|
|
| |
Book ReviewsFirewing (Thorndike Press Large Print Juvenile Series) |
|
|
Book: Firewing (Thorndike Press Large Print Juvenile Series)
Written by: Kenneth Oppel |
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5
|
|
work on ending
Rating:
4 / 5
I think it was great except for the ending. In next book make shade come to life please.
Sadly Disappointing
Rating:
3 / 5
Lots of reviews on this page give it one star, or five stars. I don't blame them, but I think you should have a realistic approach to this book. It's not awful, or SUPERB, but somewhere between good and disappointing. I finished reading Silverwing, and the sequel that was better than the original, Sunwing. Both books were fantastic, with plenty of emotional moments, great, realistic characters, and an intrigueing plot with a sense of mystery stirred in. So when Firewing came out, I dashed out to the bookstore to buy it, thinking it would be as fantastic as the others. I never expected Kenneth Oppel to let me down. The other two books I gave rating of 4 stars for Silverwing, and 5 stars for Sunwing, but this book is sadly disappointing. The characters are annoying - Luna seems more like an apparition (a ghost that has no feelings) than a person, Shade is shown way too little, Marina (my favourite character) almost disappears completely from the story, when she was actively included in Silverwing and Sunwing, just because she is a female and Shade thinks of her as 'weak' - HELLO? She helped save Shade's guts in Silverwing, and helped in greatly in saving so many lives in Sunwing! Just as bad; Griffin is forgiven with no punishment for accidentally killing a friend, and the worst part of all is not when Shade, our hero, DIES, but when Oppel brings Goth back to life! If you ask me, Shade should be the hero, NOT GRIFFIN, BECAUSE SHADE SAVED THEM ALL (AGAIN) and Oppel probably just brought that annoying cannibal back to life so that Griffin would have someone to battle in a possible sequel. I have to give this book three stars because the book does teach some lessons, such as not all cannibals being bad - it's only their nature to have to eat other varieties of bat, doing foolish things is not bravery, and being willing to sacrifice for one another. The plot could have been better, with more emotion involved in it and in the characters - all the bats do is ram into brand new characters at each turn. As for Zotz, the scene where he challenges the fact Shade had to let the bats back at the temple die (Shade justifies his actions by saying he had no choice - those bats wanted to create eternal darkness) is pretty impressive, but not much more. If you want a great book, read Silverwing or Sunwing, or the great new Kenneth opel novel, Airborn, which won the 2004 Governor General's Award, but Firewing will be a bitter disappointment. I mean - I can handle Shade dying - that is a case that is true to life; not everyone makes it out alive in the end; sometimes even the hero dies. But as for Goth coming back to life - why can't the wicked ones who are dead stay dead?
Come on!
Rating:
1 / 5
This was one of the worst books I've ever read, and was incredibly disappointing coming from an author that wrote "Silverwing" and "Sunwing", which I loved. The entire story was confusing and hard to follow, and the "ending" did not tie up well at all, especially since this is supposed to end the trilogy. I would suggest skipping this one, and sticking with the satisfactory end to Sunwing, which I thought, on the whole, was much better.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|