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A Great and Terrible Beauty
Reviewed: Somewhere inbetween January - April 2007Author: Libba Bray
Genre(s): Gothic-ish Fantasy
Other: A Great and Terrible Beauty is a trilogy, the next two sequels are called 'Rebel Angels' and 'The Sweet Far Thing'
Main Character: Gemma Doyle
Setting:
A Great and Terrible Beauty takes place, in the begining of the book, in India, in the Victorian age. Soon after Gemma is sent to England to Spence Academy in London.
Summary:
Gemma Doyle, who is 16 years old, lives in India but wants to go to England. After tragedy strikes her family she is sent to Spence Academy in London, England. After a bad start getting to know the other girls at Spence Academy she finds out that she is being watched by a young man, name Kartik, who warns her to close her mind against the visions she gets. After a while Gemma makes friends with some of the girls at Spence. She soon learns that her mother is in a group called the Order. She then gets tangled up with good and evil and fights for friends and herself while figuring out what happened at Spence and her mother.
My Thoughts:
I think that A Great and Terrible Beauty is an AMAZING book. I recommend it to all book lovers and give it a 5/5. I think the age group for this book is 13 and up because it does have some inappropriate content for young readers. I hope you will read it, besides my bad book review/report of the book. ^^"
The Da Vinci Code
Reviewed: Somewhere inbetween January - April 2007Author:Dan Brown
Genre(s): Religion, Mystery
Other: Angels and Demons and The Solomon Key are accomplises to The Da Vinci Code.
Main Character: Robert Langdon
Setting:
The Da Vinci Code takes place in the present age in Paris.
Summary:
Robert Langdon is asked to help a solve the murder of Jacques Saunière but soon gets the to police point the finger at Robert Landon for doing the crime. He is then helped by Sophie Neveu to prove that he is innocent and is somehow mixed up in a new problem. Why was Jacques Saunière murdered and what is the mystery behind the Holy Grail? Somehow Jacques Saunière has led Robert Landon and Sophie Neveu into a maze of puzzles about the Holy Grail, Leonardo da Vinci's paintings and the group called The Priory of Sion after his death.
My Thoughts:
I thought that this was a really good book. I don't usually read mysteries much but this one was a really well put together mystery. Even though there were some parts that I found somewhat boring, all the action and stuff made up for it. It makes you wonder weither or not if there really is a God out there and points out stuff that you've never noticed before. This book isn't intented to make people think that there isn't a God and Jesus it's just something to entertain you with. So don't take offense when reading it if you find it offensive....eh...^^; Anyways, the age group is most likely 13+ because some parts younger readers might not understand since this book was probably intended for adults. Well anyways, I give it a 4/5
The Faerie Path
Reviewed: Somewhere inbetween January - April 2007Author:Frewin Jones
Genre(s): Fantasy
Other: There is a sequel, can't remember what it's called though. Sorry. ^^;;
Main Character: Anita/Tania
Setting:
Present and Middle Ages-ish
Summary:
Anita finds out that she is the lost faerie princess, Tania, from the the land of Faerie. She goes back to return light to her land for her disappearence and her faerie mother's death. She soon is lost between her love of her past and the current boy she was supposed to marry before her disappearence. Trying to figure out what to do, she finds out more and more about the land of Faerie and the danger approching it. She slowly starts to understand and soon finds out that she a magical ability to stop the evil threatening the land of Faerie. She must figure out how to use and figure where she belongs before it is too late.
My Thoughts:
At first I thought it would be one of those books that I found interesting while reading it, but I'd forget all about it after I was done but surprisingly it was quite good. Even though my summary of The Faerie Path isn't very well written and doesn't exactly persuade you to read it, it's quite good. The Faerie Path is one of those books that I like, fighting, a bit of romance, and fantasy. Sadly I don't think there was any comedy in it, but that's ok. I guess the fantasy made up for it. There wasn't much fighting that I expected there were to be but yeah, it was pretty good overall. I think the age group for this book is 12+. I rate it, a 4/5.
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