is worse than a flat, static main character TWO flat, static main characters, To take it one, horrible step further, have these characters narrate their own story in short, choppy chapters.
This book seems almost like a first draft or maybe even a detailed outline for the idea of a book.
There is very little detail or descriptive writing, For example, on pg.: "You got your friends out!" the girl said, then hugged Celia, the way Halflights hug, Hard to describe. " Really James Patterson and smallfont Gabrielle Charbonnet You are writers for crying out loud, TRY to describe it. What are they paying you for
The magic the two characters possess lacks any kind of order or explanation.
Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't, There is no rhyme or reason to it,
The alternate realities are unimaginative and lacked any kind of description other than this gem on page: "It's really dangerous here.
There's stuff worse than bombs, if you can imagine something more terrible than being blown up, "
The secondary characters are completely forgettable, When they'd pop up after a page or so of their introduction, I'd already forgotten them, The only one who wasn't forgettable was the kid who gets turned into a weasel: a scene which was probably the only redeeming one in the entire book.
Then the weasel gets instantly forgiven when he cries and says how sorry he is,
I finished this book out of sheer disbelief of it's awfulness, I kept wondering if it was some kind of joke the authors and publishers were trying to pull on young readers, to see if people would really read crap if it only had "Witch and Wizard" in the title.
I guess the joke is on us because this book was one of the top selling children's books of.
If you must read this book, I suggest starting on pagewhere the first two thirds of the book is summed up in succinctitem list without missing a single important detail.
The end of the book has an appendix of sorts with an "excerpt" of New Order propaganda which bans offensive books like "The Thunder Stealer," about Percival Johnson and how he steals from the gods and incurs their wrath, "Gary Blotter and the Guild of Rejects," about a delusional boy who realizes his job of scribe is much easier when he uses his magical powers, and "Pitcher in the Wheat" a coming of age tale about a youth who tries to infect the world with his cynicism.
There are also lists of banned musicians, museums that have been razed and artists who's art is no longer acceptable.
Each entry is about as imaginative and creative as a word Jumble, It was almost as if Patterson and Charbonnet were trying to be funny which doesn't match up with the tone of the story at all, which despite the awful writing, was clearly supposed to be intensely dramatic.
The only conclusion I can come to for why this book is taking up space on the bookshelves at any bookstore is that the author's name sells regardless of what is between the covers.
And that is too bad, ספר מגניב המיועד לבני נוער. מפלגה חדשה משתלטת על השלטון ומשליטה משטר דיקטטורי. בני נוער ואנשים אחרים שנחשדים בכוחות קסם או בסיוע לכאלו עם כוחות קסם, נחטפים ונעלמים. וויט ווויסטי הם אח ואחות שנחטפים ומגלים שהם למעשה קוסם ומכשפה. הם חוברים לבני נוער אחרים ומנסים להציל ילדים אחרים שנחטפו ולמצוא את הוריהם שנעלמו.
ספר שכתוב בצורה מאוד משעשעת ועם המון אקשן. ממש young adult קלאסי. הוא כתוב משתי נקודות מבט של האח ושל האחות אבל השמות שלהם מאוד דומים אז זה קצת מבלבל. בגדול לא מדובר בסוגה עילית אבל זה ספר ממש כיפי ומאוד נהניתי לקרוא אותו. החלקים על המשטר הדיקטטורי מאוד מזכירים את שלטון סטאלין ואני חושבת שזו יכולה להיות דרך לקרב בני נוער לנושא. לספר יש המשכים שלא תורגמו לעברית. Just finished this one and am already onto the next "The Gift" as this Witch and Wizard leaves you with a cliffhanger ending.
It's a first person told story and switches perspectives between the sister and brother witch and wizard, The part that was a little confusing and thus not moreis that each chapter is theoretically a change of character but sometimes it isn't.
So you think you're on to the other one's viewpoint, yet without discernable reason it's still the same person.
There is no reason at all to break up the Chapter because the action picks up on the new page exactly where it leaves off on the previous one, so why interrupt it and confuse the reader.
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Here's how the story goes:
The world is taken over by The One Who is The One who bannes individualism, art, free thinking etc.
and somehow Whit and Whisty that's the sibblings names are suspected of being different and get taken by the regime.
. . this regime takes to the max every regime that ever there was and hopefully never will be, You'll see underlying references to all the different peoples that ever were persecuted and the most extreme ones made into examples to subdue the rest.
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Anyway, I think it's a fun read that takes you on a wild ride and yet gives you something to think about.
The story is really fast paced and has some great new titles for good old classics in Art.
. . play on words which I love, Ughhhh . Patterson. No!!!!
I did not like this book,
No way, no how, : I read the whole thing, and really didn't care for it, I don't plan on continuing the series, I felt like maybe because he was writing it as YA that he dumbed it down a lot.
It seemed to be very simplified and childish, I really was not able to connect with any of the characters or the story at all, Zanimljivo, uzbudljivo, prožeto humorom i magijom, Knjiga je možda više namenjena za tinejdžere, ali verujem da nije problem uživati u njoj ako je u čitaocu ostao makar malo tinejdžerskog duha.
