ext_66932 ([identity profile] first-seventhe.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] wilderthan 2008-12-10 02:09 pm (UTC)

I've read reviews where people felt that nothing happened in these books.

Having finally read them, I can understand this from the point of view of people who like "fantasy adventure" books. There aren't battles and specific spells and stuff like that. But I think those readers may have been expecting the wrong thing -- these are books about simple, normal characters, who end up doing extraordinary things.

I think one of my favorite parts about this was the chapter when Will reads the book of the Old Ones. You get those great brief images of everything Will could do and all of this potential power and greatness -- such awesome writing -- and then later, he's just being a boy! It's a great contrast: the very grandiose world of the Old Ones, vs. Will's Christmas.

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