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Chargement... Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles, 1) (original 2011; édition 2012)par Colin Meloy (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreLes chroniques de Wildwood : Livre 1 par Colin Meloy (2011)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A young girl is out for a stroll with her baby b rother when she witnesses him ‘napped by a murder of crows and carried away into the Wildwood – an impassible and possibly magical forest adjacent to her hometown of Portland. So, she decides to pass into the impassible wilderness to rescue him, and is unwillingly accompanied by a boy her age who wants to be her friend. They quickly get separated once in the Wildwood and each have their own adventures while hunting for the tot. I think if I could have read this as a kid I would have adored it, as I was obsessed with All Things Narnia, and this book is clearly *heavily* influenced by Lewis’ Chronicles. But as an adult, it’s hard not to be distracted by just how much Meloy has borrowed from Lewis. But, if you know any middle graders who are bananas for Narnia, I’d definitely recommend recommending this one to them. 20% in and I'm bored to death. I'd like to say nothing is happening but there is. A baby is kidnapped by a murder of crows. Two people get into an Impassible Wilderness to find this baby. This place is unlike our traditional world. Still left me unimpressed and feeling like nothing is happening. The book is not my age group so I probably shouldn't really be rating it (nor reading it) but I'm confident that if I asked my kids to read this book they also would also be bored to death. I originally got this audiobook so I could hear [a:Amanda Plummer|778006|Amanda Plummer|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] narrate because she did an outstanding job narrating another audiobook ([b:Heaven Eyes|840998|Heaven Eyes|David Almond|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320460288l/840998._SY75_.jpg|1737763]). I wasn't as pleased this time. She uses a baby voice too much and pauses or emphasizes in places that don't seem right to me. DNF I chose this book because it is a fantasy that takes place in my local area. I hadn’t yet picked it up because the cover was not something that appealed to me, and friends who had read it hadn’t been impressed with the story. I chose to listen to it on CD rather than read it, and that turned out to be a good choice, because Amanda Plummer’s reading is perhaps the only thing that kept me listening. The story is fine as fantasy adventures go. The language is well beyond anything that will interest a middle grade child for long. I found the text to be wordy and far too descriptive. I kept wanting to shout, “Get on with the story already!” My mind drifted away throughout, despite the excellent reading, which forced me to rewind to where I last remembered listening. I’m giving it three stars because the story did hold together, and I think with better editing, it could have been an interesting book. Also, as I said, Amanda Plummer saved the book by providing interesting voices for the characters. There were a few bright moments. I enjoyed the mail carrier who drives his truck back and forth between Northwood and Southwood. I liked Brennan the Bandit King. And Curtis was a strong character – more so than Prue who had marched into Wildwood to save her brother, but often seemed to forget her mission. Because I listened on CD, I did not see the illustrations, but because the cover completely turned me off, I wasn’t really interested in seeing more. I’ve spoken to people who loved them, however, so for some people they were the perfect match for the text.
Folding elements of real-life Portland into the story, Meloy lovingly describes the jungles to the north and the cobbled streets and elegant tree houses of the more civilized south. The result is a richly satisfying weave of reality and fantasy. Appartient à la sérieEst contenu dansPrix et récompensesListes notables
When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, seventh-grader Prue McKeel ventures into the forbidden Impassable Wilderness--a dangerous and magical forest in the middle of Portland, Oregon--and soon finds herself involved in a war among the various inhabitants. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Wildwood gets two stars instead of just one because it's serviceable. If a kid really wanted a long fantasy similar to C.S. Lewis, I wouldn't tell him NOT to read this. ( )