name of "The pathfinder". This trilogy was written by Orson Scott Card, the guy who wrote Ender's game and it sequels(among several other science fiction works). The structures of this review will consist in a small paragraph containing the official synopsis of each book (In italic caligraphy) and my impressions below. Beware of spoilers in the impressions because it's highly complicated to talk about this story without revealing spoilers , as I'll explain later. Let's go with Pathfinder!
A powerful secret. A dangerous path.
Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him--secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.
Rigg’s birthright sets him on a path that leaves him caught between two factions, one that wants him crowned and one that wants him dead. He will be forced to question everything he thinks he knows, choose who to trust, and push the limits of his talent…or forfeit control of his destiny.
This book is a great start for the series. The story is set on a kind of medieval setting, which is quite odd for this author, and we are expectators to the trip that the two main protagonists, Rigg and Umbo, make in order to uncover the secrets that Rigg's father had. At the same time,every one or two chapters there's also an alternate narration where we are told the story of Ram Odin, a spaceship pilot who is headed to a planet called Garden , which is supposed to be one where life itself is possible. It is clear since the beggining that both stories have to be related somehow but that fact does not make the final revelation less surprising.
The boys, as well as other characters from the story have some kind of superpowers. Rigg is a pathfinder, which means that he can see the paths that inanimate objects or life forms leave through time and space. Also, with Unbo's help, he can travel back to the moment where those paths are happening. The interesting part about these abilities is that they are quite unusual : it's not uncommon to use time travel in novels of this genre but this approach feels fresh and it helps to form the idea that even though they have superpowers they are not invincible.
The final revelation of the book, obviously, this is a huge SPOILER, is that Riggs planet turns out to be the Garden Ram Odin was talking about, and know the weird stuff that takes the entire trilogy to explain comes in. It seems that Ram Odin's spaceship and its contents passed through a black hole (Somebody said Interstellar? XD) and split itseld in thirteen copies, so in the end we have thirteen ships and thirteen Ram Odin, plus all the other people and things on the ship. They decide do make an impact with all the ships in Garden surface, exterminating all of the native life and substituing it with humans. Therefore, they establish thirteen colonies or wallfold, each one led by a copy of Ram Odin .
If the previous paragraph was not weird enough, then there's the whole businness of Ram Odin having human like robots, one of them turning to be Riggs not-so-dead father. Also, they seem to be bad beings as they manipulate humans and , on orders on Ram Odin, prevent people from different wallfolds to interact with each other via something called "The wall", a special structure that separates wallfolds and imposilitates them to cross as it emits brain waves that makes them go nuts as they go nearer the wall. Also, the structure is ready to give the people whi cross it the ability to speak every language of the planet , to help with communication when one wallfold becomes technologically advanced(Turns out that Rigg and company cheated since they travelled to the past to cross the walls XD).
Let's go with Ruins.
When Rigg and his friends crossed the Wall between the only world they knew and a world they could not imagine, he hoped he was leading them to safety. But the dangers in this new wallfold are more difficult to see. Rigg, Umbo, and Param know that they cannot trust the expendable, Vadesh — a machine shaped like a human, created to deceive — but they are no longer certain that they can even trust one another. But they will have little choice. Because although Rigg can decipher the paths of the past, he can’t yet see the horror that lies ahead: A destructive force with deadly intentions is hurtling toward Garden. If Rigg, Umbo, and Param can’t work together to alter the past, there will be no future.
The main problem with this book is that in more than 500 pages, there's not even a hundred of story.How is that even possible you ask? Well, most of the book happens revolves around a concept: retorica . And don't get me wrong, I like good thinking but in this case it kinda got in the way of the story and ended up being a text about what the author thinks of several things instead of focusing on the story. They learn about "The Destroyers", the people that destroy Garden, pretty early in the book and even after hundreds of pages of the book filled with reasoning they can not find a way to stop it from happening in a ham fisted attempt of delaying the advancement of the plot long enough to be able to write a third book.
Also there's some super intelligent mice that can sen objects through times and even modify genetically several dna sequences, send them through time and insert them into Umbo, who seems to be like some kind of awesome dude. I'm sorry, but as villains(Their plan was to overpopulate the world) mice just don't appeal to me.
Finally, let's talk about Visitors.
From the internationally bestselling author of Ender’s Gamecomes the riveting finale to the story of Rigg, a teenager who possesses a secret talent that allows him to see the paths of people’s pasts.
In Pathfinder, Rigg joined forces with another teen with special talents on a quest to find Rigg’s sister and discover the true depth and significance of their powers. Then Rigg’s story continued in Ruinsas he was tasked to decipher the paths of the past before the arrival of a destructive force with deadly intentions. Now, in Visitors, Rigg’s journey comes to an epic and explosive conclusion as everything that has been building up finally comes to pass, and Rigg is forced to put his powers to the test in order to save his world and end the war once and for all.
