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Magyk (Septimus Heap, #1)
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bookshelves: childrens, kids-in-plot, magic-fantasy, audio, series-opener
Aug 20, 2020
bookshelves: childrens, kids-in-plot, magic-fantasy, audio, series-opener
Read 2 times. Last read August 18, 2020 to August 20, 2020.
Book 1 of the Septimus Heap series is cute, clever, and innocuous enough for children. It’s not brilliant. Unlike Harry Potter, this tale of adolescent wizardry really is appropriate for young kids. It didn’t interest me, whom some might describe as an adult. But it was entertaining enough to finish.
Plot twist? I guessed. Surely you guessed? But even though I already knew, I did like how the moon revealed the truth. 🌝
In my opinion, JK Rowling writes with a more active tense. Much of this narrative felt passive.
Still...a good enough read. I liked the ghost. And the dragon ship. Simon could become interestingly selfish, in future books.
The villain Dom Daniel is supreme wizard and necromancer, but cartoonish. He’s no Voldemort. But that’s better for kids, I’d say.
Plot twist? I guessed. Surely you guessed? But even though I already knew, I did like how the moon revealed the truth. 🌝
In my opinion, JK Rowling writes with a more active tense. Much of this narrative felt passive.
Still...a good enough read. I liked the ghost. And the dragon ship. Simon could become interestingly selfish, in future books.
The villain Dom Daniel is supreme wizard and necromancer, but cartoonish. He’s no Voldemort. But that’s better for kids, I’d say.
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Reading Progress
Finished Reading
August 18, 2020
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Started Reading
August 19, 2020
– Shelved
August 19, 2020
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40.0%
"So far.....Compared to the Harry Potter series, this book feels somewhat passive. Also, so far, Sage’s bad guys seem a bit silly, cartoonish, compared to young vicious Malloy, nasty Snape, evil Voldy and his death eaters."
August 20, 2020
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67.0%
"Ambush is passive. "The Hunter was pleased with the Hunt so far. He smiled his usual smile, which never reached his eyes. At last they were here at the White Witch’s hideaway, after a grueling paddle across the marsh and that wasteful encounter with some stupid marsh animal who kept getting in the way. The Hunter’s smile faded at the memory of their meeting with the Boggart. He did not approve of wasting bullets."
August 20, 2020
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Finished Reading
