The city of London is in the middle of one of its most destructive wars in history. And yet most of its inhabitants don't even know it. The battle between the statues and gargoyles of London rages on. The stakes are high, with the spits engaged in a struggle against the evil taints that will determine the fate of their very souls. Twelve year old George Chapman and his friend Edie are caught in the middle. A glint with the ability to "see" the past, Edie has become a crucial asset in the ongoing war. The Gunner, a statue of a World War I soldier, continues do his part to help them in their quest. But George knows that he is the one who must play the biggest role in helping to bring an end to the war. With the Walker intent on forcing his evil designs on London and the world, George realizes that his destiny is inextricably tied to the Walker's destruction. In the end, the most important soul he manages to save might just be his own. Filled with intriguing suspense, invigorating action sequences, and well developed characters, Silvertongue is a thrilling conclusion to the international blockbuster Stoneheart trilogy.
Charlie Fletcher is the author of Stoneheart, shortlisted for the Branford Boase award and longlisted for the Guardian children’s fiction award, the sequels Ironhand and Silvertongue, and the stand-alone YA novel Far Rockaway.
His first adult novel The Oversight will be published in May 2014 in the US and UK.
Dragon Shield, the start of a new trilogy set in the Stoneheart world of London will be published in mid 2014.
He’s also a screenwriter for film and television . He lives in Edinburgh with one wife, two children, and a terrier called Archie.
This is the book I liked least out of the trilogy. The writing is better than in the previous ones, but the plot is less engaging and sometimes it gave me the impression that the author only wanted to feature as many statues as possible, adding unnecessary scenes and dialogues just to get them in the picture... which was a bit tiring to those readers (myself included) unfamiliar with London statues.
This book was more interesting to me than the first one,because now I'm completely introduced to our main characters and their abilities,but I still like Ironhand the best.George is a strong character,very likable,funny and dedicated.Unlike him,Edie is quite irritating in this one,although her story is actually the most interesting part of this book.I don't like her attitude,most of the time she's like:
Like,calm down girl.Other people,including George,also have miserable life but at least they're doing something to make it better and to save London.I still don't see her mother as someone brave and heroic,she could have done a lots of things to keep Edie safe,like not being with that moron of Edie's step-dad(!).Gunner is cool as always and I really like The Clockmaker,these two are my favourite characters in the series.But I have to say something,this book was reaaaally hard to follow because the author just kept putting more and more statues,and as someone who has never been to London,I find it hard to follow their stories(who not really relevant,to be honest.). But overall,it was a quite decent conclusion to the series.
I LOVE this series. I LOVE this book. It's the perfect finish. The characters, the story world, the way everything ties together...just awesome. I was sad when I finished because I wanted to stay with the characters and spend more time with them. I will definitely be keeping this series in my collection and reading it again.
Concluding part of the trilogy about statues coming to life in London. There is a dragon or three in this book, unlike the second in the series; but there is nobody referred to as Silvertongue or silver tongued. Maybe the Dictionary statue? Why him out of all the statues? He's not even present for the biggest battles.
The writing style also goes downhill. This always happens when people turn fantasy into horror. P66 has thirteen instances of the word 'it' and none is in dialogue. Oh dear. I started counting because I was fed up by that point. However I kept reading and before long I spotted the padding. London is frozen in time and iced over and the spits, human statues, are besieged by evil taints, non-human ones. Only George and Edie are still moving and only together, provided they can stay alive, have they any chance of stopping the horror and destruction. So of course it would happen that Edie goes off on an individual jaunt to find out what really happened to her late mother. Right.
Some of the moving statues are fun, like Shackleton and Churchill, Nelson, Wellington. A few women get strong roles, like the Queen of America, Queen Boadicea; but largely the statues are male. As they probably are. And it is a little difficult to be all that concerned about statues. Some of the visualisation is very good, and the action mostly centres on the City and Trafalgar Square. I am certain the two young people would have needed hot food and drink more than once during this tale. They are only human, and being young, they don't have much reserve or insulation. They don't get fed more than a single meal of a ham sandwich and warm milk.
