Frank Beddor
Hardcover | Pages: 371 pages Rating: 3.85 | 17013 Users | 1171 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Seeing Redd |
| ISBN: | 0803731558 (ISBN13: 9780803731554) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.lookingglasswars.com/ |
| Series: | The Looking Glass Wars #2 |
| Characters: | Alyss Heart, Hatter Madigan, Dodge Anderson, Bibwit Hare, Redd |
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Alyss of Wonderland's rule has only just begun, and already those who prefer chaos to peace are threatening to destroy everything worth imagining. Trailed by newly appointed royal bodyguard Homburg Molly, Alyss is doing her best to keep pace with the non-stop demands of being queen while attempting to evade Molly for a few private moments with Dodge. Alyss' life is a challenging mix of duty, love, and tough decisions, and then a series of phantom sightings set fire to an urban myth of Her Imperial Viciousness' return and have everyone... seeing Redd. Has Redd somehow freed herself and her chief assassin, The Cat, from the confines of the Heart Crystal? If not, then who has resurrected Redd's brutal foot soldiers the Glass Eyes and set them loose to attack Wonderland on all sides? Battles rage, looking glasses explode, and the Alyssians once again unite to defend White Imagination in this fast-paced follow-up to the New York Times best-selling The Looking Glass Wars.Point Of Books Seeing Redd (The Looking Glass Wars #2)
| Title | : | Seeing Redd (The Looking Glass Wars #2) |
| Author | : | Frank Beddor |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 371 pages |
| Published | : | August 21st 2007 by Dial Books |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.85 From 17013 Users | 1171 ReviewsAppraise Of Books Seeing Redd (The Looking Glass Wars #2)
Another fun book in the Looking Glass Wars series!Lots of action and humor. Redd is still amusingly insane. Some really nice descriptive sections. Some emotionally moving sections. Im looking forward to seeing what happens next!Re-read! http://readerdemon.com/seeingredd/ <--- I do book blogging on the side, so posted my full review here. [Site is currently A WIP]
I should have known that this book would be disappointing when The Looking Glass Wars ended with such a fizzle, but I decided to give it a go anyway.Character development is nearly non-existent, and where it is present it lacks the strength of realism; the characters are all rather static individuals who do not stray from their very predictable behaviors.The plot feels rushed, and the danger Wonderland faces at the hands of King Arch and Redd Heart is uninspiring. In fact, the "war" for
3.5 stars. I was a tad disappointed with this book as compared to the first it is slow and clunky in places. However, once it got going it was a good story and worthy of notice. I loved Hatter Madigan again, he will always be my favourite character and wish he had been introduced a bit earlier in the story. I did enjoy the book, and have moved on to the last book in the series, however, I do find Mr Beddor's writing style to be a little irritating when describing the fighting scenes with....GAPS
Here's an interesting twist on the Lewis Carol classic. Alyss is from Wonderland and the heir to her mother's Queendom. Her Aunt Red, who was banished after killing the previous Queen (yes, her own mother) attacks her sister's throne, and gains control for herself. Alyss escapes to Earth, a crude reflection of her true home. The story follows Alyss' new life and trials on Earth, and the horrors that Red, Her Imperial Viciousness, rains down on Wonderlanders. It's a great new look at the classic
This book could have gone one of two ways: 1) it could have improved upon the issues of The Looking Glass Wars and risen to be something really spectacular, or 2) it could have deepened the issues of the first book into something really flat and empty. Guess which route Seeing Redd went down?The issues I had with this sequel were basically endless. The plot was half baked, the characters were soulless and the writing was painfully mediocre, which led to an emotionless novel that I skim-read for
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