In Pathfinder, Rigg joined forces with another teen with special talents on a quest to find Rigg’s sister and discover the true depth and significance of their powers. Then Rigg’s story continued in Ruinsas he was tasked to decipher the paths of the past before the arrival of a destructive force with deadly intentions. Now, in Visitors, Rigg’s journey comes to an epic and explosive conclusion as everything that has been building up finally comes to pass, and Rigg is forced to put his powers to the test in order to save his world and end the war once and for all.
After reading Ruins I did not have high expectations for this one, and although it's better than Ruins in some aspects, it definitely isn't as good as it should be.
One of the positive points is that answers are given to most questions that arose during the previous installments and were oddly delayed. Better late than never I guess. Also, there's a good ending and the characters live happily ever after. However , apart from that...it's a mess. Most of the book is a filler that divides itself between dialogs without emotion or sense and physics explanations of things that I did not really need to know(I mean, I would have opted for a more 'It magically works approach' XD). Also, there's the things that the characters , specially facemask Rigg and its counterpart, who in this book , to defeat the menace,which turns to be a group of insect like aliens that can drop atomic bombs,simply go their planet a long time in the past and preventing from reaching a certain technological level. No battle , no conflict, no nothing! And don't get me started in the whole time they pass on Earth...what a filler! The only part, story wise, that could be labeled as interesting is the rebel fight agains the Queen, and there's not much space dedicated to thah.
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Hello there! Today we we'll talk abouth the fifth installment of the Lorien Legacies main series. Last time the previous book wasn't all that bad and had an interesting ending, so did this one follow up?
Here is the official synopsis
The worst was supposed to be over. We were reunited after a decade apart. We were discovering the truth of our past. We were training and getting stronger every day. We were even happy...
We never imagined the Mogodorians could turn one of our own against us. We were fools for trusting Five. And now Eight is lost forever. I would do anything to bring him back, but that's impossible. Instead, I will do whatever it takes to destroy every last one of them.
I've spent my entire life hiding from them, and they've stolen everything away from me. But that stops now. We're going to take the battle to them. We have a new ally who knows their weaknesses. And I finally have the power to fight back.
The story continues where the last book left , with the garde devastated by the lost of number 8, the cool guy XD. Also, there's the thing of that fine young lady, which was supposed to be something like a garde and lived with number 7 in Spain, is a prisioner of Setrakus-ra. So basically we alternate between those two scenarios, watching as the girl tries to escape and as the other garde reunites themselves and decides to investigate a certain lead on an ancient loric temple, all of this while bringing number 8 body along.This whole bussiness ends up in a kind of unexpected move(SPOILER BEGIN) when the garde releases an insane amount of energy into the Earth giving everyone on the planet legacies so they could stop the invasion of the Mogadorians due to a failure in a pacific solution(LOL). Also, Ella turns out to be Setrakus-ka grandaughter . Also number 5 is a good guy now XD (SPOILER END)
This book had some interesting plot lines going on revolving the whole unwraping of Setrakus plan but failed miserably to deliver a plausible explanation about how a bunch of teens are going to defend an entire planet by giving a cheap explanation of the kind 'suddenly, everyone was freaking awesome ' XD
Hello there! Today we we'll talk abouth the fifth installment of the Lorien Legacies main series. Last time the previous book wasn't all that bad and had an interesting ending, so did this one follow up?
Here is the official synopsis
The worst was supposed to be over. We were reunited after a decade apart. We were discovering the truth of our past. We were training and getting stronger every day. We were even happy...
We never imagined the Mogodorians could turn one of our own against us. We were fools for trusting Five. And now Eight is lost forever. I would do anything to bring him back, but that's impossible. Instead, I will do whatever it takes to destroy every last one of them.
I've spent my entire life hiding from them, and they've stolen everything away from me. But that stops now. We're going to take the battle to them. We have a new ally who knows their weaknesses. And I finally have the power to fight back.
The story continues where the last book left , with the garde devastated by the lost of number 8, the cool guy XD. Also, there's the thing of that fine young lady, which was supposed to be something like a garde and lived with number 7 in Spain, is a prisioner of Setrakus-ra. So basically we alternate between those two scenarios, watching as the girl tries to escape and as the other garde reunites themselves and decides to investigate a certain lead on an ancient loric temple, all of this while bringing number 8 body along.This whole bussiness ends up in a kind of unexpected move(SPOILER BEGIN) when the garde releases an insane amount of energy into the Earth giving everyone on the planet legacies so they could stop the invasion of the Mogadorians due to a failure in a pacific solution(LOL). Also, Ella turns out to be Setrakus-ka grandaughter . Also number 5 is a good guy now XD (SPOILER END)
This book had some interesting plot lines going on revolving the whole unwraping of Setrakus plan but failed miserably to deliver a plausible explanation about how a bunch of teens are going to defend an entire planet by giving a cheap explanation of the kind 'suddenly, everyone was freaking awesome ' XD
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Boas !Hoxe falaremos da terceira entrega da saga do Lightbringer, traducida coma o "Portador da luz" en España. Teoricamente este ía ser o último libro da saga pero á fin o autor decidiu dividir o último libro en dous . Vou facer un resumo moderadamente amplio dos sucesos máis importantes que suceden na historia e despois farei unha breve reflexión sobre o que me pareceu o libro en si, de xeito máis subxectivo.Obviamente destriparei todo o libro, así que se non queres spoilers non o leas.
