Sorry about not posting for a long time. I was... ahem ahem... at my books again (Only a few people know otherwise)
Daft Definitions
Siege : Operations of armed forces who surround and blockade a town or fortress in order to capture it
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Meet Emily, Simon and Marcus.
They are normal kids (That actually depends on your definition of normal) living in a normal town (again, depends on your definition of normal) close to a normal castle.
They have normal families and live in normal houses, although that's not the main focus of this book. There is a normal castle near their town, looked after by an abnormal caretaker. (wow!)
So they decide to (genius!) sneak into the castle, claim it as their own, and improve it. Not to mention escaping their boring families (Apart from Marcus', but we'll find out later shall we?)
Talk about modesty eh?
But things start to go horribly wrong. Someone notices that they are in the castle and (boo! hiss!) decides to take matters into his own, and a lot of other, hands. The trio must use their wits and resources to prevent, I quote, their castle being taken from them. Their lives are intermixed (like lemon, water and sugar in lemonade) and they must survive nightmarish psychological games and other such dangers.
Whatever...
To be quite frank, (Trust me!) I wasn't too happy with this book. It's probably better if you go and read the Bartimaeus Trilogy (See below for my review on the 1st book). Stroud's other books were much better than The Last Siege, and I hope they remain so...
My Rating? (You're probably used to this)
I'd give it 6/10. I fair read, but not a must...
1 comment:
Now give this one to me.
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