The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: Book 1
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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “I'm not really a fan of modernised fantasy novels but I actually really enjoyed this. For a fantasy novel set in present time and for a young adult novel to boot it really was an enjoyable read. I was surprised at how enjoyable. In fact I can't decide if I want to rate it 4/5 or 5. |
Didn’t Like It “This book was hard to follow at some points, but it did has really good detail. It was just a really difficult book for me.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Haven't read it yet... looks mysterious.”
Euna H wrote this review 7 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“cool”
Natalie W wrote this review 8 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Cool concept. I first heard of Nicholas Flamel in Harry Potter. I love the idea that he is still alive and trying to keep the balance between good and evil.”
Miss Steele wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book was hard to follow at some points, but it did has really good detail. It was just a really difficult book for me.”
Kendra B wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“excellent my favorite book series of all time”
fiona t wrote this review 5 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“so-so”
kinj d wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is definitely not a genre I enjoy,and, true to form, I had to grit my teeth through the first two-thirds of the book. I almost felt like Scott was writing a movie script (the rights to the series have been sold) with all kinds of visual effects but very little character development. It took most of the book for me to develop any affection for the characters, but the final chapters did draw me in enough to consider reading the next installment. We'll see.”
Mary Clare O wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The Alchemyst, The Magician, and The Sorceress
Danielle H wrote this review 9 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
By Michael Scott
I decided to do a review of all three books at once, because my feelings about each of them was about the same. I love getting recommendations from others on what books I should read - thanks Jill for suggesting this series to me!
A little background for those of you who haven't heard about these books. These three books are the first in a 6-book series about twins Sophie and Josh Newman and there adventures with the immortal Nicholas Flamel. If you click on the picture of the books above, it will take you to Shelfari's summary of the first book, which explains it a lot better than I can.
I have mixed feelings on this series. I liked that Scott uses all real people (with the exception of Sophie and Josh), places, events, etc. to build his fictitious story (similar to Dan Brown with The da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons). You can look up all of Scott's characters on Wikipedia and learn more about them, and the same is true for the locations that they travel. I thought it was fun reading about things I had never heard of before or at least had never studied (i.e.The Catacombs of Paris, Stonehenge, Nicholas Flamel, Alcatraz Island, Billy the Kid). Scott uses these real people and places and twists them a bit to fit into his story which was really cool how he made it all fit together. However, towards the middle of the third book, it started to get a little rediculous to me. I'm not a huge fan of fantasy, so consider that when I say that it all was a little much for me - a little too far-fetched (yes, granted Harry Potter is completely out there and I love that series - I'm not sure what makes that series special).
All in all, the storyline is great, but I was never drawn in completely - they were a bit predictable and it wasn't a series that I just couldn't put down - like Harry Potter, Twilight, and Dan Brown's books. The suspense just wasn't there for me I guess. However, they are good enough that I plan to read the other three books when they come out (The Necromancer comes out in May) so I can see what happens to everyone. That is, if Jill will let me borrow her books again ;)”
“This book was not good. It must have been written for 5th graders. I had to stop reading it after 6 chapters. It was not what I thought it would be. ”
Louise D wrote this review 10 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