Imos co resumo!
A historia comeza xusto onde rematou a entrega anterior, a Daga da cegueira(The blinding knife) e atopámonos con Gavin como esclavo no barco do seu vello amigo o capitán Gunner. Seguen sen poder trazar e durante gran parte da historia , para subsanar ese feito, o autor fai que Gavin teña soños sobre o seu pasado, tanto de antes como de despois de facerse prisma, que fan que averigüemos máis cousas sobre o personaxe, aínda que gran parte desas cousas son bastante irrelevantes e incluso tediosas(Especialmente un capítulo no que Gavin di o nome e unha breve descripción de unha parte das persoas ás que "liberou" no seu primeiro día como prisma(Por liberar quere dicir matar ao romper o halo, por se non o recordábades)).
Debido a que hai unha pelexa entre o barco de Gavin e outro de piratas, este consegue escapar ao botarse ao río pero ao ser atacado por un delfín rosa que lle rompe unhas costelas(Feito altamente xocoso XD) remata como preso da familia Malargos e da Nuqaba, onde pasa cautivo moito tempo.
Por outra banda, temos a perspectiva de Kip, que consegue escapar da pequena barca que el e Zymun comparten para rematar na costa, onde sobrevive a duras penas, con samesugas pegadas ao seu corpo e sen case comida nin bebida..Cando a cousa pinta bastante mal para el é atopado por un viúva que o coida ata que se recupera o suficiente como para poder regresar á Cromería.Alí, atópase outra vez con Karris, Teia e moitos dos personaxes dos libros anteriores.
En canto a Teia, cobra moito máis protagonismo dado que se infiltra na orde do ollo roto(Dahí o título do libro) de trazadores de paryl para descubrir os seus segredos, algo que introduce a un novo personaxe, Murder Sharp, un trazar de paryl tan hábil que é capaz de pinzar a espiña dorsal dunha persoa e incapibilizala de todo movemento.
Karris, por outra banda, atópase con que a Blanca lle prohíbe trazar e convírtese na persoa encargada de manexar unha rede de espías. Aquí hai unha revelación relativo que é que Marissia, a esclava de cámara de Gavin, traballa para a blanca e Karris relévaa, polo que as dúas teñen unha conversa para poñer paz finalmente.
Gavin é rescatado por Karris e o comandante Puño de ferro, quen resulta ser o irmán da Nuqaba, así coma de outro integrante da guardia negra chamado Puño tembloroso, que morre dun xeito algo insustancial, aínda que sí emotivo, dado que a súa morte non ten unha relevancia crítica para historia. Gavin está vivo á fin da historia pero sen un ollo e coa certeza de que é un trazador de luxina negra. Ademáis, esperta preso na antiga prisión onte tiña retido ao seu irmán, coa certeza de que Andross Guile o puxo alí(Molaría que o Gavin orixinal estivese vivo pero non creo que sexa así).
Hai un par de sucesos, relativos a Karris e a Puño de ferro que son importantes. Primeiro, Karris convírtese na sucesora da branca (Isto é, na nova Branca ao morrer Orea Pwllawr ou como se escriba XD )nunha xogada altamente anticipada pola miña parte(Era ou ela ou Marissia e a posición desta última dificultaba as cousas) e nunha revelación moito máis interesante Puño de ferro pertence á orde do ollo roto, así como Greenwoody, o esclavo de Andross Guile e tío por sangue de Puño de ferro. Os dous teñen unha conversa e Puño de ferro estrégalle o cristal da cor negra, elemento indespensábel para a elección dun prisma, ao parecer.
Zymun remata como prisma electo(Que non de verdade, despois explico como se fan os prismas) e Andross Guile, agora moito máis poderoso dado que non se convertiu nun enxendro de cor en "promachos" ou xefe altísimo e o que manda en todo XD.
Ademáis de todo o anterior, Kip, a través das cartas de Janus Borig e dun breve viaxe ao inframundo descubre datos interesantes:
-Atópase co Portador da luz no inframundo, que resulta ser o rei dun dos nove reinos antes da chegada de Lucidonius e mátao, o cal pode querer dicir que Kip é o novo portador.
