fredicia's review against another edition
4.0
FINISHED!!!
So, as I've mentioned before, I got this book through Goodreads giveaways. Thanks Candlewick.
Archon was surprisingly engaging, considering it was for 10 year olds. It's not YA, but more for the middle school audience. I finished it really quickly (around 2 hours), and I was mesmerized by the world Krumwiede presented. I'm considering reading the next and first one.
I loved how Taemon and Amma were headstrong and moralistic. They had a strong sense of right and wrong and relied on each other. The had an enormous task set out in front of them, and they didn't waver in reaching their goal.
I felt that the plot made perfect sense. There was one twist with Taemon's father, but I felt that everything else flowed in the natural order of things. It might have been predictable, but anything else would feel odd.
It's 4 stars because it was good, but not "OMG IT WAS AWESOME READ IT READ IT READ IT." It didn't blow me away. And I'm not going to re-read it over and over.
I enjoyed this book even though I hadn't read the first. The concepts weren't difficult to understand, and I think any sci-fi reader would like this book.
So, as I've mentioned before, I got this book through Goodreads giveaways. Thanks Candlewick.
Archon was surprisingly engaging, considering it was for 10 year olds. It's not YA, but more for the middle school audience. I finished it really quickly (around 2 hours), and I was mesmerized by the world Krumwiede presented. I'm considering reading the next and first one.
I loved how Taemon and Amma were headstrong and moralistic. They had a strong sense of right and wrong and relied on each other. The had an enormous task set out in front of them, and they didn't waver in reaching their goal.
I felt that the plot made perfect sense. There was one twist with Taemon's father, but I felt that everything else flowed in the natural order of things. It might have been predictable, but anything else would feel odd.
It's 4 stars because it was good, but not "OMG IT WAS AWESOME READ IT READ IT READ IT." It didn't blow me away. And I'm not going to re-read it over and over.
I enjoyed this book even though I hadn't read the first. The concepts weren't difficult to understand, and I think any sci-fi reader would like this book.
skundrik87's review against another edition
4.0
https://librarianonthelake.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/psi-chronicles-by-lana-krumwiede/
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