At the end, we should have seen George repair the broken carving that started the story; this is called balancing and concluding the story.
Of the three books, I preferred the first, but this is the most spectacular and violent. As the author has otherwise written adult historical horror tales he might appeal more to readers who enjoy horror. The editing needs attention too; both of the preceding two books are described as 'the first story about George and Edie' at the back. Don't just copy and paste, folks. This is an unbiased review.
Applies to the whole trilogy. Deep characterization with two compelling lead human kid characters and a courageous adult role model (The Gunner). The books bring the streets, and of course the statues, of London to life - provoking me to much searching online for photographs of many of them. Lots of good vs. evil battling and mayhem with a compelling plot, albeit rather too gruesome for the younger end of the Harry Potter/Percy Jackson fan base. Also too much character development and description for the young, even if they can read the words - my 9 year-old gave up half way through book 2/
No! Is it really over? Only three in the series? I mean, it totally gave a perfect ending. I still, however, want more!
What a fabulous series. I absolutely loved it.
I see a theme, in middle grade fiction. Forgiveness. Not always forgiving others, but forgiving oneself. Sometimes that is the hardest forgiveness to proffer.
Wow. I’m so sad it’s over. This may be my favorite middle grade fiction of all time. And it most-assuredly did not hurt that Jim Dale was the Audible narrator.
Генерално ми је око четворке, боља је од првог дела, али је ту негде у рангу са другом. О замеркама, похвалама као и о односу на прва два дела можете прочити у даљем тексту.
Коначно сам сетила да завршим ову триологију( читам је ево од почетка јануара, а између другог и овог дела сам прочитала отприлике шест књига, упсс), а и мало сам је развукла због обавеза, но добро. Апсолутно нисам имала проблема са стилом овог пута, а нашла сам и неколико лепих реченица које ћу написати испод овог текста. У неким деловима је било покушаја писца да изазове емоције, што код мене баш и није упалило, али допада ми се што је убачен део са Едином мајком. Искрено сам уживала у тим деловима и журно сам обртала странице да видим шта се догодило са Су. Генерално нисам желела да јој приђем са те стране, али сам на крају закључила да ово ипак ЈЕСТЕ књига за децу. Мислила сам да ме није навела на размишљање, али јесте, само што је компликовано описати на шта тачно. Размишљам о свему и свачему и у мом мозгу се налази бујица хаотично распоређених мисли, али то ваљда значи да је књига имала бар мало ефекта. Опет је било онога- нека ствар је неизбежна, али се у последњем тренутку све поправи на боље. Прича са временом је остала до краја, а мој мозак не прихвата чињеницу да се све оно догодило за само 3 дана. Искрено ми се радња прва два дела више свидела и очекивала сам нешто другачије. Никако нисам добила оно што сам замислила, али то је вероватно зато што нисам ЈА написала ову књигу, већ неко други ко не размишља исто као ја. Признајем, више су ми се допали деловима са Еди и са свим њеним унутрашним борбама него они са ПРАВИМ ратом, мада ми је и Џорџ био сада крајње коректан лик. Само једноставно не волим ратове, а поготово не овакве који ми делују, у најмању руку, бесмислено. Схватила сам да у писању утисака увек поменем Еди и Џорџа и да сам остале ликове помало занемарила, мада могу вам рећи да су сви они сјајни. Напросто обожавам Артиљерца, храброг и паметног човека(добро, статуу) који је спреман да се жртвује да би заштитио друге. Такође ми је јако занимљив био и гавран сећања, који је у прве две књиге био толико озлоглажен, да би сада овде играо важну улогу. ( а ви, ако желите да вас неко слуша, вежите му црвен конац око руке). Ту је још много сјајних ликова, попут Доминиканског свештеника, свих осталих статуа, великих краљева и краљица, војника, речника, часовничара и многих других. Једини онако баш негативан лик коме не нађох ниједну добру особину је свакако Шетач, али зар постоји прича без главног негативца? Једини лик о коме не могу да створим баш адекватно мишљење јесте Мала трагедија јер не могу да одредим где припада.( мада је он свакако на граници између пљунутих и уклетих) Генерално занимљива причица, можда је могла да буде за нијансу боље реализована, али је све у свему солидна. Као што рекох на почетку читања свега овога, можете да прочитате, али не морате. Апсолутно није књижевно откриће века, али држи пажњу. Савршено дело када желите да одморите од "тежих књига", мада, ако вас нервирају нелогичне ствари у књигама и све ово што сам им ја замерила( имате и претходна два утиска на профилу), најбоље је да је прескочите јер не пропуштате толико тога. Само мрвицу љубави и спознавање себе. П.С. Морам да додам још нешто везано за крај књиге- СЛУЧАЈНОСТИ НЕ ПОСТОЈЕ, колико се год оне некад нереалним чиниле.