-Descóbrese que a daga da cegueira non é só un obxecto que quita a habilidade de trazar senón que tamén a da , polo que se usa para facer novos prismas ao transferir o poder duns a outros.Non obstante, aínda non se da unha resposta clara a como é posíbel que existisen dous prismas ao mesmo tempo na época de Gavin e Dazen.
-Kip e Teia recoñecen que se gustan un ao outro aínda que Kip casa con Tisia Malargos(Si, a irmá dunha das persoas que torturou a Gavin e fixo que o cegaran dun ollo) para poder sobrevivir.
-Os membros da orde do ollo roto teñen unhs capas especiais feitas do poder dos prismas coa daga da cegueira, que lles permiten reflexar a luz e volverse invisíbeis. Teia recibe de mans de Kip unha capa similar pero con máis poder, que fai que poida volverse de calquera cor.
-Toda a movida de cargarse ao demo de cor verde e sacrificar a centos de persoas foi inútil porque non arrancaron ou romperon o cristal de verde presente na illa, polo que o demo aparecerá de novo.
-Hai unha maxia chamada vontade(Will) que interactúa coa luxina pero que tamén pode ser usada en certas armas, coma unha que varía a súa rixidez en función da vontade.
Tamén saen personaxes dos libros anteriores brevemente e de forma moito máis interesante como Samila Ayeh, quen rompeu o halo pero parece ser que está en contra do príncipe das cores, Liv Danavis, quen remata por atopar o cristal de supervioleta ou o xeneral Danavis (Pai de Liv), que resulta non estar morto.
Agora imos cunha breve opinión persoal:
O libro , ao eliminar o valor de Gavin como personaxe de acción e mover a acción da guerra á Cromería opta por ter un ritmo máis lento, pero sen embargo con máis "chicha" ao responder varias das preguntas que estaban presentes dende o principio da saga e cuxa resposta se retrasara ata este libro, a máis cantosa, para que demo valía exactamente a daga da cegueira(Por iso do título do libro anterior , e tal XD).
Os flashbacks e os capítulos dende o punto de vista de outros personaxes están moito mellor levados, son moito máis interesante ao non recorrer a tanta alegoría en detrimento de datos máis importante cara a historia aínda que hai algúns que son altamente prescindíbeis e que realmente están de recheo.
En conclusión, este libro é o meu favorito da saga pola evolución de personaxes que presenta, as respostas que da a preguntas típicas da saga e por como deixa as cousas preparadas para o gran final.
Boas !Hoxe falaremos da terceira entrega da saga do Lightbringer, traducida coma o "Portador da luz" en España. Teoricamente este ía ser o último libro da saga pero á fin o autor decidiu dividir o último libro en dous . Vou facer un resumo moderadamente amplio dos sucesos máis importantes que suceden na historia e despois farei unha breve reflexión sobre o que me pareceu o libro en si, de xeito máis subxectivo.Obviamente destriparei todo o libro, así que se non queres spoilers non o leas.
Imos co resumo!
A historia comeza xusto onde rematou a entrega anterior, a Daga da cegueira(The blinding knife) e atopámonos con Gavin como esclavo no barco do seu vello amigo o capitán Gunner. Seguen sen poder trazar e durante gran parte da historia , para subsanar ese feito, o autor fai que Gavin teña soños sobre o seu pasado, tanto de antes como de despois de facerse prisma, que fan que averigüemos máis cousas sobre o personaxe, aínda que gran parte desas cousas son bastante irrelevantes e incluso tediosas(Especialmente un capítulo no que Gavin di o nome e unha breve descripción de unha parte das persoas ás que "liberou" no seu primeiro día como prisma(Por liberar quere dicir matar ao romper o halo, por se non o recordábades)).
Debido a que hai unha pelexa entre o barco de Gavin e outro de piratas, este consegue escapar ao botarse ao río pero ao ser atacado por un delfín rosa que lle rompe unhas costelas(Feito altamente xocoso XD) remata como preso da familia Malargos e da Nuqaba, onde pasa cautivo moito tempo.
Por outra banda, temos a perspectiva de Kip, que consegue escapar da pequena barca que el e Zymun comparten para rematar na costa, onde sobrevive a duras penas, con samesugas pegadas ao seu corpo e sen case comida nin bebida..Cando a cousa pinta bastante mal para el é atopado por un viúva que o coida ata que se recupera o suficiente como para poder regresar á Cromería.Alí, atópase outra vez con Karris, Teia e moitos dos personaxes dos libros anteriores.
En canto a Teia, cobra moito máis protagonismo dado que se infiltra na orde do ollo roto(Dahí o título do libro) de trazadores de paryl para descubrir os seus segredos, algo que introduce a un novo personaxe, Murder Sharp, un trazar de paryl tan hábil que é capaz de pinzar a espiña dorsal dunha persoa e incapibilizala de todo movemento.
