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| Original Title: | Waterfall |
| ISBN: | 1434764338 (ISBN13: 9781434764331) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | River of Time #1 |
| Setting: | Tuscany(Italy) |
| Literary Awards: | Christy Award for Young Adult (2012), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2011) |
Lisa Tawn Bergren
Paperback | Pages: 369 pages Rating: 4.03 | 19416 Users | 2146 Reviews
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| Title | : | Waterfall (River of Time #1) |
| Author | : | Lisa Tawn Bergren |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 369 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2011 by David C. Cook |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Time Travel. Young Adult. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Romance |
Interpretation As Books Waterfall (River of Time #1)
What do you do when your knight in shining armor lives, literally, in a different world?Most American teenagers want a vacation in Italy, but the Betarrini sisters have spent every summer of their lives among the romantic hills with their archaelogist parents. Stuck among the rubble of the medieval castles in rural Tuscany, on yet another hot, dusty archaeological site, Gabi and Lia are bored out of their minds...until Gabi places her hand atop a handprint in an ancient tomb and finds herself in fourteenth-century Italy. And worse yet, in the middle of a fierce battle between knights of two opposing forces.
Suddenly Gabi's summer in Italy is much, much more interesting.
Rating Of Books Waterfall (River of Time #1)
Ratings: 4.03 From 19416 Users | 2146 ReviewsCritique Of Books Waterfall (River of Time #1)
Warning: very long review with spoilers. I do not understand how this book has such high reviews. People truly do have different tastes. This book is about two teens -17 yr. Gabi and 15 yr. old Lia - who spend their summer vacations hiking along excavation sites with their archaeologist parents. One day on a sudden bout of boredom, they decide to explore their mother's newly found archaeological tombsite. They end up time-travelling to an ancient life of medieval Italy where they are caught upI found some of the circumstances a liiiiiittle convenient (oh, you're sent back in time to medieval Italy? Good thing your pops taught you ancient Italian and sword fighting!) and would have liked a bit more of a culture shock (no plumbing! females with opinions!) but nevertheless thought this had likeable characters and an entertaining story. Think sweeping romantic adventure. Also: Italian boys. Always relevant to my interests.
You know those books that make you lose all sense of reality and you literally fall into the pages? And you feel such a huge disappointment when the story comes to an end because you don't want to resurface? Waterfall is exactly that. It is such a thoroughly engaging read! I loved everything about it - the 14th century setting, the characters, the plot, even the language. I caught myself slipping their dialect into my own thoughts so many times.Sisters, Gabriella and Lia Betarrini find
To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln: "For people who like this kind of thing, it's the kind of thing they'd like."This book was not completely awful. Though I did not like it, I understand why others might. Some of the more believable plot elements are interesting, I just couldn't get past the bad writing, awful romance, stick-figure characters, and overall poor quality. I'm not saying that no one should read it, I just wouldn't recommend it.Here are some of my biggest complaints:Many of the plot
Upon re-read, still a favorite
The cover of this book drew me in first, and reading about the book thoroughly intrigued me. It sounded like a really neat, adventurous read. But I was slightly wrong in my assumptions. It wasn't just a neat read--it was an AWESOME read! It had everything a reader could want in a medieval adventure: battles, sword fights, balls, adventure, peril, humor, suspense, mystery, romance...everything! To put it simply--I was completely wowed by this book. The River of Time series ranks right up there
DNF. This has to go down as one of the silliest, if not the silliest book ever written in the history of YA fiction. Our 17 year old heroine finds herself in midst of a medieval battle after traveling back in time and what does she do?? She falls crazy in LUST with the first guy she sets eyes on. "I was in the middle of a real battle. Men were wounded or dying. I glanced left and saw that one wasn't battling any longer; instead he stared at me as if I were a female Lazarus. I wanted to look
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