There he discovers and pockets a mysterious artifact before leaving the site. Following the prank, and before he is caught by the authorities, Warren takes off for the woods, where he stumbles upon an ancient site containing human remains. When an ambitious housing developer moves in to build up the land for his profit and destroy valuable forest in the process, Warren sets out to ambush the developer’s son and causes him to fall off his jet ski on a lake. Warren Wilkes is an orphan being raised by his uncle in a quiet mountainside community. I am interested to know what happens next, so perhaps you can look forward to a review of Battle for Cascadia, the sequel.When 13-year-old Warren plays a prank on an unfriendly peer, he unknowingly sets in motion a series of actions that may have devastating consequences for his community and the world. Although I feel any good story can break through whatever age set it was written for, I think this would have been more enjoyable had I read it in middle school. The premise for this book is pretty neat, however, I felt like I was a little too grown up to enjoy it as much as I could have. Bennett sets up a very interesting story, but it takes much longer than feels natural to do so. I almost wish the two would have been condensed into one book, and the ‘action’ in the first half of this book been cut down to maybe one third of its current length. The second half of The Gaia Wars got pretty interesting, and I hope the sequel has a slightly more mature feel. I also own the sequel, which I may or may not read in the upcoming weeks of break.
I enjoyed the second half much better than the first. This book almost felt segmented into two books - one where everything is normal, maybe even boring, and one where everything is mystical and interesting. We also learn more about Warren’s parents, who were killed when he was very young. Warren finds a medallion that leads him to two mysterious boulders where he learns of a force much more evil than the Finleys. He works in an old folks home (that is actually also inhabited by some younger-than-middle-aged people) to complete his hours. We first learn that Warren, the main character, loves everything about nature, probably due to the fact that he grew up in a largely forested area. Warren is a middle schoolish boy (12?) who is required to complete community service because he played a dangerous prank on the family, the Finleys, who are determined to cut down most of his forested home in order to build new houses. I posted an interview with Kenneth a while back, and had planned to finish the book sooner, though like I said, it took much longer than it probably should have. Bennett and Emlyn Chand from the Novel Publicity Blog Tour.
It took me much longer to read than it would have as what I like to call, ‘real’ book form. This was the first book I’ve ever finished on my Kindle, excluding comic books.
0 kommentar(er)
