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Carregando... City of the Plague God (2021)de Sarwat Chadda, Rick Riordan (Editor)
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. * I got this book for review from the publisher for my honest thoughts* I really loved this read. It was such a fun fast pace read. I am NYC theater teacher and this book is set totally near where i really work and I loved how gods, pandemics invaded NYC. I was so captured by Sarwat writing style and loved the male lead. I also loved how this book again focused on saving the day, saving your family and grief at the death of a love one. I really loved all the new gods we leaned. This book just put a smile on my face and would totally read more books set in this world!! Heartwarming and action packed. I had to dig out my Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology to read up on various Mesopotamian gods and heroes. I haven't done that since reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I loved all the characters and they all had distinct personalities. Nergal was a great baddie. He was gross and scary. The ending was satisfactory, but open enough where it could become a series. I’ve read several of the Rick Riordan presents books and this one is my favorite so far. Sik is a 13-year-old Iraqi kid who just wants to help his parents in the family deli. Then one day, he is attacked by Nergal, a Mesopotamian god, who believes Sik has the secret to eternal life. Once he gets over his shock that the gods and goddesses of the stories he grew up with are real, he teams up with Belet, the adopted daughter of the goddess Ishtar, and Gilgamesh (yes, that Gilgamesh) to find the flower of immortality before the bad guys destroy his city. What I liked: the writing reminds me a lot of the original Percy Jackson series (my all-time favorite series). I love learning about the Mesopotamian gods and goddesses, and the Muslim culture. It was fun seeing words (like cuneiform) I haven’t seen since 9th grade World History (and I’m 53, so it’s been a while!). The characters were unique and fun, and the action moved quickly. What I didn’t like: not much. There were a couple scenes that I thought were too long, but they took nothing away from the joy of reading the book. A truly fun and interesting read. 5 out of 5 stars Mit diesem Buch war das so seine Sache. Ich schätze meine Erwartungen waren hier wieder mal viel höher, als dass sie hätten erfüllt werden können. Ich muss zugeben, dass dieser Rick Riordan Sticker schon extrem lockt, zusätzlich liebe ich Göttergeschichten, diese konnte mich aber leider nicht von sich überzeugen. Dabei fand ich die Wahl der Mythologie echt cool und mal neuer und anders, als die Üblichen, nur hat mich die Story einfach nicht gefesselt. Es hat mich einfach nicht abgeholt, was ich echt schade finde. Ich hätte es wirklich gern geliebt. Und trotzdem war es kein schlechtes Buch, es ist gut geschrieben und lässt sich super flüssig und schnell lesen, das macht es tatsächlich sehr angenehm. Auch die Charaktere gefallen mir gut und es fehlt eigentlich auch nicht unbedingt an Handlung, denn gefühlt passiert eigentlich immer etwas, sodass man meinen sollte, es würde nicht an Action fehlen. Nur irgendwie kommt es für mein Gefühl eben trotzdem nicht so richtig in Fahrt, wie ich es mir gewünscht hätte, es braucht zu lang, schon allein dafür, mir überhaupt etwas Interesse und Neugier zu entlocken. Schlussendlich war ich eben doch eher gelangweilt und habe es öfter zur Seite gelegt, während dazu auch noch jeder Antrieb fehlte weiterlesen zu wollen. So zwingt man sich dann doch eher etwas beim Lesen und das macht keinen Spaß und ist anstrengend. Ich denke, es wird trotzdem vielen anderen gefallen - vielleicht hatte ich, wie erwähnt, auch einfach zu hohe und zu viele Erwartungen an dieses Buch. Aber da wird es ganz sicher nicht nur mir so gehen, denn allein der Name Rick Riordan wird schon einen starken Kaufreiz auslösen - Marketing technisch ist das also ziemlich schlau. Nur leider sorgt es bei mir eben doch eher für Enttäuschung. Dennoch ist es eine nette Idee und durchaus gut umgesetzt, das muss man schon erwähnen. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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"Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology"-- Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I really loved this read. It was such a fun fast pace read. I am NYC theater teacher and this book is set totally near where i really work and I loved how gods, pandemics invaded NYC. I was so captured by Sarwat writing style and loved the male lead. I also loved how this book again focused on saving the day, saving your family and grief at the death of a love one. I really loved all the new gods we leaned. This book just put a smile on my face and would totally read more books set in this world!! ( )