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Der Alchemist Von London (2009)

by Jeanette Winterson(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

3827054079 (ISBN13: 9783827054074)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Bloomsbury Kinderbücher & Jugendbücher

review 1: I always like to enjoy reading a children's or YA novel from time to time and this was a good choice.Perhaps not quite as enjoyable as it's predecessor, Tanglewreck, but it is a worthy read. I found the first half of the book stronger than the second but any fans of young adult fantasy or anyone who absolutely loves the mind of Jeanette Winterson will enjoy the whole journey.
review 2: On Jack Snap`s twelfth birthday, he gets kidnapped. When he comes to, he finds that he has been kidnapped by the Magrus, his goal is to transform the city of London into the city of gold, yes everything will turn into gold. Soon he will take over the world too, but that comes later. But he needs Jack in order to fulfill his goal. Jack, who is strong willed and has his heart in t... morehe right direction, tries to fight it. Will Jack succeed and save his new friends, who were previously captured, along with the city of London? And who is this strange girl with even stranger clothing? Will she help Jack?I needed books to read and I haven't been to the public library in forever so I went. The title of the book attracted my attention, and the cover made me decide to take it out. I didn't even read the summary, I was in a rush and needed to be somewhere else so I quickly borrowed it and another book. When I had the time, I settled down and read the summary then went on to read the book.This book didn't take me long to read, especially when you have nothing else to do for 10 hours. The book was also interesting and funny at parts.I recommend this book to anyone, because this book has adventure, mystery, action, magic, and a touch of romance. Of course there are others, but those are just some, plus everyone has to like at least one of the genres I listed. So that being said, I think anyone would enjoy this book.One thing that someone has to keep in mind is the wording. The wording in this book is not the best and sometimes confusing. But it is something new, as long as you can deal with the weird wording.This book is cliche in the aspect of the 'hero' character also known as the main character, Jack. He is what every typical cliche hero is, strong willed, too nice, heart in the right place, and lots of other attributes.That being said, I really like all of the characters and how they play their own roles. They are each unique, but the author does ignore some of the characters, like Roderick who was mentioned about 3 times in the book. Some of my favourite characters were the dragon, who was a very intruging character that liked to talk in riddles. Maybe it's because I like dragons but, I liked him nethertheless. The other character I liked was Silver, the Golden Maiden, she wasn't the damsel in distress and was quite useful, I liked that. Also, she reminded me of Kagome from Inuyasha because she came from the 21st century to the year 1601. I also liked William, he has a lot of potential and I would have liked it if he was mentioned more often. I mean, he is the disowned son of the Magrus, the villian of the story!There are reasons I am giving this a 2 star. Although I like the plot and everything, there were thigns that I didn't really like. The battle scenes, or lack of, for example, really bothered me. Twice, an epic battle was going to take place but it was written in a sloppy manner, they ended way too quickly and I didn't understand what had happened. The second reason is because of the romance. The romance had potential, especially when the aythor doesn't have to worry about it being cliche since it already happened, but nothing happened! The only reason why this isn't a 1 star is because the last battle was a legit battle and there was a bit of romance at the VERY end of the book. less

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