једна занимљива нова реч- харчење- улудо р��спипати, проћердати. °Он је човек. Знаш да је као и ја, јер ма како гледала на свет, људи и само људи су они који су уистину најстрашнија чудовишта. °... Али, ма колико потиштен био, направи у свом срцу довољно места за мало наде: јер природан лет људског ума је од једне наде до друге, и управо у тим великим поскоцима највише продубљује своју човечност. ... Јунаци могу бити најразличитијих облика и величина. °Често знамо тек мрвицу онога што смо били, тек понешто од онога што јесмо, али ништа о ономе што смо могли бити. °Смрт је грозна и коначна ствар, Еди, девојчице, али да човек умре, постоје много гори начини него с љубављу у свим срцу. °Не треба бринути о смрти већ живети док се може, јер нико не добија гаранције за будућност.
Генерално ми је око четворке, боља је од првог дела, али је ту негде у рангу са другом. О замеркама, похвалама као и о односу на прва два дела можете прочити у даљем тексту.
Коначно сам сетила да завршим ову триологију( читам је ево од почетка јануара, а између другог и овог дела сам прочитала отприлике шест књига, упсс), а и мало сам је развукла због обавеза, но добро. Апсолутно нисам имала проблема са стилом овог пута, а нашла сам и неколико лепих реченица које ћу написати испод овог текста. У неким деловима је било покушаја писца да изазове емоције, што код мене баш и није упалило, али допада ми се што је убачен део са Едином мајком. Искрено сам уживала у тим деловима и журно сам обртала странице да видим шта се догодило са Су. Генерално нисам желела да јој приђем са те стране, али сам на крају закључила да ово ипак ЈЕСТЕ књига за децу. Мислила сам да ме није навела на размишљање, али јесте, само што је компликовано описати на шта тачно. Размишљам о свему и свачему и у мом мозгу се налази бујица хаотично распоређених мисли, али то ваљда значи да је књига имала бар мало ефекта. Опет је било онога- нека ствар је неизбежна, али се у последњем тренутку све поправи на боље. Прича са временом је остала до краја, а мој мозак не прихвата чињеницу да се све оно догодило за само 3 дана. Искрено ми се радња прва два дела више свидела и очекивала сам нешто другачије. Никако нисам добила оно што сам замислила, али то је вероватно зато што нисам ЈА написала ову књигу, већ неко други ко не размишља исто као ја. Признајем, више су ми се допали деловима са Еди и са свим њеним унутрашним борбама него они са ПРАВИМ ратом, мада ми је и Џорџ био сада крајње коректан лик. Само једноставно не волим ратове, а поготово не овакве који ми делују, у најмању руку, бесмислено. Схватила сам да у писању утисака увек поменем Еди и Џорџа и да сам остале ликове помало занемарила, мада могу вам рећи да су сви они сјајни. Напросто обожавам Артиљерца, храброг и паметног човека(добро, статуу) који је спреман да се жртвује да би заштитио друге. Такође ми је јако занимљив био и гавран сећања, који је у прве две књиге био толико озлоглажен, да би сада овде играо важну улогу. ( а ви, ако желите да вас неко слуша, вежите му црвен конац око руке). Ту је још много сјајних ликова, попут Доминиканског свештеника, свих осталих статуа, великих краљева и краљица, војника, речника, часовничара и многих других. Једини онако баш негативан лик коме не нађох ниједну добру особину је свакако Шетач, али зар постоји прича без главног негативца? Једини лик о коме не могу да створим баш адекватно мишљење јесте Мала трагедија јер не могу да одредим где припада.( мада је он свакако на граници између пљунутих и уклетих) Генерално занимљива причица, можда је могла да буде за нијансу боље реализована, али је све у свему солидна. Као што рекох на почетку читања свега овога, можете да прочитате, али не морате. Апсолутно није књижевно откриће века, али држи пажњу. Савршено дело када желите да одморите од "тежих књига", мада, ако вас нервирају нелогичне ствари у књигама и све ово што сам им ја замерила( имате и претходна два утиска на профилу), најбоље је да је прескочите јер не пропуштате толико тога. Само мрвицу љубави и спознавање себе. П.С. Морам да додам још нешто везано за крај књиге- СЛУЧАЈНОСТИ НЕ ПОСТОЈЕ, колико се год оне некад нереалним чиниле.
