Young Will has come a long way from being Halt's apprentice. He has grown into a mature man and Ranger, and earned a powerful name for himself. I just read the tenth book in the Ranger's Apprentice series, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja. To be honest, seeing this series end brought a tear to my eye, it was an amazing book with a
perfect ending. (Yes I know that he wrote a book after this but it wasn't originally going to be written, so I am going to count his book as the end.) It had a perfect and subtle combination of suspense, mystery, romance, and action...creating this beautiful concoction that left you at the edge of your seat. A single word can describe my reaction to this book. Wow.
Now you may think that I'm just being another fan girl/boy for this book, but it was a quite extraordinary book. If you haven't read the book you can read the summary here:
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The best thing I liked about this book was how there was never a part where you just wanted to speed to the good part. Every part was the good part. It kept me engaged in the reading, not wanting to drop the book. Also the amount of detail put into every aspect of the story is tremendous. Although there's a lot of detail, it doesn't feel like the book is describing every blade of grass, but it is in fact giving just as much detail. Also Flanagan has a way from going one scene to the next, because there were different stories going on at the same time, adding a greater suspense to the book. For example Flanagan ended a chapter here about Evanlyn and Alyss and the next chapter was about Will and the others, "There was no sign of the wolves. But the girls knew they were still there, still watching." (Flanagan 256) The cliffhangers! Because Flanagan incorporated this method of switching stories every few chapters, there were multiple cliffhangers in the book, adding to the excitement and suspense. Have you ever been chased by a pack of hungry wolves? It made the reader keep thinking of both sides of the stories at the same time.
Finishing up this series reminded me that I am almost done with my first year in high school. All in all I am going to miss being a carefree freshman(kinda) but am excited to see what the future awaits me. As the quote goes, "No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!" (C. JoyBell) I've closed this book and am awaiting to dive into the next.
Now you may think that I'm just being another fan girl/boy for this book, but it was a quite extraordinary book. If you haven't read the book you can read the summary here:
Click here for summary
Finishing up this series reminded me that I am almost done with my first year in high school. All in all I am going to miss being a carefree freshman(kinda) but am excited to see what the future awaits me. As the quote goes, "No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!" (C. JoyBell) I've closed this book and am awaiting to dive into the next.
