Book #10: Enna Burning, Shannon Hale
Feb. 22nd, 2010 10:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grav_ityGirl power, magic, Epic fantasy, battle magic.
One of the things I really enjoyed about this book was the danger magic held. We have two girls, both of whom are being slowly driven insane by their powers. And they can't ignore them, because they need them in a desperate war, and they can't turn them off, because they don't know how.
I was thrown off a little bit by this story at the beginning, because I didn't realize it was the sequel to a book I'd already read when I was in Korea ("The Goose Girl"). I'd forgotten nearly everything about it, but memories came back to me as I ploughed through, and I remembered how awesome Isi was. This extended nicely to Enna.
The other odd thing about this book was that it wasn't really about the war. But we spent a really long time on the way. So when all of a sudden it was over, and I still had an entire part to go, I was confused. And then I realized that of course the story was about Enna and Isi. But we took a really long detour to get there, and I found that distracting.
I am not in a huge hurry to read the next book (a bit because it's about a boy and a bit because I didn't find this one all that engaging), but it was still solid and well put together. Definitely the sort of book you'd want your 10 year old to read.
Also, there was a map! So I am going to give it a 7 out of 10.
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ETA: HEE! Our Brian Williams is hugging your Brian Williams!
(Note to Americans: When I speak of Brian Williams, I am not speaking of the one you think I am speaking about.)
One of the things I really enjoyed about this book was the danger magic held. We have two girls, both of whom are being slowly driven insane by their powers. And they can't ignore them, because they need them in a desperate war, and they can't turn them off, because they don't know how.
I was thrown off a little bit by this story at the beginning, because I didn't realize it was the sequel to a book I'd already read when I was in Korea ("The Goose Girl"). I'd forgotten nearly everything about it, but memories came back to me as I ploughed through, and I remembered how awesome Isi was. This extended nicely to Enna.
The other odd thing about this book was that it wasn't really about the war. But we spent a really long time on the way. So when all of a sudden it was over, and I still had an entire part to go, I was confused. And then I realized that of course the story was about Enna and Isi. But we took a really long detour to get there, and I found that distracting.
I am not in a huge hurry to read the next book (a bit because it's about a boy and a bit because I didn't find this one all that engaging), but it was still solid and well put together. Definitely the sort of book you'd want your 10 year old to read.
Also, there was a map! So I am going to give it a 7 out of 10.
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ETA: HEE! Our Brian Williams is hugging your Brian Williams!
(Note to Americans: When I speak of Brian Williams, I am not speaking of the one you think I am speaking about.)