једна занимљива нова реч- харчење- улудо распипати, проћердати. °Он је човек. Знаш да је као и ја, јер ма како гледала на свет, људи и само људи су они који су уистину најстрашнија чудовишта. °... Али, ма колико потиштен био, направи у свом срцу довољно места за мало наде: јер природан лет људског ума је од једне наде до друге, и управо у тим великим поскоцима највише продубљује своју човечност. ... Јунаци могу бити најразличитијих облика и величина. °Често знамо тек мрвицу онога што смо били, тек понешто од онога што јесмо, али ништа о ономе што смо могли бити. °Смрт је грозна и коначна ствар, Еди, девојчице, али да човек умре, постоје много гори начини него с љубављу у свим срцу. °Не треба бринути о смрти већ живети док се може, јер нико не добија гаранције за будућност.
This was a brilliant finish to the series. I loved that the team were back together like in the first one and helped each other in the final battle.
I also loved that we saw more of the Gunner in this one since he escaped from the Walker in the second one. This one was a little more emotional than the other two and it really made me feel for Edie. She has been my favourite character all the way through. I also liked how we got to see more of Spout in this one as I really took to him at the end of the last one.
The ending between Edie and George was super cute and it was a nice end to the growing relationship we saw all the way through the three books.
I'm so glad I finally sat down and finished this series. Absolutely brilliant😌
Enjoyed the whole trilogy. Better one for kids than the Oversight Trilogy. In Silvertongue there is a part that reminded me of Aslan needing to be the one to remove the dragon skin off Eustace in Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I’ll let you figure out where that is. ; )
This was beautifully narrated by Jim Dale. I can't get enough of his voice. This book concluded this trilogy with a few shocking twists thrown in for good measure. My 13 year old son would love this as I'm sure any number of tweens, regardless of gender. Very glad I read this trilogy.
Reread 2025 This trilogy is SO GOOD. Why are more people not talking about this! It is definitely more of a YA than a MG, which could make it confusing, as the characters are younger at the beginning (though technically they're the same age at the end, they have matured and changed so much). The story is so rich and the characters amazingly well developed and characterized. The Gunner is seriously one of my favorite characters of all time. And SPOUT! Look, I want more in this world, but this is so perfectly wrapped up that I'm not mad this time that it's over, because more would muddy things. But I want a separate series with more of these characters. ANYWAY. One thing I noticed on this reread is the very small scattering of mild profanity. Another thing that tips it toward YA rather than MG. Something I'm usually pretty attuned to and want other people who also want to be aware of it to know. There's also quite a bit of battle violence, which isn't gratuitous, but can get mildly graphic though it's always fitting to the story and events. I want to put this in so many people's hands and just make them read it because it's so good!
