Review of 'The Alchemyst The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
The alchemyst is an interesting novel, where various mythical beings and characters make an appearance.
Michael Scott mixes different mythologies, folklore and legends, and merged them into this book.
I think the setting is very fun to read, and the plot is well structured as well.
However, I do wonder, why do the twins never fight? They're siblings, siblings are supposed to fight.
And why is Josh sometimes the weird kid, who can't do anything, and who's useless, while at other moments, Sophie praises him as 'a computer legend' or something like that. Kinda weird, ngl.
I think Morrigan had A LOT more potential as a villainness, yet the book was mainly made Dr. Dee the villain, while Morrigan was more written like a sidecharacter or some kind of minion of Dr. Dee, while Dr. Dee was actually Morrigan's servant.
And the different POVs kind of confused me sometimes, because …
The alchemyst is an interesting novel, where various mythical beings and characters make an appearance.
Michael Scott mixes different mythologies, folklore and legends, and merged them into this book.
I think the setting is very fun to read, and the plot is well structured as well.
However, I do wonder, why do the twins never fight? They're siblings, siblings are supposed to fight.
And why is Josh sometimes the weird kid, who can't do anything, and who's useless, while at other moments, Sophie praises him as 'a computer legend' or something like that. Kinda weird, ngl.
I think Morrigan had A LOT more potential as a villainness, yet the book was mainly made Dr. Dee the villain, while Morrigan was more written like a sidecharacter or some kind of minion of Dr. Dee, while Dr. Dee was actually Morrigan's servant.
And the different POVs kind of confused me sometimes, because the narrator just goes from one character to the other, which is just weird / unusual. Most of the time, the chapters have the name of the character who's POV will appear in that chapter. (Like Game of thrones, or The Expanse)
But besides these things, the story was entertaining, and I've learned some things about mythology.
I'd give it a 4/5
5/5.