Wieder ein spannendes Buch der hervorragenden Reihe um Charlie Bone und seine außergewöhnlichen Freunde. Nach langem hin und her kommt es nun endlich zum großen Kampf zwischen gut und böse. Doch bevor es soweit ist werden noch ein paar große und kleine Geheimnisse gelüftet. Was ist mit Charlies E...
Good story, though a few things confused me. In Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors, I thought Albert Tuccini had destroyed the walls of history so as to save Charlie, but Otus Yewbeam is later reunited with his wife, Amoret, through them. I also thought that Dagbert was going to be one of t...
I love a good happy ending. Disappointed with the ending. :(
For me, this was the most suspenseful, dramatic volume of the series thus far. Charlie found himself in constant perilous situations, some much more severe than those in past books, and during such times, he becomes truly powerless and helpless and reaps the consequences of his involvement with ...
Honestly, I had difficulty getting into this book. The scenes with Charlie in the painting and his friends on the outside were incredibly boring, and I really didn't want the entire book to end up that way. Again, Benjamin bothered me. It is NOT Charlie's fault that your dog ran into the painting...
This Charlie Bone isn't quite as good as the Wilderness Wolf, but still pretty good. Once Charlie escapes from the Badlock,the plot really gets going. Then when Tancred 'dies' we have a real climax point building, because there are ever so many more things they can do with the Bloors thinking Tan...
This is the first of a prequel series to the Charlie Bone books. Charlie Bone is a descendant of the Red King and this is the story of his illustrious ancestor.The story starts in the Secret Kingdom which is doomed to fall to the wicked viridees. Before the end, the children Timoken and Zobayda...
Now first let me get this out of the way. A lot of people think Charlie Bone is a downright rip-off of Harry Potter. I'm here to tell you that No, it is not. In fact it is very different. YES it does have a character who finds out he has a magical ability, and YES he gets sent to a school/academy...
This book had the same strengths and weaknesses, really, of the first two: fun characters, interesting settings, bad writing. I found it a bit episodic: Charlie and friends uncover a new problem to solve, and another, and another . . . I also took issue with the weak villains.It's funny: as ...
Charlie Bone is worried about his friend, Billy Raven. Billy, an albino and an orphan, has longed for a family of his own and it seems like his wish has come true when Mr. and Mrs. de Grey agree to adopt him. Charlie is happy for Billy, but the de Grey's are friends of the Bloor family and Charli...
Initial thoughts on completion:Once again, this was an enjoyable story and a great diversion from everyday normal life. The same familiar characters are back and we get to meet a few new ones. The subject of time travel is always an interesting one, though I'm not sure it was very well thought ou...
What I liked:-Dagbert. I thought he was a fascinating character, and I loved the ill effects his power had. Having to carry around those little golden sea creatures forever can’t be easy. Even though I knew that he was going to be evil when he showed up with Lord Grimwald, I honestly thought he w...
In the fifth book in Jennie Nimmo's Children of the Red King series, odd things are happening in Charlie Bone's neighborhood. First there is an odd snowstorm and then all the animals disappear. Benjamin Brown, recently returned from Hong Kong, misses his dog Runner Bean and wants Charlie to help ...
Leaping out of bed, he ran to the window. There were already several boys pressed up against the pane. "It's the talents master," said an excited first year. "Look at all the glass," another boy observed. "Someone's thrown a brick through the window," said Bragger Braine, a large second year. "Id...
They hung on either side of the long, softly lit passage: haughty-looking women in lace and silk, men in dark robes or wearing velvet coats and white pants. You might think that Charlie would be curious to know what they had to say but to tell the truth, he was beginning to find their bad-tempere...
The painting of Skarpo wouldn't look out of place among the other pieces of artwork, and if anyone caught him, he could say Emma had asked him to look at her sketches. As soon as homework was over, he began to make his way up to the dormitory. "What's the hurry Charlie Bone?" asked a voice behind...
He felt as though he'd run a marathon. He ached all over and could hardly keep his eyes open. On the other side of the table Emma was drinking tea. She had just told Charlie about her aunt's unwelcome visitors and now, in a rush, she repeated Cook's description of the Sea Globe. Charlie's eyes wi...
He was afraid that she would return the moon spider’s web if she knew what might happen. He did not warn her that when a newborn baby was wrapped in the web it would always have one foot in the world of men and the other in a realm of enchantments – a realm of good spirits and others that were no...
The word was in everyone's mind but no one would say it out loud, just yet. By now, the city was crowded with Saturday shoppers and when the four children emerged from the Pets' Cafe, they headed for the quiet street that led to Ingledew's bookstore. Every weekend Emma helped in the store, where ...
A rich, throaty chuckle echoed down the narrow street. Charlie had hardly ever heard his uncle laugh before. "Someone's going to get blamed for this," he said seriously. “and I bet it won't be you." "Of course not," said Paton. "Come on, dear boy We'd better ge...
Voices called into the night. "What's going on?" "Who's there?" "It's Mr. Yewbeam from number nine." "You all right, Mr. Yewbeam?" Someone said, "Was it the wolf?" Before Paton could reply, Agnes Prout, the Yewbeam's next-door neighbor, cried, "It must have been the wolf! It's come into the city....