Dvoumila sam se koju ocenu dati, ali kad pogledam kojim knjigama sam davala koju ocenu i na osnovu čega, mislim da je ovo fer ocena.
First thoughts upon getting this galley: AWESOME COVER, I love the red slip and the way it hides words, High hopes for this one,
First thoughts upon finishing the book:
Just,
Not.
Impressed.
I used to like James Patterson and by 'used to', I mean when I first read The Angel Experiment.
It was fastpaced, it was intriguing, and it kept my interest, As the series went on, it degraded and dragged what I expected to be a trilogy is now what, going on six books And it's not even tongueincheek like the Hitchhiker's Guide books.
But anyways back to WampW.
I was lucky enough to miss the enormous hype before the release, since I don't watch much television, but I've heard there were actual commercials.
Now, this seems a bit like overkill, Seriously. Hang on a moment let me find it on Youtube if I can,
OH MY GOODNESS.
SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME JUST DIED,
Jeez, JP. BE MOAR PHAIL.
Hey, can I call him JPattz I think I might, Just for kicks.
Okay.
Seriously
'Now you can stop waiting for the next Harry Potter book'
ALL SEVEN ARE OUT, YOU IDIOTS.
No one's waiting.
If this were published, hmm, let me think, . . THREE YEARS AGO it would have been accurate,
As it is, it's hideously out of date,
But enough about the publicity campaign how about that book
, JPattz, I expected better.
Not that his books have been that good, lately, though I haven't read Max yet, . . but I'd hoped that the first book of a new series would have some, I don't know, actual WRITING TALENT to it Apparently not.
It was just flat. Like it was trying to get the energy of the Angel Experiment, but ended up getting shortcircuited,
. ENOUGH WITH THE SHORT CHAPTERS,
So, maybe that's his trademark style or something, . . but here, it just didn't work, Too many chapters felt like they were cut off when they shouldn't have been, just for the sake of making them short.
Now, the commercial tells me you're trying to appeal to the masses who don't read much, but short chapters don't reduce
the length of the book in fact, they make it look longer.
You'd be better off with longer chapters and MORE FLOW,
. What in the world did Whit and Wisty's parents have against them
Seriously,
'Whitford' and 'Wisteria'
Maybe in Victorian London those names wouldn't have been out of place, but most parents are more merciful nowadays.
And the names didn't fit their personalities or at least Wisty's didn't, Did Whit have a personality I forget, I mean, Wisteria Wisty And she's supposed to be the truant, the smartass, the girl in detention all the time Could she have a more wispy name
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CAN HAS FLOW WITH A SIDE OF LOGIC, PLOX
Very little is explained in this book, The world, the political system, the magic it's all written as if we're supposed to recognize it, Which, in general, I did not I'm not sure if I'm typical in this respect, but not understanding drove me up the wall.
I like worldbuilding. This this was like trying to explore the second floor of a building with a false front THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
And come on. The 'magic' Made no sense at all, There was no pattern, no system, no nothing,
. Weeeoo, weeeooo, Sue and Stu alert!
They're put in a magicdampening prison, But sparkly little Wisty and Whit aren't affected by this, . . they're tooooo special, the little snowflakes,
Oh, gag me now,
You know, at the very least there could have been a reason oh, remember that little 'Logic' thing I mentioned Yeah, some of that would have been nice.
Okay, I'm tired of hating on this book, . . and quite honestly, I don't want to dwell on it, It sucked too badly,
The good things, few as they are:
Yes, the slipcover was a pain, but it was really really cool.
I did like the way everyone in the government called themselves 'The One Who' whatever, That was kinda catchy, and original,
Hey, that's all the good I can think of, What a surprise, Another good read by James Patterson, I thought it was some what simular to the Maxium Ride Series because of the special powers the Witch "Wisty" and the Wizzard "Whit" had, along with them being teen agers.
The only difference is is that Wisty and Whit were born with their powers and the kids in the the Maxium Ride Series were created by experiments.
This Story also reminded me of The Hunger Games by Suzan Collins because of the dictatorship and how the freedoms we have in a democracy goverment are taken away.
Wisty and Whit go through imprisionment, escape, and rescueing others from The One who is the One.
The travel between different deminisions and discover their are worlds beyond the world they live in, Through the trails Wisty and Whit go through they learn their abilities and start to take a little control over their powers and in the process they save many kids and hope to fulfill a prophecy that is about them where kids will rule the world.
The book leaves you hanging for the next book, It was an enjoyable read and a fast read at that, I've never really been a big fan of James Patterson, After Reading "Angel Experiment" and "Daniel X" I had pretty much given up on this guy, Although, I had heard some amazing things about his new book "Witch amp Wizard" so I thought 'What the heck' and so I picked it up and read it.
BLEH!!! I honestly cannot stand Patterson's writing style, The dialogue that his characters use is just so unrealistic, lamely sarcastic and just overall annoying, On top of that, I've never really been a big fan for his short chapters, I feel that this book had a lot of potential and if written by anyone other than Patterson or Stephanie Meyer then I actually might have enjoyed it.
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