Karris, por outra banda, atópase con que a Blanca lle prohíbe trazar e convírtese na persoa encargada de manexar unha rede de espías. Aquí hai unha revelación relativo que é que Marissia, a esclava de cámara de Gavin, traballa para a blanca e Karris relévaa, polo que as dúas teñen unha conversa para poñer paz finalmente.
Gavin é rescatado por Karris e o comandante Puño de ferro, quen resulta ser o irmán da Nuqaba, así coma de outro integrante da guardia negra chamado Puño tembloroso, que morre dun xeito algo insustancial, aínda que sí emotivo, dado que a súa morte non ten unha relevancia crítica para historia. Gavin está vivo á fin da historia pero sen un ollo e coa certeza de que é un trazador de luxina negra. Ademáis, esperta preso na antiga prisión onte tiña retido ao seu irmán, coa certeza de que Andross Guile o puxo alí(Molaría que o Gavin orixinal estivese vivo pero non creo que sexa así).
Hai un par de sucesos, relativos a Karris e a Puño de ferro que son importantes. Primeiro, Karris convírtese na sucesora da branca (Isto é, na nova Branca ao morrer Orea Pwllawr ou como se escriba XD )nunha xogada altamente anticipada pola miña parte(Era ou ela ou Marissia e a posición desta última dificultaba as cousas) e nunha revelación moito máis interesante Puño de ferro pertence á orde do ollo roto, así como Greenwoody, o esclavo de Andross Guile e tío por sangue de Puño de ferro. Os dous teñen unha conversa e Puño de ferro estrégalle o cristal da cor negra, elemento indespensábel para a elección dun prisma, ao parecer.
Zymun remata como prisma electo(Que non de verdade, despois explico como se fan os prismas) e Andross Guile, agora moito máis poderoso dado que non se convertiu nun enxendro de cor en "promachos" ou xefe altísimo e o que manda en todo XD.
Ademáis de todo o anterior, Kip, a través das cartas de Janus Borig e dun breve viaxe ao inframundo descubre datos interesantes:
-Atópase co Portador da luz no inframundo, que resulta ser o rei dun dos nove reinos antes da chegada de Lucidonius e mátao, o cal pode querer dicir que Kip é o novo portador.
-Descóbrese que a daga da cegueira non é só un obxecto que quita a habilidade de trazar senón que tamén a da , polo que se usa para facer novos prismas ao transferir o poder duns a outros.Non obstante, aínda non se da unha resposta clara a como é posíbel que existisen dous prismas ao mesmo tempo na época de Gavin e Dazen.
-Kip e Teia recoñecen que se gustan un ao outro aínda que Kip casa con Tisia Malargos(Si, a irmá dunha das persoas que torturou a Gavin e fixo que o cegaran dun ollo) para poder sobrevivir.
-Os membros da orde do ollo roto teñen unhs capas especiais feitas do poder dos prismas coa daga da cegueira, que lles permiten reflexar a luz e volverse invisíbeis. Teia recibe de mans de Kip unha capa similar pero con máis poder, que fai que poida volverse de calquera cor.
-Toda a movida de cargarse ao demo de cor verde e sacrificar a centos de persoas foi inútil porque non arrancaron ou romperon o cristal de verde presente na illa, polo que o demo aparecerá de novo.
-Hai unha maxia chamada vontade(Will) que interactúa coa luxina pero que tamén pode ser usada en certas armas, coma unha que varía a súa rixidez en función da vontade.
Tamén saen personaxes dos libros anteriores brevemente e de forma moito máis interesante como Samila Ayeh, quen rompeu o halo pero parece ser que está en contra do príncipe das cores, Liv Danavis, quen remata por atopar o cristal de supervioleta ou o xeneral Danavis (Pai de Liv), que resulta non estar morto.
Agora imos cunha breve opinión persoal:
O libro , ao eliminar o valor de Gavin como personaxe de acción e mover a acción da guerra á Cromería opta por ter un ritmo máis lento, pero sen embargo con máis "chicha" ao responder varias das preguntas que estaban presentes dende o principio da saga e cuxa resposta se retrasara ata este libro, a máis cantosa, para que demo valía exactamente a daga da cegueira(Por iso do título do libro anterior , e tal XD).
Os flashbacks e os capítulos dende o punto de vista de outros personaxes están moito mellor levados, son moito máis interesante ao non recorrer a tanta alegoría en detrimento de datos máis importante cara a historia aínda que hai algúns que son altamente prescindíbeis e que realmente están de recheo.
En conclusión, este libro é o meu favorito da saga pola evolución de personaxes que presenta, as respostas que da a preguntas típicas da saga e por como deixa as cousas preparadas para o gran final.
