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Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby thought they were normal children with normal lives and a normal past. But now they know they're really the Lost Jewels of Anniera, heirs to a legendary kingdom across the sea, and suddenly everyone wants to kill them.
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- Greg and Sara Masarik
- 17-03-16
A compelling hero epic
Would you consider the audio edition of North! Or Be Eaten! to be better than the print version?
I like both - I loved this narrator but the illustration in the books is really enhancing. The audio has been a wonderful companion.
Any additional comments?
When CS Lewis wrote Narnia, he wasn't really writing fantasy - he was playing with "dressed rabbits" - a style of anthropomorphizing pastoral animals and mythic creatures (like centaurs) so as to give the story a magical setting. Basically, however, the creatures all followed rules that were fairly basic to regular humans and this made Narnia quite relatable to most of it's readers.
When Tolkien built Middle Earth, he built an entirely different world than our own. Instead of magic invading the "real" world, Tolkien created another world with different kinds of creatures but still the same basic sense of physics/gravity and created order.
Peterson's Wingfeather books are more like Tolkien than Lewis. I understand why they are classified as fantasy (they do have otherworldly creatures) but they are not magical in the way that Harry Potter defies the laws of reality nor are they fantastic in the way that Percy Jackson super imposes an alternate reality on our own. Instead, they are very much a classic hero story set in a world that is remarkably like ours (minus a few hundred years). It would be more fair to classify Peterson as being like the author of Beowulf, Homer, Tolkien or any of the Robin Hood authors.
In this installment, the plot deepens and darkens. The characters are living under the terrible burden of an inescapable legacy during a dark time when evil is winning. Many of our primary characters are absolutely tested to the breaking point - and all bear awful scars from the choices that they make.
But, like any true heroic epic, there is never a moment without hope. There is always a fight to move towards the light and like the plot, the characters are deepened in so doing.
This book is intense. It is beautifully written and very exciting to read. We find ourselves utterly invested in our characters and so we suffer with them and we hope for them.
The mood and subtext of this book reminds me of Oliver Twist or Barrie's Peter Pan. Unlike Lord of the Flies, the darkness does not win. It scars. It wounds. It exacts a bounty. But darkness never really wins.
I am thrilled to have this series in our family library. This beautiful set of stories does what Chesterton and Lewis insist that good fairy tales do - it introduces my children to real and terrible dragons but shows them that those dragons can be defeated when heroes live sacrificially.
Unlike Narnia, this is not a collection of integrated stories. Like The Lord of the Rings, it presents one epic story broken across several volumes.
My particular children are not terribly sensitive to the struggles in hero epics and so at 5, 6 and 8 they cannot get enough of these books. For most children, however, I think that these are probably a better fit for 10+. There is no gratuitous violence - but there are violent struggles that clearly illustrate the battle between good and evil and there are bloody descriptions as appropriate. There are no outright tragedies in this volume but there is a lot of suffering. This could be an excellent family read aloud for a family who is steeped in saint/martyr stories and hero epic and who are willing to pause to discuss intense parts as needed.
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- Maine
- 21-06-16
Not like the 1st book
I definitely enjoyed this second installment. I was A bit apprehensive at first because the first book was a little slow and slightly to "kiddy". But this book definitely ups the notch on storytelling. As a Christian I love to hear mentioning reverence and honor given to God in literature, and I can appreciate more mentionings of the Maker (God) in this book, however my only dislike is a lack of depth of The characters relationship with the God. But that's just my preference. I personally prefer characters who have a deep dialogue and relationship with God.
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- Shawn Yackly
- 15-10-19
beautiful.
beautiful performance and depiction of unconditional familial love and forgiveness. brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it!
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- JDB
- 03-06-19
Great YA fantasy
exciting from start to finish. wonderful creation of both world and the creatures in it
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- noitanigami
- 23-08-18
Best book I’ve ever read!
...except the Bible, which tells me how The Maker made a way for us. This story was beautiful and ugly and heart wrenching and heart melting and utterly captivating (all at the same time!) -from beginning to (especially) the end. I was moved to want more of and for my family because of what the book shows a family can and should be.
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- Charles
- 23-11-19
seems complicated
Story of good vs. evil and reliance on the creator does come through. The cost of redemption from an evil past is also revealed. But the author introduces too many new characters and places with strange names. The purpose of the great trek and what it accomplished in the end is not clear.
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- Joshua Moore
- 12-09-19
Such a unique, good story.
I thoroughly enjoyed the performance and the unique storyline. Often surprising twists whenever I tried to anticipate what would happen next. Beautifully, magically written and read.
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- Elizabeth Adee
- 05-09-19
like narnia
have read many...many....many books. and this in she only series that comes close to the chronicles of narnia for color, ease or readig, enjoyment, and depth. I have read it twice and am enjoying listening to it again!
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- Jennifer I.
- 08-08-19
such a great story. on the edge of our seats,
we loved thisbstory. cant wait to start the next one real heroes the boys can relate to. great lessons.
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- KB
- 07-04-19
OMG
This book was one of the greatest books I have ever listen to or read in my life. I suggest listening to the edge of the dark sea of darkness first before you see the other two. I highly recommend this book because the reader is very good and The story is so good. Fun fun fun fun fun fun!!!!!!??! #>|*#%+,€\+<€~=?!|