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The Farfield Curse (2009)

by Kaleb Nation(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1402218575 (ISBN13: 9781402218576)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Sourcebooks Jabberwocky

series

Bran Hambric

review 1: Let me save you some time... Think of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Remember that one - The really slow, murky one. Now, imagine that the first 3/4 of the book is just Harry and the Dursleys. Now, imagine that the Dursleys aren't at all funny - Just dull and petty. And the final 1/4 of the book is just the bit where they end up at the Ministry of Magic, but make sure you leave out any bits that actually stop and explain anything. Got that? Now, give the text to a year 7 creative writing class, and tell them to embellish it. Getting better, eh? Last but not least, dictate the final text to a year 4 class, and get them to type it out for you, and publish without any editing.Truly awful, but funny in a funny-for-all-the-wrong-reasons... more way.
review 2: I chose The Fairfield Curse after reading this on the back cover..."What if your mother was a criminal? What if her crime was magic? What if magic ran in the family?" I was really intrigued by the idea that magic could be a crime. Why would a mother become a criminal? How would this affect Bran? Add in that Bran now lives in a city where magic has been outlawed, so yeah so many questions that I wanted answered. I knew there would be some mystery to solve and hoped to find a new and different take on magic. I didn't anticipate that the mystery would take up such a large part of the story or that the actual reasons behind the curse wouldn't unfold until over half the book was finished. I also would have liked more about Bran's magical skills rather then have them be revealed inside books of magic or Missives of Magic that he finds inside a hidden library. Because, there are some really cool sounding magical abilities Netora the Physical, Comsar the Mental, Archon the Elemental, Illian the Illusional and Drimra the Mortal that I would have liked to explore more. Overall, The Fairfield Curse has plenty of action and a mystery to solve, the recommended age range for the book is 9-12. Others have made comparisons to Harry Potter, while I see the similarities there are still enough differences to make for an interesting read. less

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