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Tag :// The broken eye
Hi there folks! Today I bring you a book review of a popular book trilogy that has been pretty famous recently due to a film adaptation about it. I'm not going to make a summary of the books(I'll paste here short summaries without spoilers of each book from wikipedia) because you can read those anywhere. Instead , I will talk from my point of view about how good the books were or what things I disliked.
The part in italic will contain the summary written in the back of the books. After each summary a brief opinion will be stated, so beware of spoilers in that part.
Let us begin with the summary of "The maze runner"
Sixteen year old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himslef if he is to escape.
Okay, to begin with this book, I have to say that it has a really slow start. For about a hundred of pages Thomas does pretty much nothing: running around, asking questions but not getting answers...You could probably read the first couple of chapters , then jump a hundred pages forward and you'd still understand most stuff.
On another note, the book has an interesting premise but a not so good development. Teen girls/boys may probably love the good but to be honest it's not really good. The characters are dull and plain and the supposed main character, Thomas, does have zero charisma. Newt and Minho, secondary characters, are way more interesting: at least they do stuff.Even, Chuck, who dies while saving Thomas , is more interesting. The kid was really annoying sometimes but at least he was brave, even if his death was pretty much pointless for the future, as stated in the following books.
Another problem with this book is the way the author wants to solve a question asked earlier in the book: there's not an explation. The boys come up with ideas randomly when author thinks it's a good time to do so and if they can't they pretty much cheat(As seen when Thomas goes through the "Changing").
The books has an open ending that, if you were reading paying at least a bit of attention, you could see from miles away: he first book was just the first trial, there will be others.
As a conclusion, I didn't like the book a lot: it was slow paced, plain and boring in some parts.
Now let's go with The Scorch trials
After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped , along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiement designed to observe their responsesand gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race.
I have to say something about this book: after reading the first one, I didn't expect anything good about this one but it wasn't as bad as I had imagined.
Brenda and Jorge are cool characters although it was pretty obvious that they were on WICKED side(even though they were the good guys later on). Moreover, Thomas finally does something! Although that bravery doesn't last long and he ends up confined(I mean, what's up with the guy? Counting the number of times he almost died or ended confined in some place due to a kidnapping, shouldn't he be dead already?)
A good point about this book(Yay, there's good stuff to!) is that we finally see a good turn with the fact that Newt is not inmune to the Flare. That was interesting.However, there's a new character called Aris that is pretty much the most useless character of the trilogy. The guy only talks , roughly, a book page of sentences in the whole book and altough is supposed to be important it falls into oblivion during much of the plot until suddenly it reappears with...Teresa. Yes, the girl didn't die or anything, I haven't talked about her till now because...she doesn't appear! She is supposed to be controlled by WICKED and Thomas develops a grudge against her in this book.
Ah, and like in the first book, really long prologue(I mean, why did the whole "guards hanging from the ceiling" event happen?)
And finally let's talk about The Death Cure
As the third Trial draws close, Thomas and some of his cohorts manage to escape from WICKED , their memories having been restored, only to face new dangers as WICKED claims to be trying to protect the human race from the deadly flare virus.
This is the ending of the trilogy. Most questions had already been answered one way or another so his book was supposed to explain the remaining details. The thing is that it takes some things for granted about the whole Flare thing that didn't really explain previously and states some questions that you hope will find an answer for in the book but you don't.
Thomas is supposed to be assasin in this book because he kills some people , but the guy didn't have the guts to kill Newt whe he was past gone(he did it by accident) . He is a really lame main character, and in this book it's even more clear as he is kidnapped several times because he is stupid enough to stay put when a bounty hunter enters the place where is (Even though his pals were already out of the place).
Teresa dies in a way that the author tries to make dramatic and heroic but to me it looks as if the author was thinking "well, Thomas is paired with Brenda now and Teresa didn't really do anything worthy in this book, so I'm gonna kill her to avoid a threesome". Not good man, not good.
The book has a supposed happy ending where the remaining alive characters live in a place where there's still nature. I love how they just feel oblivious about how is that even possible, the fact that that could be another trial because the chiefwoman from wicked put them there of the fact that Brenda looks as if she knew something. But whatever, the thing is that the book has a happy ending.
There's a prequel that tells the story of the beginning of the Flare and stuff like that but I'm not going to read it. Enough of this saga to me.
#manga #anime #ogsn
Hi there dear fellows! Today I'm going to talk a bit about another book of the Lorien legacies series: The fall of five. The title is kind of a huge spoiler itself but that's something to be expected if you read something aimed for teens. Let's talk about the plot(SPOILERS AHEAD)
The book starts where the last one ended: Sam is a prisioner in a Mogadorian installation and the other Numbers have finally asembled and are ready for action. The situation changes really quickly because with Sam's dad help and a Mogadorian rebel, Sam is able to escape and all the family finally reunites together after a few pages.
