uutopicaa's reviews
644 reviews

It wasn't bad, but it wasn't amazing either. The beginning of the story is not only slow but REALLY confusing. And main characters are all too plain.

I also didn't like some stuff that wasn't "closed", like all the Travis issue and what happened to him (as a reader, I know, but the case was never closed for his girlfriend). And I wished they would explain a bit more about EXACTLY what happened to Matthew´s Family and to Ruby. Because that is not really explained but hinted. I would also like to get an Epilogue with the Savaria case resolution -what happened to the cops-.
And I would definitely like a confirmation on the identity of the "mysterious woman who visited the gallery" -even if readers can guess it-

Even if I had my suspicions, for a long time I was really lost with so many names and characters that seemed to be totally unrelated and author didn't give any information about them. More than once I had to go back to the first chapters to check on names and descriptions so I could at least try to understand if they were talking about the same person or not.

NOW, the plot is amazing. I really liked it. The author have a certain something I can't describe, an ability to think of really interesting an unexpected villains. The book just kept surprising me with every page I read. Every theory I made was wrong until the very end. I loved that.

I'm really happy the story didn't get a "Disney happy ending" but a real ending instead. It would have been really stupid if, at the end, Ruby appeared from nowhere. I also like that the author doesn't give a real ending to the main "couple"'s story.

I'm not a fan of crime stories, I'm more of a paranormal books reader. But I really enjoyed the plot. I just wished the events at the beginning were faster and the resolution slower. Cos I feel like I've been getting ready for the investigation to get "intense" for over 200 pages and then, everything suddenly ends in less than 50.

There's another thing that I admire about Amanda Stevens and is the way she includes in her books a lot of topics that are normally considered "taboo".

All in all, the book was really good, just hard to get into it. It feels a bit incomplete, leaving a bitter taste that keeps me wondering about some issues that weren't solved. It might be on porpoise, it might be the author's style. I don't know, but I just ended up having a lot of questions that got no answer.

I wish I could give this book 3.5 stars. 3 is too low, 4 is too much.

No es malo, no es tan bueno. Es una mezcla de la película "La leyenda del tesoro perdido" y los libros de "Una serie de eventos desafortunados", con pequeños toques de "Spiderwick". Dos chicos aparentemente normales cuyos padres murieron de forma misteriosa, descubren que forman parte de la familia MÁS importante del mundo, que tiene muchas ramas (al estilo casas de Harry Potter) y que se matan entre ellos por encontrar el tesoro de las 39 pistas. Tambien parece que TODOS los personajes históricos famosos eran de esa familia, aunque no llevaran el apellido. No sé, me gustó como estaba escrito el libro porque el estilo me recuerda a las Crónicas de Kane (del mismo autor), pero no es la gran cosa.

I would give it negative stars if I could. It's the first time I dislike a book so much. Plot is stupid and main character is really annoying. I get it, is kind of a parody book, but still. The idea on the back of the book sounded interesting, but the story was pathetic. I'm sorry, I really don't like to give bad reviews but WOW, I can't believe how bad the book is.

Admito que el libro es bueno. Pero no era el momento para leerlo. Debido a mis previas lecturas, esta historia me pareción simplemente más de lo mismo. Empezó muy bien, interesante. Pero una vez que comenzó a relacionarse con mitología y dando explicaciones estúpidas sobre hechos del pasado, se convirtió en lo mismo que Percy Jackson.
Más allá de qué libro se escribió primero, estoy segura que habría disfrutado más de la novela si la hubiese leído en otro momento.

It wasn't half as good as I expected it to be. I had to force myself to finish it.

I won it on one of the Giveaways. I didn't now what to expect because it was a style I've never read before -I´m more of a fantasy reader-
And I was surprised because it was certainly amazing. The topic is really interesting.
I didn´t give it five stars because for moments I got lost or I still had a lot of questions after the explanations.
But I liked it a lot and I´m sure people who already know about the topic could enjoy it even more.
Thanks for the book.

-I apologize because my English is not really good-

Ni la mitad de interesante que el anterior. No le doy 2 estrellas porque tiene un par de escenas geniales, pero son pocas. La verdad me decepcioné mucho con este libro.