LIKE A CRANE WITH NO LEGS
So I finished reading the ninth Pendragon book today. As you may or may not know, Pendragon is the best thing in the universe and you all need to read it. Or else.
Typically when the next Pendragon book is around the corner, I read every single other book in the series to refresh my memory about a month beforehand, then when I get it I sit on my bed and read for hours on end. Not this time. I just picked it up and read it at school when I felt like it. I probably shouldn't have, it sort of detracted from the experience.
Anyway, the book itself. Good stuff. VERY good stuff. Unfortunately, not as good as the rest of the series.
Maybe it's because they kept switching perspectives to Patrick and Alder instead of just between Mark/Courtney and Bobby. Maybe it's because the action wasn't as actiony. Maybe it's because Global class has infected me and I keep seeing connections between the plot and the Communist revolution. I'm not sure what about it makes it inferior, but it is.
So to avoid a page-long rant leading to various tangents, I'll just make a list.
THE GOOD:
-Writing style is still deliciously awesome as the other books
-Plot twists were totally DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING WHAT. Then again Slush couldn't predict if the sun would rise the next day.
-A few questions were FINALLY answered about the Travelers
-The scene at the end. Okay, so it made zero sense, was totally corny, and probably isn't going to be well-explained in the final book. But when Press reappeared I WANTED TO CRY SO MUCH RIGHT THERE. OH BOBBY YOU NEED SO MANY HUGS <3
THE BAD:
-BUT NOT ALL THAT MANY QUESTIONS. And then we have another hundred things we were thrown in our face without explanation.
-OH AND, MacHale suddenly decided to add a few new rules that made zero sense but were apparently already known. Let's see. Bobby did not quite understand the healing/Phoenix Down powers of the Travelers in the other books. When he meets Alder with a broken arm, he immediately says "Heal me." What?
-PATRICK SHOULD NOT HAVE DIED. Though I have to admit that was one of the other scenes that made me want to bawl. Right in the middle of Global class. Yeah.
-Some of the journals sounded unnatural. I mean, I know writing about some of the plotlines explained in the other narratives would sound redundant, but it just seemed bizarre that he put zero detail on those matters
-Naymeer. I couldn't stand him. Not just because of the "OMG HE'S A VILLAIN AND IS EVIL AND SHOULD BE HATED GRRR" factor, I love villains. But he was just a weak character that sounded like he was pulled out of the far reaches of MacHale's head
THE UGLY (meaning the capslock commentary that probably only makes sense to me):
-SAINT DANE, I LOVE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BE A UNIQUE VILLAIN BY GOING "I'M THE GOOD GUY, WHAT" BUT SERIOUSLY. NEEDS MOAR SADISM. ohgod slush is insane
-NEVVA, STOP BEING EVIL, IT'S ANNOYING
-PATRICK, STOP DYING
-ALDER, YOU'RE NOT DEAD
-SPADER, GET MORE SCREEN TIME
-GUNNY, YOU TOO, JUST NOT AS MUCH AS SPADER
-CLORAL, EXIST MORE
-AJA, GB2 THE KITCHEN AND MAKE ME GLOID
-SAINT DANE IS A COMMY SAINT DANE IS A COMMY SAINT DANE IS A COMMY SAINT DANE IS A COMMY
In other news, today in English class we were reading Act 5 of Julius Caesar. This is what transpired.
Teacher: Blah blah blah Cassius killed himself because of Titinius blah blah Titinius killed himself because of Cassius blah blah so what does this tell you about them?
Me: THEY WERE SECRET LOVERS
And lulz were had.
Oh and, I forgot to mention. I have Apollo Justice.
Typically when the next Pendragon book is around the corner, I read every single other book in the series to refresh my memory about a month beforehand, then when I get it I sit on my bed and read for hours on end. Not this time. I just picked it up and read it at school when I felt like it. I probably shouldn't have, it sort of detracted from the experience.
Anyway, the book itself. Good stuff. VERY good stuff. Unfortunately, not as good as the rest of the series.
Maybe it's because they kept switching perspectives to Patrick and Alder instead of just between Mark/Courtney and Bobby. Maybe it's because the action wasn't as actiony. Maybe it's because Global class has infected me and I keep seeing connections between the plot and the Communist revolution. I'm not sure what about it makes it inferior, but it is.
So to avoid a page-long rant leading to various tangents, I'll just make a list.
THE GOOD:
-Writing style is still deliciously awesome as the other books
-Plot twists were totally DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING WHAT. Then again Slush couldn't predict if the sun would rise the next day.
-A few questions were FINALLY answered about the Travelers
-The scene at the end. Okay, so it made zero sense, was totally corny, and probably isn't going to be well-explained in the final book. But when Press reappeared I WANTED TO CRY SO MUCH RIGHT THERE. OH BOBBY YOU NEED SO MANY HUGS <3
THE BAD:
-BUT NOT ALL THAT MANY QUESTIONS. And then we have another hundred things we were thrown in our face without explanation.
-OH AND, MacHale suddenly decided to add a few new rules that made zero sense but were apparently already known. Let's see. Bobby did not quite understand the healing/Phoenix Down powers of the Travelers in the other books. When he meets Alder with a broken arm, he immediately says "Heal me." What?
-PATRICK SHOULD NOT HAVE DIED. Though I have to admit that was one of the other scenes that made me want to bawl. Right in the middle of Global class. Yeah.
-Some of the journals sounded unnatural. I mean, I know writing about some of the plotlines explained in the other narratives would sound redundant, but it just seemed bizarre that he put zero detail on those matters
-Naymeer. I couldn't stand him. Not just because of the "OMG HE'S A VILLAIN AND IS EVIL AND SHOULD BE HATED GRRR" factor, I love villains. But he was just a weak character that sounded like he was pulled out of the far reaches of MacHale's head
THE UGLY (meaning the capslock commentary that probably only makes sense to me):
-SAINT DANE, I LOVE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BE A UNIQUE VILLAIN BY GOING "I'M THE GOOD GUY, WHAT" BUT SERIOUSLY. NEEDS MOAR SADISM. ohgod slush is insane
-NEVVA, STOP BEING EVIL, IT'S ANNOYING
-PATRICK, STOP DYING
-ALDER, YOU'RE NOT DEAD
-SPADER, GET MORE SCREEN TIME
-GUNNY, YOU TOO, JUST NOT AS MUCH AS SPADER
-CLORAL, EXIST MORE
-AJA, GB2 THE KITCHEN AND MAKE ME GLOID
-SAINT DANE IS A COMMY SAINT DANE IS A COMMY SAINT DANE IS A COMMY SAINT DANE IS A COMMY
In other news, today in English class we were reading Act 5 of Julius Caesar. This is what transpired.
Teacher: Blah blah blah Cassius killed himself because of Titinius blah blah Titinius killed himself because of Cassius blah blah so what does this tell you about them?
Me: THEY WERE SECRET LOVERS
And lulz were had.
Oh and, I forgot to mention. I have Apollo Justice.