After that comes a whole load of pages full of slice of life situations that are as boring as they could ever dream to be XD .
There's a new character, number five, who doesn't really fit in the plot and we see why in the latter pages: he's a traitor,something to be expected since the beginning(I mean, look at the title !).That fact is not the only obvious one: Sam's dad was a character with a beginning and an end brought to the story to make a point about honesty and justice.
Oddly , the best part of the book is the ending as there's some hints concerning the true identity of the extra Number and there's some tragic deaths that are kind of unexpected and come as a truly surprise.
Moreover, the situation is finally interesting as they are separated again and have to fight seriously.
And that was pretty much it. This book seemed like a prequel to a bigger event more than an actual event , but it had its moments, I guess. The good news is that the next one seems really promising.
The book starts where the last one ended: Sam is a prisioner in a Mogadorian installation and the other Numbers have finally asembled and are ready for action. The situation changes really quickly because with Sam's dad help and a Mogadorian rebel, Sam is able to escape and all the family finally reunites together after a few pages.
After that comes a whole load of pages full of slice of life situations that are as boring as they could ever dream to be XD .
There's a new character, number five, who doesn't really fit in the plot and we see why in the latter pages: he's a traitor,something to be expected since the beginning(I mean, look at the title !).That fact is not the only obvious one: Sam's dad was a character with a beginning and an end brought to the story to make a point about honesty and justice.
Oddly , the best part of the book is the ending as there's some hints concerning the true identity of the extra Number and there's some tragic deaths that are kind of unexpected and come as a truly surprise.
Moreover, the situation is finally interesting as they are separated again and have to fight seriously.
And that was pretty much it. This book seemed like a prequel to a bigger event more than an actual event , but it had its moments, I guess. The good news is that the next one seems really promising.
#manga #anime #ogsn
Pois fai xa algún tempo da última entrada non ? XD A ver se dou recuperado o tempo perdido hoxe (En principio hai tres entradas previstas para o día de hoxe, esta que xa tiña prevista e dúas sorpresa).Pero bueno, deixémonos de andrómenas(Ou como se escriba a expresión esa ) e falemos o libro que nos ocupa, Ready Player One, libro de ciencia ficción publicado fai xa uns anos que se fixo relativamente famoso : un estudo cinematográfico comprou os dereitos para unha posíbel película. Así, primeiro darei unha liñas xerais do argumento e despois xa me meto máis en materia.
Ready Player One é unha novela de ciencia ficción que nos sitúa nun futuro próximo onde o ser humano vive en cidades superpoboadas ata o punto ter que construír torres de alturas inverosímiles para aloxar a todos. Así, a maioría da xente vive en condicións bastante malas e moitos cuestiónanse se merece a pena vivir nun mundo así, sen esperanza nen soños polos que loitar. Esta visión fai que certo suceso que ocorre anos antes do comezo da historia cobre máis importancia, dado que lle da á xente unha razón, e todo o mundo necesitaba unha. O acontecemento, de xeito resumido , é o seguinte:
No futuro existe un sistema de realidade virtual (estilo SAO) no que os xogadores poden optar por ter unha experiencia totalmente inmersiva e chea de matices nun mundo virtual onde son capaces de interactuar cos seus cinco sentidos co seu entorno e con outros xogadores. Este mundo foi creado por un multimillonario apasionado dos 80 que vivía maiormente recluído , illado e sen maior ilusión que a de facer máis contidos para o xogo. Un día este millonario morre e deixa unha mensaxe: fixo unha especie de "quest" na que se se dan superado certas probas e atopado as pistas ocultas obterase a fortuna completa do difunto.
A xente vólvese tola e métense en masa a xogar ao xogo pero varios anos despois apenas queda unha mínima parte, dado que non houbo avances na "quest" e moitos consideran que foi só un desvarío dun vello tolo....ata que o protagonista da historia atopa a primeira pista e marca o comezo dunha carreira sen freno onde non só está en xogo a recompensa senón o destino do mundo virtual.
Unha vez resumido brevemente o argumento, hai que dicir que o punto máis importante da novela é a relación cos 80. Eu non fun alguén que se criou nos 80 (Máis ben eu son dos 90 XD) pero iso non fixo que collese algunhas referencias e sobre todo aprendese outras moitas. O libro é unha viaxe pola cultura geek desa década con multitude de alusións a libros, películas, series, videoxogos e calquera outra peza de tecnoloxía que un poida imaxinar, mesturado cunha historia na que os protagonistas teñen que buscar pistas nun mundo virtual.
