The Last Apprentice (Book 6)

The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney was an interesting read that brought out the sci-fi lover in me.


The main theme of this book is learning who to listen to most, your master or the ones that care most about you.


The style of Delaney is very interesting. The Last Apprentice is set in the past so some of the words used are old but are very easy to understand. This, to me, makes Delaney seem to be a great author. Delaney does not do a tremendous job of describing the characters and places in the book but the lack of excellent descriptions takes nothing away from the book.


The characters in The Last Apprentice are interesting. Most have odd things about them that make them very individual and special. For example, one character is part witch and another is a spook or defeater of the dark. The characters added to the book's excellence.


Delaney does an okay job of describing the characters in The Last Apprentice, but this book is the 6th in the series, therefore most of the characters have already been described in earlier books. However, the new characters are excellently described. The characters also add to the excellence of the book.


Tom's mother left to return to her homeland, Greece, to help keep things under-control. Now, she has returned and needs Tom's help in her quest to defeat the Fiend, the antagonist of the series. However, if Tom chooses to help his mother his master will never allow Tom to return to him as his apprentice. Tom, is now faced with a decision that could affect the outcome of his constant struggle with the dark.


The Last Apprentice is like many science fiction novels because the book has many super natural and fictional beings. This book does not relate to me on a personal level because I have never really had to deal with some of the problems Tom faces.



I would recommend The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney to any hard core science fiction lover or any one open to a new experience.






This book contains 395 pages.

Catching Fire (Hunger Games Book 2)

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins was a real page turner that grabbed hold of me and never let go. With the book's story of action, love, betrayel, and rebellion putting Catching Fire down was nearly impossible.

Catching Fire appears to have no main theme. The book is mainly a story of the adventures of Katniss Everdeen. However, there are several minor themes, such as, all actions have a consequence.

Suzanne Collins has a great style when writing novels. Catching Fire is very well written. All the characters and places are descriped thouroughly and very well. Suzanne Collins does not a very unique style as the book is very similarly written to other books written for young adults. However, her style is done much better than most of the authors with a style similar to Collins.

After reading Catching Fire, I really believe that Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch, and all the other characters are real. All the characters have real problems that some people face today. There is nothing really super natural about the characters, making them very possible. The characters add to the excellence to the book as they add a lot to Catching Fire.

The world of Catching Fire is very different from the world we live in today. The United States is divided into to districts and the democracy has been replaced by a dictatorship. Many people are starving and each district must give up two children to fight to death every year. Suzanne Collins does an excellent job of describing the settings of Catching Fire. The entire United States is described but with little detail. I can close my eyes and really see the places that Katniss and Peeta live in.

Katniss Everdeen has just won the Hunger Games, an annual event where two teens from each district must fight to the death. Most people would be overjoyed, but Katniss and her fellow tribute, Peeta Mellark, defied the Capital and both won the Hunger Games. This causes unease throughout the districts. Katniss is about to leave on her victory tour when the President arrives at her house. He meets with her privately and reveals the true state of the Capital and threatens to kill her family if she does not comply. This event throws Katniss into a whirlwind that tosses her world upside down...again!

Catching Fire's plot is like no other book I have read. Collins does a great job of making the plot extremely unique. The style is similar to most authors that write young-adult novels but her unique plot makes up for this.

I would recommend Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins to any young-adult or adult reader.



This book contains 391 pages.

The Time Machine Review

Is time travel possible? If possible, will time travel be good for mankind? No one knows the answers to these questions, but H.G. Wells explores the possibilities in his book The Time Machine.

 The Time Machine shows to be careful what you wish for because you might not like the result.

 H.G. Wells wrote The Time Machine in 1894, therefore the style of the book is quite different. The words used are sometimes archaic and hard to comprehend. This makes the book harder to understand at first. However, after reading for a while the strange dialect is easier to decipher. Wells does an excellent job of describing the places in the book, not so much the characters as most had no formal names. The style of Wells is unique, but mostly because the book is so old.

 The characters in The Time Machine are interesting. Most of the characters have no formal names simply the Professor, the Psychologist, the Time Traveler, or etc. This makes the characters seem very unreal. Not one of the unnamed characters, except the Time Traveler, play a huge role in the story, making the inconvenience bearable. The book would have been just as good without the particular characters as they did nothing to enhance my experience of reading The Time Machine.

 The settings of The Time Machine are very descriptive. I really felt like I was in the places. The book takes place in 1894 London, London 802,701, and London 30 million years after 1894. These places are all well described except for London in 1894. I really felt like I was experiencing what the Time Traveler was experiencing. The vivid descriptions of the settings really made the book for me.

 The Time Traveler is an inventor in London, England. He is obsessed with the thought of time travel. He explains his ideas and shows a replica time machine to his weekly dinner guests. Theses guests leave more than skeptical of the Time Travelers “Time Machine”. The next week, the Time Traveler holds a dinner to show his invention off. However, upon arrival the guest find no sign of the Time Traveler. They continue dinner without him, until he appears and begins to recount a remarkable tale of his recent adventure through time.

 The Time Machine is very much a science fiction novel. The book is similar to several science fiction books I have read, but none as old. This book does not connect to me at all, mostly because it is very old and covers an idea that is not yet possible.

 I would recommend The Time Machine by H.G. Wells to a classical book lover or a person who reads science fiction. However, I would advise children and non-intellectual adults to stay away from this book as they may find the book hard to understand is some places because of the dialect of English used.

 

 

 This book contains 83 pages.