Tersias the Oracle (Wormwood #2)
Got this book as a gift. I thought I would enjoy it because it is fantasy. I could not get through the whole book because it was so bad.
If it wasn't for the ending this book would have been a 2.5 stars for me. It had nothing to do with the first book which was a bummer and this compared to that first book was just meh.
Okay, I'm torn on this book. On one hand, GP Taylor has created a lovely dark and textured London, which definitely goes a long way to evoke a suitable setting. But on the other, I stumbled over the author's love for adjectives and a host of story arcs that suggest they're going places only to fizzle. I think there was just too much going on for the length of the story, which I feel could have been much, much more had it been plotted and perhaps split over two volumes. As it was, the ending felt
I didn't finish it. Just didn't grab me, and it's far too horrific and creepy for my taste. It's marked as a fantasy novel, but it really belongs in the horror genre, if you ask me. I don't read stuff with demons in it, and it's not really that well written anyway. Some of the plot points are ambiguous, and the characters are stagnant.
This books language was kinda hard to understand at times but it was really good anyway. It makes me feel so bad for a boy prophet named Tersias. In the beginnning he is with Magnus an abusing magician. Tersias goes through that an a vicious Wretchkin who gives him the power to see the future. Poor Tersias is caught in the mix to get rid of the people other than this cult. Very good story!
G.P. Taylor
Paperback | Pages: 262 pages Rating: 3.21 | 544 Users | 49 Reviews
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Original Title: | Tersias the Oracle |
ISBN: | 0399242589 (ISBN13: 9780399242588) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Wormwood #2 |
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London is picking up the pieces after a near-Apocalypse—a comet has just missed the Earth, leaving the city in chaos.The streets have taken on a frenzied air, and swindlers and circus performers have come to town to take advantage of the confusion.In this time of uncertainty, only the blind boy oracle,Tersias, can see what the future holds. But awareness of his power is growing, and he is captured by Solomon, a false prophet whose purple-robed minions swarm London, looking for disciples. Tersias is just what Solomon needs, and with Tersias under his control, Solomon believes he’s finally in a position to complete his master plan.
Tersias is not without friends—an unlikely alliance of teenage highwaymen and a charlatan magician swear to break down Solomon’s Citadel and rescue Tersias from his clutches. They wonder if Tersias’s power can save them all—but they haven’t realized the source of his second sight, and they aren’t aware of a much darker force that torments his soul . . .
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Title | : | Tersias the Oracle (Wormwood #2) |
Author | : | G.P. Taylor |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 262 pages |
Published | : | April 20th 2006 by Putnam Juvenile (first published 2004) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Young Adult |
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This book kinda confused me. ITs a type of literature I found hard to follow. Maybe someone more intelligent than me could understand better, but otherwise from what I could make out it wwas pretty goodGot this book as a gift. I thought I would enjoy it because it is fantasy. I could not get through the whole book because it was so bad.
If it wasn't for the ending this book would have been a 2.5 stars for me. It had nothing to do with the first book which was a bummer and this compared to that first book was just meh.
Okay, I'm torn on this book. On one hand, GP Taylor has created a lovely dark and textured London, which definitely goes a long way to evoke a suitable setting. But on the other, I stumbled over the author's love for adjectives and a host of story arcs that suggest they're going places only to fizzle. I think there was just too much going on for the length of the story, which I feel could have been much, much more had it been plotted and perhaps split over two volumes. As it was, the ending felt
I didn't finish it. Just didn't grab me, and it's far too horrific and creepy for my taste. It's marked as a fantasy novel, but it really belongs in the horror genre, if you ask me. I don't read stuff with demons in it, and it's not really that well written anyway. Some of the plot points are ambiguous, and the characters are stagnant.
This books language was kinda hard to understand at times but it was really good anyway. It makes me feel so bad for a boy prophet named Tersias. In the beginnning he is with Magnus an abusing magician. Tersias goes through that an a vicious Wretchkin who gives him the power to see the future. Poor Tersias is caught in the mix to get rid of the people other than this cult. Very good story!
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