Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | The Iron King |
| author | Julie Kagawa |
| ISBN-10 | 0-778-30434-5 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-778-30434-0 |
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| date | 2016-May-05 |
Meghan Chase is a sixteen year old girl, living with her mother, stepfather and brother. An ordinary girl, she thinks of herself. Her father, whom she loved, disappeared out of the blue when she was much younger. And her little brother sometimes is afraid of the creatures coming out of the closet in his room. Well, small children do have a strong fantasy, don't they?
Meghan, however, is about to find out she is not an ordinary girl at all. Plus, one of her friends is a very well known feary. Before long, Meghan is deeply involved in matters concerning the lands of the fey, the Nevernever.
This is a very good book written from the view of Meghan. It brings to life a great many mystical creatures in a capturing story which is the beginning of a whole series. In some places Julie Kagawa successfully mixes in some criticism about our modern way of life and how we treat our environment. Having this criticism weaved in more evenly throughout would have been better; I was not quite sure whether it was planned to be part of the book from the beginning or more of an afterthought edited in later.
Hopefully Julie Kagawa can keep up the good and interesting flow of the story in the following books of the series. This first one definitely is worthwhile to read.
