Obtain Castle (The Seventh Tower, #2) Scripted By Garth Nix Version

داستان به اندازه كتاب اول سريع نبود اما باز هم جالب بود مثل پلي بود كه بخواد كتاب يك و سه رو به هم وصل كنه و كارش رو هم خوب انجام داد نسبتا In a world of ice and fury where only the Castle radiates light, Tal, a Chosen who has been banished from the Castle, and Milla, an Icecarl warrior on a quest to bring a sunstone to her people, band together to find what they seek.
Even better than the first! Loved how the story and relationships progressed This is a story that takes me back to my youth.
I remember when I had dreams after reading book six, feeling like I was in the world.
Garth Nix builds a very captivating world, and I finished reading this series for the second or third time right after I graduated from university with a BA.
In this world, there are two groups of humans, One group lives in a castle and there is a heirarchy of lower class citizens who don't have mastery over light and higher ranked people who have magical stones that allow them to wield different colors of light, and there is another group of humans that live out on the ice.
Another decent novel from Garth Nix, The adventures of Tal and Mills continue as they attempt to find their way back to Tals Castle home.
The world building continues to be excellent, Loved the contrast of the world of the Icecarls to how the Castle functions, I'm excited to keep seeing the world develop in the next books! CASTLE brings our protagonists, the privileged Chosen boy Tal and the disciplined Icecarl think Norse warriors girl Milla, back from their adventures in the frozen wastelands of the Dark World into the Light and Shadow society of the Castle.
Because the first book adequately introduced us to both of these polaropposite worlds, we as readers were given the chance to sit back, relax, and enjoy a little character development in the totallycharming backandforth between Tal and Milla.
These characters are from two completely different walks of life, and it's wonderful to watch them begin to trust and understand one another.


To be honest, not much happens in this book, besides its merciful ending of the "listoftasks" plot "First we must do this, then we must do this, then we must do this, just like any good fairy tale or video game ever!".
I see this series as one large novel broken up into"episodes," although the begin/middle/end story arc of each book is there if you look closely.


One interesting note is on slavery: This theme totally went over my head when I read these as a kid, but now, it's pretty glaringly obvious.
Nix is presenting slavery or "thralls," not "slaves," as his characters call them and prejudice and forces his young protagonists to face these moral dilemmas.
Which is awesome.

Well, now that we've learned about two worldsthe Chosen living in their Castle, and the Icecarls sailing the Iceit's time to move on to book three and learn about a third world: Aenir, the spirit realm, which seems to resemble Narnia a bit, with its entire forests of walking trees and humanshaped clouds walking around as "Storm Shepherds".
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Bring it on, o niečo lepšie než prvá časť :

Takže hodnotenie asi,Short and quick review from memory before I reread and rereview at a later date:

No memory of this book or the series, but maybe some snippets.
Definite reread and read of the rest of the series as a whole, Builds on the strengths of the last book, this time with Milla as the fish out of water as she and Tal return to the castle.
The slow development of them coming to respect each other is nicely done, especially as it comes to a potential crisis of trust right at the end.
This is pretty much exactly what I wanted from Keys to the Kingdom when Suzy Blue was introduced, a tomboyish deuteragonist.
The fact that Tal isn't nearly as nebbish as the kids from Shade's Children or Ragwitch helps a lot he even manages to get himself out of a tight spot.
The scene with Milla in the nightmare chamber and the man with part of his body replaced by his spiritshadow was excellent.
The conspiracy plotline is also being developed slowly, and a bit more on the slow decline of the castle's society is doled out.
More solid work from Nix, A prefect continuity to what was started in the book one, You do not think there is even a break in the storyline or style as we pick where we left off seamlessly.
September. Finished Castle by Garth Nix,

Rating
Genre Fantasy
Audience Middlegrade

Bookof The Seventh Tower series.


Tal's problems keep getting bigger, He has a missing father, a sick mother, and a brother in trouble, but he can't worry about that yet.
His first task, for achieving anything, is to locate a primary sunstone, Meanwhile, he's stuck outside the castle, in a land of ice with crazy people that call themselves Icecarls.


Tal's new problem, which adds to the rest, is that, in exchange for not killing him, the Icecarls want Tal to retrieve them a primary sunstone as well.
The Icecarls are sending Milla, a stupidly brave, headstrong girl, along with him to make sure he fulfills his oaths.


