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The Mystery Of The Golden Card (2013)

by Garth Nix(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Allen & Unwin

series

Troubletwisters

review 1: Twins Jack and Jaide Shield are still learning to master their psychic powers when they are called upon to locate a magic object in Rourke Castle before The Evil, a force set on destroying their world, finds and controls it. The problem is, the twins do not know what the object they are looking for looks like.The twins’ grandmother, their mentor and instructor, is out of the picture. She has been hospitalized with a serious illness, and Jade and Jack may not visit her. With no one to trust their secrets with, everyone becomes a suspect and a menace to the twins’ search, even their parents.Keeping this many secrets slows the action down considerably. The protagonists do not undergo much change and secondary characters do not move the plot along significantly nor po... moreint the heroes towards revelations. While entertaining, and able to stand on its own outside the series, some children may be disturbed by the “great reveal” related to the twins’ parent(s) and what this implies about the twins’ own future.
review 2: I don't know. I mean I like the characters, the authors do a good job with them I just feel like it could be better written. What do you do with a simple as a title as the mystery? Oh boy, and it wasn't even that mysterious in my opinion. I want some more depth, also it feels like everything is dumbed down and I know it's written for kids but still I don't think things would have to be mad as obvious as the authors do in this story. I will continue to read this series in hopes of improvement. The series has promise don't get me wrong, I hope they keep writing them for sure. less

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