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This is one of those books where I hated the ending. Not because I didn't like it, or because it didn't end the book well, or because it didn't wrap up the series brilliantly. But because I didn't want it to be over. I am furious that this is only a trilogy. I love these characters and this world so much. I cannot say enough good things about these books. I love George, I love Edie, I love the Gunner, I love Spout!!! I laughed, I cried (for reals, people) and the ending wrapped enough up while still leaving threads untied in the PERFECT way. Seriously one of the best fantasy series I've read since Harry Potter.
After reading Ironhand, I was very giddy about getting my hands on Silvertounge to see what will happen next in the Stoneheart series! Though I'm not sure why it's called Silvertounge. If anyone can give me an answer, I'll appericate it! The word was mentioned a few times in the book, but that's all. Stoneheart was about the Stoneheart, and Ironhand was about George's cool arm, but Silvertounge? I have NO idea, hahaha.
There was a lot of new characters to remember... I kinda wish that the characters we had in Stoneheart and Ironhand could have stared in those 'new character's' roles, because they were so cool in the previous books I wanted to see them more! And I'm sad that by the time I could understand the NEW characters, the series was already over, hahaha...! (NOW THE STONEHEART SERIES MUST CONTINUEEEE! SURPRISE 4TH BOOK PLZ!!) Maybe I am being nit picky or stuck up cause I'm too in love with the old ones, but I was just really hoping to see them more, as this was the last book in the series! :')
The ending was lovely! but (WE NEED A 4TH BOOK SURPRISE!!! PLEASEEEEEE! :D)
Anyway, I enjoyed this book a lot! Like Ironhand, it was exciting, adventurous, and I loved the mega awesome plot twists! It was pretty scary and dark too, and I loved EVERY moment of the intense action! I'll definitely read this book again, as it was very enjoyable. Of all the three books in the trilogy, this one probably had me laughing the most. What a blissfully nice story!~
I really liked this series, especially here in the last book where Fletcher finally did what I hoped he would: bring in lots and lots of other statues from around London. There are so many, I'm glad he didn't just stick with a small number. It added a lot of fun and depth, I thought, made me want to visit London. I am puzzled by a couple of things though:
SPOILERS AHEAD:
1. What's with the name of this book? There is no character named Silvertongue, no magical power of speech someone has, it doesn't make sense to me...unless it's somehow referring to the Sphinxes' prophecies?
2. Some people who seemed like they were supposed to be important seem to have been forgotten in the shuffle. Ex: The queen's daughters. Shack. The Clocker. What happened to the Sphinxes? I'm okay with some dangling threads, but it seemed like a few characters just got written out when they were no longer convenient or interesting. Ex: There's a big scary darkness-infested knight coming for you! Oh forget it, just wipe him out, trap the super scary darkness like it's nothing and move on. That seemed anti-climactic to me.
3. Is the stone corpse stone, or a corpse? I was never quite sure.
4. Why in the heck didn't the lions wake up? I thought there was something building there....but nope.
5. The notion of making Edie be a maker as well as a Glint seemed hurried and contrived.
I still really liked it, but thought it could have been made better by a little more closure on a few of these points, or not building up a character like Shack or the Clocker only to abandon him and forget all about him without another mention. I never understood what the Clocker's purpose was, how he got that way, is he still cursed, what happened? Oh well.
I almost gave an extra star to this book as compared to the first two of the trilogy, but upon further thought I'm not. I don't think it is actually better, but I was familiar with the characters and very anxious to know how the plot would resolve--and the book is action packed--so I read it in a few hours.
I loved the various statues and twists and turns of the story, though some might be a little forced or too convenient. The book is not quite as dark as the second book.
So overall--I recommend the series. You've got the fairly common dark demon force from other dimension thing going on--I guess it's got to either got to come from an other dimension or deep in the earth...and actually both are kind of happening--but the rest of the world is unique. The personalities, powers, motivations, and limitations of the opposing statue groups are intriguing and the human powers are interesting too. It's a little dark overall. And it's also interesting because the whole 3-books with hundreds of pages each takes place over like three days. It really does feel exhausting as you read about the characters being run ragged.
