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Children Of The Lamp #7: The Grave Robbers Of Genghis Khan (2012)

by P.B. Kerr(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0545388015 (ISBN13: 9780545388016)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Orchard Books

series

Children of the Lamp

review 1: Not a bad book, but certainly not a great one, and one that is an ending to this imaginative and fun series. First of all, what happened to Dybbuk??? The end of book 5 Dybbuk crushes the good half of himself and recovers his djinn powers. And NOTHING??? That was a big cliffhanger! NOTHING??? It made me feel like the previous books were moot. What was the point to “Eye of the Forest,” my favorite one of the series? And what about their mother? Their father? I was hoping for some kind of ending that included their family. Maybe an epilogue or something. This book felt a little tired. It felt like everyone was rather ho-hum about everything as the plot progressed. There was fun adventure, but there was a missing spark of excitement that the previous books po... moressessed. There were also very few difficulties and hardships the characters faced along the way. I am glad the kidnapping of Groanan did not go on for too long. It was just the right amount to be amusing and then even more fulfilling when he was reunited with his companions. Also, the motivations and discovery of the villain was really a let down. The villain has no role in the first 4/5 of the book, then becomes this easy to possess and stop character that holds no weight to the storyline. He found the tomb of Genghis Khan! He’s got to have some kind of intelligence. A great book is made partially by its good guy but also largely in part due to its bad guy. This book was lacking a really good and quirky villain character. I kept HOPING it would turn out that Dybbuk was pulling the chocolatier’s strings. Very disappointed in the last few chapters. Give us an ending worthy of all the other books in the series. What happened to the evil tribe of djinn? They didn’t want to try to help the villain with his quest? And to be honest, the motivation of the villain was lame. Again, this seems like a product resulting from the tiredness this book felt weighed down with. It was fun that P.B. Kerr added a bit about the development of this series at the end. I enjoyed reading the way things started for these characters. I also have fun with the educational bits Kerr adds to each book. I certainly learned a lot about volcanoes! But compared to the other books, this story was a disappointment. The adventures seemed rather easy compared to the previous obstacles the djinn have faced. It was just too easy a read and too simple an ending for these complex and smart characters.
review 2: What a dissappointing end to a usually great book series. It starts with the problem of volcanoes needing to be exterminated. That's all fine and dandy until we have to go across the world and then BACK when they realize that the problem is right where their vacation was. In other words; utterly pointless adventure. Then, they easily destroy the villian and the twins give up their powers. What the heck?! I waited years for the last book, just to find out they lost the powers??!! It was not a good ending for me.Plus, Mr. Kerr added no closure to some characters what so ever. What happened to Dybbuk, Faustina, Layla?? less

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