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| Original Title: | The Keeping Place |
| ISBN: | 0140295798 (ISBN13: 9780140295795) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Obernewtyn Chronicles #4, The Obernewtyn Chronicles: North American Editions #4 |
Isobelle Carmody
Paperback | Pages: 754 pages Rating: 4.09 | 5193 Users | 179 Reviews
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'Look out,' I screamed. The flying creature lashed out and I stared in horror at Rushton's bloodied arm. Maruman leapt between us in his tyger form. 'Let me go to him!' I screamed.'He is in a dream but the beast is not. It comes! Wake!'
After a kidnapping, Elspeth Gordie and the Misfits are forced to join the rebellion against the oppressive Council, using their extraordinary mind powers. But Elspeth must also seek out clues left by the long-dead seer, Kasanda, vital to her quest to destroy the Beforetime weaponmachines. One clue is lost in the past, forcing Elspeth to travel the Dreamtrails, stalked by a terrifying winged beast, with the cat, Maruman, as her guide and guardian. Only there can she learn more of the Beforetimer Misfits and their enemy, Govamen.
Gradually Elspeth realises her quest is intimately linked to the Misfits' refuge, Obernewtyn - its past and its future...
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| Title | : | The Keeping Place (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #4) |
| Author | : | Isobelle Carmody |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 754 pages |
| Published | : | 2000 by Penguin Books (first published June 30th 1999) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia |
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Ratings: 4.09 From 5193 Users | 179 ReviewsPiece About Books The Keeping Place (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #4)
In the fourth book of the Obernewtyn Chronicles Elspeth assumes the responsibility of the Master of Obernewtyn when Rushton must leave to negotiate a deal with the rebels in the fight with the Herder Faction and the Council. The situation becomes more complicated as Dragons dreams begin to affect all the Misfits but particularly Elspeth who must dodge an avenging reptilian dragon in her dreams. Maruman does his best to protect her on the dreamtrails but everyones resources are stretchedi didn't feel as strongly as others that this book was a boring departure from the first three, but i did feel that it dragged on and on a bit. I think that Carmody could have sped everything up a little bit without losing any of the tension. The bits about the diving were really cool and i'm excited to learn more about the red queen. But it was super obvious that Dragonwas the Red Queen (or at least her daughter). I wanted to slap Elspeth on the head by the end of the novel. and if i don't get
I want to give this four stars NOW, but I can't. The first two parts of the story could easily have been just one part - this book fell into the trap that a lot of fantasy books fall into. TOO MUCH DETAIL. The first part of the book just followed Elspeth around in her daily nothings with a few dreams related to the plot thrown in. The build up to their moon fair went on and on and on! It really tried my patience.But part three - it was great! The rebellion had a lot happening at a decent pace
This is definitly the weak link in the series. Literally nothing happened for the first 4/5ths of the book and all the places and people seem to have caught up with Carmody to create an inpenetrable maze of names. Seriously, no wonder she felt she had to include a three-place (tiny font) dictionary at the front of the novel, but surely the fact she felt she needed one should've been a warning light? Once the book does get moving it's interesting, but I don't know weather it's because I've been
I devoured the third book in this series--it had me absolutely captivated. This one? Not so much. It felt like there was too much and not enough going on at the same time. I was drowning in mundane details and names and dreams and running around to various places... I will admit that I skimmed. Quite a bit, actually. There just wasn't really anything that interested me, except for Dameon's all too brief appearances and the tiny bit with the diving. Wait, no, that's not entirely true; I was also
Fucking fuck. What a disappointment after books 1-3 which were great.This is a long... long... looooonngg book, made worse by the fact that absolutely zilch happens in the first half. It is literally a report of Elspeth going from one meeting to another. How does anyone write 500 pages and still nothing happens???The first half of the book isn't even build up. It isn't important at all. If the book had started with Rushton's being kidnapped, which happens just after the halfway point, really
Book 4 was great!!! I love this series... On to book 5:o)
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