Status
Available
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PB Las
Collection
Publication
Scholastic (2005), Edition: 5.2.2005, 222 pages
Description
Fantasy. Juvenile Fiction. HTML: Beneath a shadowed moon in a cloud-streaked sky, the sacred orb splits and a hatchling is born. It is Nyroc, son of Kludd, fallen leader of the Pure Ones, and his evil mate, Nyra. Born from evil, trained to evil, Nyroc is destined to fulfill his fatherâ??s terrible plan: the oppression of all owldom under the vicious talons of the Pure Ones. But doubt grows in Nyrocâ??s heart, fed by strange, forbidden legends of a great tree far away where noble owls live in peace. And a light dawns in Nyrocâ??s gizzard, nourished by friendship. A day is nearing when Nyroc must choose to fulfill his destiny or to defy it. It will be a day of blood and ter
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
222 p.; 5.28 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member TnTexas
This rating is actually a compromise. I read the book with my kids and they loved it. I, on the other hand, wasn't that impressed with it and thought it was only ok so instead of giving it the 2 stars I think it deserves, I'm giving it 3.
Why do I think it deserves only 2? Some of it could easily be
I honestly think the series would have been better served if the last book had ended the original series (Soren's story) and this one had been reworked to mark the beginning of a related but different series (Nyroc's story).
Why do I think it deserves only 2? Some of it could easily be
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simple burnout. I don't enjoy stories that go on and on and on with no ending in sight, and I honestly think most stories - even epic ones - can be told (and told well) in 3 or 4 books. More than that and I think most writers tend to get sloppy with their writing and just wander in circles for awhile in order to simply fill space. Ms Laskey is no exception. There was a lot of repetition in this book - and I'm not talking about repeating things from earlier books. I'm talking about repeating things over and over again in this story to (apparently) fill up space. Add to that the fact that some of the plot choices just didn't make sense, ([I mean Nyroc escapes? Really? Given his weakened condition and his mother's determination to keep him in the fold? Really? And basically throwing Outilissa into the mix there at the end? Very jarring from a narrative point of view.) and you have a book that just didn't impress me. It was ok, but nothing really outstanding. I honestly think the series would have been better served if the last book had ended the original series (Soren's story) and this one had been reworked to mark the beginning of a related but different series (Nyroc's story).
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Pages
222