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Infinity Ring Book 3: The Trap Door (2013)

by Lisa McMann(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Scholastic Inc.

series

Infinity Ring

review 1: The third book in the Infinity Ring series, and it finds the kids in the United States in 1850. Unfortunately for Riq, he is taken and sold as a slave, leaving Dak and Sera to try and save him, all while trying to discover how to fix the break.Intriguing to think of how things would have been different if Lincoln hadn't been elected. Another interesting look into history and fun adventure.
review 2: This one is the worst yet in the series. The jokes and dialogue are goofy and ridiculous and the 'secret clues' are just so bad. I am officially giving up on this series.The topic of slavery is so somber and important, yet is so trite here. There is hardly anything realistic about it. The writing in this one felt boring and formulaic; the characters like cardbo... moreard--like a journaling assignment gone on for too long. This is a mixed media book. I wonder how successful they are. Kids in my class don't seem to be rushing for the books, even though they have the element of a video game tied to it. I've never played the online game. Please, to those of you who have, has this made the reading experience better? I wouldn't play the game but I would like to know if this is the reason why the books seem to be lacking in something. Does it enhance the story?Dak, Serah and Riq land right in the middle of slavery in the south in this installment. That's a problem since Riq is black, and (according to a past cover) Serah appears to be biracial. I am guessing at some of the problems since the author didn't really spell anything out. Riq takes off on his own. For this first time he becomes something like a real character, but very stereotypical. Paradoxically, Dak and Serah seemed like stock characters, losing their personalities and becoming more artificial as the pages went on. My one favorite character (and the one who I thought might just save the whole series), the Viking giant dog, didn't make much of an appearance. The story desperately needed him! less

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