This series was odd...on the one hand, I fell in love with a lot of the characters -- especially the Gunner -- but on the other hand, I found it really hard to follow most of the time. This third book wasn't any different. While I loved the ending to the series and was satisfied with how things played out, I still had a hard time following along with the story. I'd still recommend the series, though.
This was a worthy ending to the series. It really ramped up the action and answered the questions that were left hanging from the first tow books.
If this were 1980 instead of 2010. This whole series would have been just one single book. But with worries about attention spans and keen marketing, it's now 3 for the price of 3.
I remember reading the first two books back in the late 2000's, and the third book never being brought to my country. I spent years ocassionally glancing at my bookshelf and seeing the first two, put in my row of favorites, and always wondering how the story ended.
About 15 years later, I decided I wasn't going to keep waiting and bought them, imported from across the ocean (though in my language, luckily). And boy, am I glad I did.
I admit the nostalgia factor is heavy, but I do see genuine objective merits to this trilogy. Like always, I guess, it depends on each individual's liking and what they're looking for when picking up a book, but to my taste, these books caught me, entertained me, made me think, made me learn and look things up and see maps and photos, and that's way more than fantastic to me. If I could give 4.5 instead of a round 4, I so would.
The first book is unforgetable. The second is one of the very few that, even as an adult that's read through heavier, non fiction, and academic things, made me drop responsibilities to keep reading against my will, and finish it in two days (I felt like a teenager with all the time of the world again, entrapped by a darn good book).
The third was a little rocky for me in a beginning, not sure why, but I soon picked up on the pace. I admit that I would have loved a bit of more...lively action scenes in the two most important battles, but there are still pictures that are iconic.
I liked the characters overall, although I would've loved to see more of some of them, AKA the Young and the Old Soldier, the Euston Four, maybe see . I would have loved one final little chapter, maybe, but that's not the reader's choice and that's okay.
Lastly, now that I retook these books in my late 20's, it makes me feel a little puzzled how they are labeled as "Children novels". There are some brutal pictures all over the three books. The 1st one is the least dark and least violent, and that's considering we do see George get hurt in each chapter, and that scene where a statue was trying to literally squash Edie's head while keeping her off the ground. So...not very sure I'd say it's "Children's novel", lmao, and I don't mean it as an underappreciation to children's book (we all know they have eternal literary jewels in that genre). What I mean is, I'd guess they labeled it that because the heroes are children and it's technically fantasy, but my god, where book 2 and 3 so violent, and particularly so dark.
Which I loved.
I don't know why I'd never felt any particular attraction to London before, but these books changed that and it's on my bucket list now, to visit someday. Although I might miss some of the most popular attractions, I sure won't miss Hyde Park (and have a selfie with the Gunner because man, what a guy), Blackfriars, Tower 42, and while everyone else goes to, idk, the London Eye or the Big Ben, I'll be down on my ankles watching that darn London Stone to see if I catch a little glimpse of something there.
An entertaining conclusion to the trilogy. We learn most of the remaining mysteries of our characters. Atmospheric building was probably the best aspect of this third instalment. You really do get a sense of and the high stakes the characters have found themselves in.
George's arc (and Edie's!) is interesting to read, but I have a hard time getting my head around that the entire events of the whole trilogy happen over the span of 3-4 days. I just can't readily accept the personal growth both received have happened in such a short time, especially when it is such significant growth. I think this is where the world-building has limited the author, which he did cleverly circumvent once in the 2nd book but still I think it hindered the acceptance of the extent of character growth for me.
As others might've mentioned, I don't think this book is perfect. There are editing problems in several places, not only in this one but the other two as well. The short time period makes certain conclusions hard to believe, and certain other conclusions are non-existent. However, it is an high-octane MG fantasy trilogy with a unique set-up and a very evil villain, and a story I did very much enjoy reading.
No DRAGON-O-METER because the dragon(s) are statues (also I can't be bothered).
