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Andre
is on page 191
The Gamle is suddenly there? Ok, I have to say one thing: my book was so cheap because it is a "books of poor quality", meaning during the translation or printing there have been mistakes that lower the value. Which could explain some odd word choices.
But anyway, the fighting is going on and after C. Clare, ist nice to see some actual fights where you see that good ideas do not necessarily lead to the best results.
— Apr 17, 2014 10:51AM
But anyway, the fighting is going on and after C. Clare, ist nice to see some actual fights where you see that good ideas do not necessarily lead to the best results.
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Andre
is on page 180
That the Kretters are suddenly there to besiege the cliff-castle is a tad too convienent and forced to seem thought through. After all apparently they went through the 10 days storm just for the rumoured gold and to kill Karain because they think he is a demon. Sure the writing is good and we see a darker side of the cliff-people's leader (he straight murdered the Kretter's amnassador) but still...
— Apr 17, 2014 09:42AM
Andre
is on page 162
Ok, the colorism isn't that strong, Kirgits mother is dark-haired and the "birdmain" before Karain named Uul was from Tuur and maybe his feathers were white and Karain's black for aesthetic reasons.
And after reading CC it is nice to read something where the images in your head become alive while reading it without them being practically torn apart and replaced with totally unfitting ones all the time.
— Apr 16, 2014 11:45AM
And after reading CC it is nice to read something where the images in your head become alive while reading it without them being practically torn apart and replaced with totally unfitting ones all the time.
Andre
is on page 146
I wouldn't say this book is perfect (e.g. right now there was a reference to a story the reader could not possibly know about and with the people welcoming Karain so far all being blond suggests that the colorism I suspected is there) but for its target demographic (early teens) I would say its at the very least an ok book to read. It's certainly done with more care than many "bestsellers" of recent years.
— Apr 16, 2014 08:39AM
Andre
is on page 115
Well Karain's transformation was a tad too quick for my taste and you have to ask yourself how even several ravens could lift a 14 year old boy, but I doubt that a reader of similar age, who are the target demographic in my mind, would notice.
— Apr 15, 2014 07:51AM
Andre
is on page 98
I think its safe to say that the Kretters are based on Arab muslims with their clothes and customs. Not sure what the Tuurers are based on, their "horses" are apparently camels... maybe they are based on beduines or tuaregs.
— Apr 14, 2014 08:14AM
Andre
is on page 72
Since I read this a second time I have spotted a plothole: the narrator is obviously the older version of the protagonist. So how, does he know certain things? His parents did not tell him what happened in Krugant or what they talked about and there is no mentioning of him hearing anything, so how does he know that?
— Apr 03, 2014 11:24AM
Andre
is on page 49
Even though the writing is pretty simple, it is clearly a book for people in their early teens, it is nice to see some acknowledged multifaceted characters, e.g. the spirit Bule had an idea to simply cross the sea by boat, which the others dreaded to (wood-spirit thing), and while he dreaded it himself he couldn't deny himself to be smarter and braver than Beele and Veele. (I had to convert the names to english)
— Mar 23, 2014 02:22AM
Andre
is on page 48
While the stakes have become clear now with the introduction of the woodland spirits it is often pretty funny. Trollhunters are these at most 30 cm high spirits, that one spirit knows cold weather is coming based on how his nose hair tickles and I imagine how two of their names would be translated in English. :D
— Mar 22, 2014 12:49PM
Andre
is on page 28
I guess back then I didn't notice the foreshadowing in this book.
The father convinced the town militia that he had killed the demon hiding in his son while actually hiding his son Karain. Oh right, I think I never mentioned: Karain is 13 years old, has a cleft lip, only 3 clawed fingers on each hand and has a face covered with black hair. Strangely some bullies called him featherface. Maybe a translation error...
— Mar 22, 2014 07:37AM
The father convinced the town militia that he had killed the demon hiding in his son while actually hiding his son Karain. Oh right, I think I never mentioned: Karain is 13 years old, has a cleft lip, only 3 clawed fingers on each hand and has a face covered with black hair. Strangely some bullies called him featherface. Maybe a translation error...
Andre
is on page 17
Interesting. Some parts of the stories I recognized from reading it back then but the foreshadowing with the raven I forgot.
Also I asked a coworker and apparently this here is good prose and I am not just starved from reading all these C. Clare books. A simile like "the voices travelled from one hut to the next like birds" actually makes sense.
— Mar 21, 2014 11:13AM
Also I asked a coworker and apparently this here is good prose and I am not just starved from reading all these C. Clare books. A simile like "the voices travelled from one hut to the next like birds" actually makes sense.