His quest was hard enough when it was just retrieving one primary sunstone,

My Thoughts: Good worldbuilding and interesting characters, Tal's and Milla's comradery is slowly growing on me, Things got pretty interesting towards the end of the book, I think the Icecarls are a little boring, with the exception of the Crones, I hope we see more from them, Overall, the story is pretty wild, and I'm here for it,

I love the covers of these books, They're so wacky, but in such a fun way,stars: Average

After reading the first book I wanted to continue the story because the story ended on a cliff hanger.
This book does the same thing, ends on a cliff hanger,

Tal and Milla make it back to the chosen housing and come up with a plan to help Tal's mom, discover why Shusin is highly against Tal's family, and find a Sunstone for Milla's people.


I like the strength and flaws of both Tal and Milla and how well they compliment each other.
They don't trust each other because of cultural upbringing, but gradually build there trust,

Tags: clean, no violent fighting This book is better than the first, I appreciate the character development with Milla and Tal, Excited to start the next one These books are so short and fun they make just brilliant reads.
Following on from The Fall Castle follows Milla and Tal as they make their way back to the Castle and Tal's family.
Only there are forces in the castle that are none to happy about Tal's return,

There is a whole lot of mystery in this series and it's fascinating, Because not only do we have Sushin and his ulterior motives but the idea of missing people plagues the story.
Rerem is missing but we get little hints that he is not as lost as first seemed.
Not only that but the Empress herself is a figure of intrigue because we know so little about her.


Tal in this book is slowly toughening up a bit which he needed, He's used to luxury and struggling is not part of that, So when they are climbing the Mountain of Light it is hard for him whilst Milla is like cool whatever.
Milla on the other hand is letting go of some of her prejudices and ideas about the

Chosen and the shadows.
Which is helpful because at the end they enter Aenir and the world is gonna go a bit more crazy from there onwards.


I cannot though praise Tal and Milla's fun progression without mentioning the funniest character in the book Uncle Ebbitt.
He's eccentric and a little loony but he is so wise and so helpful to Tal.
He provides him with the knowledge to escape the Pit and aids him throughout the book so much.
With out Rerem around he is providing Tal with the guidance he needs to uncover the issues in the Castle.
And there are a lot of them for instance throwing a child in a dark pit.
Which is very Keys to the Kingdom but in reality that came after and the escape with the stairs is like the Improbable stairs.
Reading this it is occasionally amusing how clearly some ideas he used in this were rehashed and explored differently in Keys to the Kingdom.
But I suppose if you are using your own ideas it's not really ripping off anyone.


The Nightmares thing though is dark, the guy doing it is creepy and the idea of someone entering your dreams and fucking with them is unpleasant.
But it did provide us with a chance to see the Crones magic, Because it is hinted to exist, most prominently by the Shield Maiden Crone Mother If that's her full title.
But in the dreams Milla calls to them and they aid her in defeating him, temporarily I assume by his hurry to his superiors, giving Tal and Ebbitt a chance to spring her from the globe prison thing.


The Sunstone magic system is still fascinating and the use of light for the magic is incredibly original to me.
The way it is woven and the power in the stones is outstanding but the deeper working of Aenir I presume will be explored in the next book.
We left our young heroes in a precarious situation in Aenir after they take an oath to aid one another in combat/magic.
It's a great ending point and I cannot wait to read the next book, An exciting pageturner. I was extremely happy with the first book in the series, and so was a little worried if I would continue to like the series.


It started off on a really good foot when I found this forcents at my local used bookstore.
SCORE!

I loved the fact that the story continued straight off from the first book in the series.
Tal and Milla continue their journey to get a Sunstone well, two of them, And the ending THAT IS THE EPITOME OF A CLIFFHANGER, HOW DARE YOU GARTH. MY FAITH WAS PLACED IN YOU,

Regardless, this was an excellent novel and I couldn't find something wrong with it if I tried.
Ao i read this one when i was a kid but as i reread I realized I remembered absolutely nothing.
So. Might as well be reading this series for the first time which i will be fromon.
Im obsessed with Tal, Milla, and their journey, And I love uncle Ebbitt, .