'Demone di ghiaccio' è il terzo libro della trilogia 'Stoneheart'. Acquistato su eBay dopo lunga ricerca, mi ha deluso moltissimo. Avevo letto in giro che si trattava del più bello della trilogia, ma a me è sembrato il più caotico, e in un certo qual modo insensato, dei tre (il migliore rimane il primo). Non ho trovato alcuna novità rispetto alle storie precedenti, riscontrando al contempo troppa attenzione a lotte e scontri in cielo o in terra che possono andare bene in un film d’azione, molto meno in un romanzo.
Non ho molto da dire di nuovo rispetto ai due precedenti, proprio perché le novità quasi non esistono. Anche le statue che diventano vive risultano pedanti. Mi spiego. Nel primo le statue vengono incontrate nel corso di un cammino quasi iniziatico, qui compaiono tutte insieme e non si riesce a focalizzarle. Non hanno una reale anima. Per non parlare dell’Artigliere che ogni volta sta per morire, ma poi, senza sorpresa, riesce a sopravvivere.
Sono andata avanti nella lettura con lentezza, con la speranza di trovare qualche fiammata, ma non l’ho trovata. Anche l’unico ‘colpo di scena’ lo avevo capito nel momento stesso in cui l’autore ha deciso di presentarci i primi indizi davanti agli occhi, quindi non mi ha né stupita né sorpresa (e, tra l’altro, non mi è neanche piaciuto, perché getta ombre non di certo ammirevoli nei confronti del personaggio del padre di George, che era fino a quel momento uno dei più positivi della serie).
Quello che mi sembra è che si tratti di una saga iniziata bene, con molte potenzialità, ma che infine ha voluto gigionare e bearsi di se stessa senza arrivare al punto. Doveva raccontarci di un giovane nerd preso in giro dai compagni di scuola ma che in realtà, come ognuno di noi, racchiude una sua unicità e un suo potere che non conosce. Ma poi ci siamo perduti nella battaglia tra Destati e Marchiati e questo è andato perduto.
This trilogy has something for all fantasy lovers. The notion of Spits and Taints - two different types of statues with two very different intents. The idea of time eternal though unchanging except in the current situation. Because time is a constant "now" has a different meaning. Knowing your history and helps you understand how time fits together to make today.
If you like reading about conflict and battle, evil and cruelty, fate and chances this is something you should read. Interesting writing. I'm off to find out what else Charlie Fletcher has written. Where do your "through lines" lay?
I enjoyed the last book in Fletcher's "Stoneheart" trilogy. Questions were answered, there were a few pleasant surprises, and it remained true to the story. I did feel that in this last book the characters were running from one crisis to the next. There's nothing wrong with that per se, but it did make the book seem rushed. I wish I could have heard the conversation that George had with his mom at the end of the book, but maybe it's best left up to the imagination. All in all it was a fun series to read.
My least favorite of the trilogy, which I did enjoy. I don't know if this one was rushed or... it just seemed slightly disjointed. Maybe I got accustomed to Mr. Fletcher's writing but there just were no surprises in this one. None. I also did not enjoy the heroic figures nearly as much. Maybe I got tired of them or maybe in their transformation from children to young adults they lost some of their luster. Maybe that's the way they were written. Either way I'm glad I finished the trilogy and will give it to my 12 year-old goddaughter ASAP.
Ultimo capitolo per questa trilogia che,dopo anni,ho finalmente finito. La guerra tra i Marchiati e i Destati è ufficialamente in corso ed Edie, la scintillante, e George,il creatore, si ritroveranno a combattere la grande Oscurità che ha bloccato l'orologio della non-Londra. Ci sono anche un po' di colpi di scena che ho apprezzato e che hanno alleggerito tutto il correre di qua e di laà di tutti quanti i personaggi. Trilogia consigliata come fantasy un po' diverso.
This took me a LONG time to get through this, but I still really enjoyed it. My one issue was how serious it all was. Yes, it's really serious, and it's a big deal about the spits and taints kinda battling, but it wore on me after a while. It was still amazing, and that ending....! Really, really good. Overall, this was a perfect kinda. Well, alright, the big climax wasn't that climatic, but still, it was awesome. I'm going to remember this series. <3