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Theodosia And The Last Pharaoh (2011)

by R.L. LaFevers(Favorite Author)

4.27 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0547390181 (ISBN13: 9780547390185)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

series

Theodosia Throckmorton

review 1: My favorite book in the series. If another book is never released, I think this is a satisfactory ending. Many things come to a conclusion, wrapped and tied up nicely, but there is enough left to let your imagination wander and ponder what could be the next adventure in Theodosia's life.This book and the previous one really felt like the young adult books they all ought to be. The plots were tighter, more intriguing and captivating. The characters seemed deeper. It was great to watch them grow and develop, and I loved learning secrets about the Throckmorton family right along with Theodosia. She also learned a great deal about herself, and her journey of self-discovery and and self-acceptance was very well done. There is fun and mystery in the magic of this series. I admit... more, I don't know much about Egyptian mythology, so where LaFevers stayed true, where she took artistic license and where she totally screwed around I could not tell you. Someone more familiar with Egypt might have complaints and not find it so enjoyable.Although it is a much smaller part of the story, I liked the way LaFevers treated the conflict of Egyptians and the other nations that have occupied the area and taken away artifacts and such. (Again, I don't know a lot about this time period, so I don't know how much is true to fact.) In a lot of historical fiction, authors run into the trap of having their heroes hold present-day beliefs and ideologies that go far against the popular thought of the time period their story is set in. I understand that hindsight is often 20/20 in recognizing the errors committed by our ancestors, and we want our good characters to be likable. Here, there are little comments made, little actions, enough to show that Theo may begin to question what is right and wrong and have sympathy for the Egyptians, but it is not so radical that it is unbelievable.All in all, a good series. I wish the first two books were more on this maturity level but they were still fun to read.
review 2: All right, I admit freely that in the end, I did like this book. But I got a little worried sometime in the middle. I can lavish praise upon the character of Theodosia all day long. I love her. I've probably read the Serpents of Chaos twenty times. But when I read this book, I was put off by three things: 1) Some of my favorite characters whom I love dearly are missing. i.e. Will, Henry, Fagenbush etc. 2) Some of the stuff that happens doesn't exactly make me desperate to find out more. I just wasn't as interested in what happens to Theo as I usually am. And finally, 3) While the other books have a tendency to be clever and funny and pure Theo through and through, most of this book lost that and I felt like I was just reading a report of events in the correct order.I know the author is losing steam because this is the fourth book in the series. I know that she needed new characters to help juice up the story. I know these things, but I still was worried that I would end up disliking the book while I was reading it. I shouldn't have to feel that way. I'm the reader. I'm just supposed to buckle up and sit back to enjoy the ride.However, that being said, in the end, it was alright, and I liked it more than I thought I would. less

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