Monday, 14 May 2012
BOOK REVIEW: Aftershock(Mark Walden) H.I.V.E
Book: Aftershock-H.I.V.E
Author: Mark Walden
Rating: 8.25/10
Otto Malpense is back again for another adventure at H.I.V.E ( The Higher Institute of Villainous Education) and Mark Walden has done another good job.
Dr. Nero ,the head of H.I.V.E and the leader of the Global League of Villainous Enterprises(G.L.O.V.E)
has made some very powerful enemies after his decision to disband G.L.O.V.E's ruling council after the events of Overlord in the previous books.
Meanwhile Otto and his fellow alpha students are preparing for end of year tests, including one of the hardest assessments in H.I.V.E:
- The Hunt
An arctic survival challenge where the students must avoid Raven and a team of GLOVE agents for as long as possible.
But all at H.I.V..E is not what it seems, somewhere there is a traitor, feeding information to the treacherous former members and the Disciples, the former followers of Overlord.
So when the Hunt is ambushed a survival exercise becomes more than a game. Otto and his friends must escape the ambush then flee through the wilderness, the others are captured or dead,
can they make it back to HIVE alive?
Pursued, they must try to reach a safe point to call for help, but is there such a thing as a safe point when Otto knows there's a traitor in their midst?
A feature I really like about this book is that not only does it give you the main story but also little insights into Raven's training as an assassin and how she became the operative she is. There's a number of chapters dedicated to her harsh treatment and becoming the killing machine she is.
This book is good. It's what hopefully appears to be a start of a new storyline.
Mark Walden is a masterful writer of HIVE books and I have read and enjoyed all of them so far, it's not to complex to read and some of the detail is a little light in places but that's made up for because it's full of action and suspense. The number of crisises they have and the twists and turns how can you fail to like an action book about kids learning to be villains that includes abandoned Russian military facilities in the middle of nowhere.
It doesn't require you to have read the books before but it does help you understand some of the references.
If you haven't already started reading this series then you should start now.
Hope you found this review helpful,
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Tuesday, 1 May 2012
Message from Devonian Book Reviewer: Monthly view acheivement
A big thanks to all you readers who managed to reach a humongous....
1500 views in April alone!!!
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1500 views in April alone!!!
This is the biggest in a single month since I started the blog!
Hope you continue to find my reviews helpful, and sorry they're a bit slow coming at the moment
A big thanks and hope you continue reading,
The Devonian Book Reviewer
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
BOOK REVIEW: The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Book: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Rating: 8.5/10
The Hunger games is the first book of a trilogy and as I expect many of you will know has been made into a film.
It's set in the world of Panem, a land with 12 districts ruthlessly held in check by the Capitol, after a failed revolution. The people are starving and to further punish them each year the 12 districts of Panem must offer up two tributes,one male, one female, between the ages of 12 and 18 to take part in the Hunger Games!
The Hunger Games is a forced Televised fight to the death, There can be only one winner...
District twelve, everyone attends the reapings, where the tributes names are drawn, and Katniss Everdeen watches in horror as her little sister Prim is chosen, she's only twelve, what chance does she have? So Katniss does something no one has done for years, she volunteers.
She's a good hunter, and has kept her family in food for years, but that doesn't mean she has a chance.
Now her and fellow tribute Peeta have been whisked away to the Capitol, and soon the Games will begin.
In the pre-game interviews however, in a bid to win support that could be life saving Peeta announces he loves Katniss, could this be the key to success or a death sentence,
Now they must save each other as well as themselves if they want any chance to win the most deadly game of all,
On top of the usual challenges of food and avoiding other kids, districts 1 and 2 have specially trained volunteers in the game, who almost always win,
The odds are against them, can the survive against their opponents? and even more so, the games themselves?
and when the games are over, what will the Capitol do about the growing unrest in the districts?
read this great book to find out,
I feel my review doesn't fully justify how engaging this book is, I must warn you that it's very very slow to begin with and has a very detailed intro to their lives and the world of Panem, a lot like the film, I advise you stick with it thought as it gets better and better, the whole concept is great and the way it's portrayed makes you keep reading non-stop. I thought it was a very good idea, and a great book, the only criticism is the intro, but i can understand why it's so long as it's introducing the trilogy pretty much so i guess you need the background covered well,
A good read and a good film,
Hope you found this review helpful,
The Devonian Book Reviewer
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Author: Suzanne Collins
Rating: 8.5/10
The Hunger games is the first book of a trilogy and as I expect many of you will know has been made into a film.
It's set in the world of Panem, a land with 12 districts ruthlessly held in check by the Capitol, after a failed revolution. The people are starving and to further punish them each year the 12 districts of Panem must offer up two tributes,one male, one female, between the ages of 12 and 18 to take part in the Hunger Games!
The Hunger Games is a forced Televised fight to the death, There can be only one winner...
District twelve, everyone attends the reapings, where the tributes names are drawn, and Katniss Everdeen watches in horror as her little sister Prim is chosen, she's only twelve, what chance does she have? So Katniss does something no one has done for years, she volunteers.
She's a good hunter, and has kept her family in food for years, but that doesn't mean she has a chance.
Now her and fellow tribute Peeta have been whisked away to the Capitol, and soon the Games will begin.
In the pre-game interviews however, in a bid to win support that could be life saving Peeta announces he loves Katniss, could this be the key to success or a death sentence,
Now they must save each other as well as themselves if they want any chance to win the most deadly game of all,
On top of the usual challenges of food and avoiding other kids, districts 1 and 2 have specially trained volunteers in the game, who almost always win,
The odds are against them, can the survive against their opponents? and even more so, the games themselves?
and when the games are over, what will the Capitol do about the growing unrest in the districts?
read this great book to find out,
I feel my review doesn't fully justify how engaging this book is, I must warn you that it's very very slow to begin with and has a very detailed intro to their lives and the world of Panem, a lot like the film, I advise you stick with it thought as it gets better and better, the whole concept is great and the way it's portrayed makes you keep reading non-stop. I thought it was a very good idea, and a great book, the only criticism is the intro, but i can understand why it's so long as it's introducing the trilogy pretty much so i guess you need the background covered well,
A good read and a good film,
Hope you found this review helpful,
The Devonian Book Reviewer
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U.S.A
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