Book: The Alchemyst: The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
Pages: 375 in Hardcover, Published by Delacorte Books
The Alchemyst is about Nicholas Flamel, who is immortal because he has been making the elixir of life for centuries. He has the most powerful book on earth, the Book Of Abraham The Mage, which has secrets that can’t fall into the hands of John Dee. Cue Sophie and Josh Newman, the twins who must save the world before it’s too late.
This book was just okay. It ended up being more about Josh and Sophie than about Nicholas Flamel. Not only that, but it felt cluttered with every god and goddess and a lot of name-dropping that will definitely date the book in a few years.
It was pretty generic, relied a lot on clichés, and the characters were pretty superficial. It was mentioned at least once or twice that Josh and Sophie were not identical twins…they’re different genders, so if they were identical, I’d be concerned. And then wonder why we never heard about twins of 2 different genders who were magically identical.
I was reminded of the Percy Jackson series when I was reading it- gods, goddesses and people living for centuries amongst regular people, prophecies, and a couple of 15-year-olds who need to save the world.
I give it a 1 out of 5. It’s far too generic for me to like it.
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Did they mean they were fraternal twins? There are identical twins of separate genders…
I almost bought this book in Barnes and Noble one day, maybe I should be glad I didn’t. I also avoided reading the Percy Jackson series, though most everyone I know enjoyed it.
It seemed more like the gods and goddesses they came across were confused by the concept of fraternal twins. The mythology aspect of it was interesting, but for me, it wasn’t enough to save the novel.