A historia en sí non é especialmente potente se lle quitamos as referencias dado que non é a historia máis novidosa do universo i é altamente predecíbel por momentos ; de feito hai momentos que me resultaron bastante incómodos de ler dado que o autor ten a manía de expoñer o feito e despois explicar a causa con posterioridade, algo que fai que pareza que te saltaches varios capítulos con frecuencia. Dito así non soa mal pero a realidade é que está mal executado.
Á fin é unha novela de aventuras onde se cambia un barco pirata ou calquera outra localización que un poida imaxinar por un universo virtual con tódolos mundos posíbeis: dende o espazo ata mundos cun marcado estilo RPG.
A pesar dos seus fallos a novela é interesante e déixase ler: non é especialmente longa i é unha historia autoconclusiva, algo que valoro moi positivamente dado que a trama non da a sensación de estirarse en ningún momento. Eu recomendo este libro, de Ernert Cline.
PD: Creo que Pattrick Rothfus , o de Crónica do asasino de reis se emocionou demasiado ao dicir que novela podería ter sido escrita por el, creo que a súa obra é notábelmente superior.
Pois fai xa algún tempo da última entrada non ? XD A ver se dou recuperado o tempo perdido hoxe (En principio hai tres entradas previstas para o día de hoxe, esta que xa tiña prevista e dúas sorpresa).Pero bueno, deixémonos de andrómenas(Ou como se escriba a expresión esa ) e falemos o libro que nos ocupa, Ready Player One, libro de ciencia ficción publicado fai xa uns anos que se fixo relativamente famoso : un estudo cinematográfico comprou os dereitos para unha posíbel película. Así, primeiro darei unha liñas xerais do argumento e despois xa me meto máis en materia.
Ready Player One é unha novela de ciencia ficción que nos sitúa nun futuro próximo onde o ser humano vive en cidades superpoboadas ata o punto ter que construír torres de alturas inverosímiles para aloxar a todos. Así, a maioría da xente vive en condicións bastante malas e moitos cuestiónanse se merece a pena vivir nun mundo así, sen esperanza nen soños polos que loitar. Esta visión fai que certo suceso que ocorre anos antes do comezo da historia cobre máis importancia, dado que lle da á xente unha razón, e todo o mundo necesitaba unha. O acontecemento, de xeito resumido , é o seguinte:
No futuro existe un sistema de realidade virtual (estilo SAO) no que os xogadores poden optar por ter unha experiencia totalmente inmersiva e chea de matices nun mundo virtual onde son capaces de interactuar cos seus cinco sentidos co seu entorno e con outros xogadores. Este mundo foi creado por un multimillonario apasionado dos 80 que vivía maiormente recluído , illado e sen maior ilusión que a de facer máis contidos para o xogo. Un día este millonario morre e deixa unha mensaxe: fixo unha especie de "quest" na que se se dan superado certas probas e atopado as pistas ocultas obterase a fortuna completa do difunto.
A xente vólvese tola e métense en masa a xogar ao xogo pero varios anos despois apenas queda unha mínima parte, dado que non houbo avances na "quest" e moitos consideran que foi só un desvarío dun vello tolo....ata que o protagonista da historia atopa a primeira pista e marca o comezo dunha carreira sen freno onde non só está en xogo a recompensa senón o destino do mundo virtual.
Unha vez resumido brevemente o argumento, hai que dicir que o punto máis importante da novela é a relación cos 80. Eu non fun alguén que se criou nos 80 (Máis ben eu son dos 90 XD) pero iso non fixo que collese algunhas referencias e sobre todo aprendese outras moitas. O libro é unha viaxe pola cultura geek desa década con multitude de alusións a libros, películas, series, videoxogos e calquera outra peza de tecnoloxía que un poida imaxinar, mesturado cunha historia na que os protagonistas teñen que buscar pistas nun mundo virtual.
A historia en sí non é especialmente potente se lle quitamos as referencias dado que non é a historia máis novidosa do universo i é altamente predecíbel por momentos ; de feito hai momentos que me resultaron bastante incómodos de ler dado que o autor ten a manía de expoñer o feito e despois explicar a causa con posterioridade, algo que fai que pareza que te saltaches varios capítulos con frecuencia. Dito así non soa mal pero a realidade é que está mal executado.
Á fin é unha novela de aventuras onde se cambia un barco pirata ou calquera outra localización que un poida imaxinar por un universo virtual con tódolos mundos posíbeis: dende o espazo ata mundos cun marcado estilo RPG.
A pesar dos seus fallos a novela é interesante e déixase ler: non é especialmente longa i é unha historia autoconclusiva, algo que valoro moi positivamente dado que a trama non da a sensación de estirarse en ningún momento. Eu recomendo este libro, de Ernert Cline.
PD: Creo que Pattrick Rothfus , o de Crónica do asasino de reis se emocionou demasiado ao dicir que novela podería ter sido escrita por el, creo que a súa obra é notábelmente superior.
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