i thought it was AWESOME!!!!

Ngebuuuuut bacanya. Seri ini bener2 membuatku tertarik... Mitos2 yg muncul namanya bbrp sama dgn yg muncul di Percy Jackson, namun kuakui ak lebih menikmati buku ini. Lanjut the sorceress....

My Recommendation: Same as for The Alchemyst, if you’re reading them for the first time I’m sure you will LOVE them! The myths and legends Scott brings to life throughout the series are so well crafted and have such great personalities they stay with you. The only downside of the series, and this is coming from a re-read perspective, is that it’s hard to ignore what you know at the end. It was really hard not to let what I know about the end of the series affect my re-read of the series. For a lot of the time I was able to ignore it, but it was always there.

My Response: Picking up immediately after the events of The Alchemyst, the second book in the series is just as action packed and full as the first!

The Magician again takes place over a period of days and this time moves us from San Francisco, California to Paris, France. The same cast of characters is here and this book introduces two of my favorites, Niccolò Machiavelli and Joan of Arc, and gives further insight into the strongest female character in the series, Perenelle Flamel.

As I re-read it, I was glad that some of my hesitancy about re-reading the series started to fade. I'm not sure if it's because the story was becoming more and more intense, or that I was spending more time with some of my favorite characters, but I was glad my reservations at least took a bit of a back seat to the book. (It also could've been that I devoured this book.)

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I liked this one a lot better than the first. The story picked up right where the last one left off and now that we have a lot of the introductions out of the way the pace picked up a lot. I am intrigued by the new characters we were introduced to in this book and am looking forward to what happens next.

A great, fast-paced continuation of the Nicholas Flamel series that lives up to its predecessor.

The Magician was just as enjoyable for me as the first book in the series. It's not often that I find a series that I am willing to dedicate myself to, but The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel has my complete attention.

The Magician, like its predecessor, is probably more 3.5 stars for me than 4 stars, but unable to give half stars I rounded the total up because The Magician is a caliber above my 3 star rated books. I look forward to seeing where the series goes.

This book was better than number one, they spent some more time safe in one place. But it’s still really dramatic and silly for them to be constantly followed by evil people and somehow escape every time.

Re-read: The book was so action packed. I'm here for it. However, Josh was extra extra annoying.

First Review: I think the story keeps getting better and better. Joan! Who would have thought. I love how all these immortal characters are ones that we know.

review in progress. 3.4 stars. But like...where are their personalities?

PT: books in a series, books that have been on my TBR for too long, YA lit

WIL
1) the separation of siblings AKA the despair of growing up.

2) Paris!

3) Flamel as neutral good.


WIDL
1) Literally what is happening

2) Mary Sue but for like...everyone.

3) "just how far apart can I make the most significant plot points" - Michael Scott, throughout this entire series. I understand the separation of plot points, I really do. Scott's trying to fill a whole series. But my goodness, Josh only got awakened at the END of this. That's a LOT happening between Sophie and Josh's awakenings. Yes that does contribute to the sense of separation I guess, but it felt MAD drawn out.


Neutral ground:
1) Niccolo Machiavelli????????