If you have never read a MYTH book, you are in for a treat, but I wouldn't start with this one. This story starts after MYTH, Inc. has dissolved and Skeeve (actually The Great Skeeve) is on a sabbatical. For those of you familiar with Asprin's world of insanity, this is a good one.Skeeve is off studying on Klahd and Aahz, his former partner, sees an opportunity to make a buck. Six young people of various species and magical abilities want to get some practical experience in magic (or magikal arts) from Skeeve. Skeeve agrees to take them on and it turns into whining teens meets Harry Potter (that might be redundant). Skeeve always has a low opinion of his abilities, but he teaches the kids quite a bit of practical thinking and magic.Once the group of graduates leaves the 6 week course, they wind up on a game show. Apparently that was the reason they wanted the practical training. Skeeve is at first pissed, but then rallies round. I thought this bit was going to be like a version of American Idol or one of those crazy reality shows, but I was pleasantly surprised. Things turn out well for most of the beings involved and I just loved it.This is a great summer read. Now I have to catch up some more of the MYTH books that I never read.
Skīva maģiskās spējas ir krietni, krietni augušas un nu izrādās, ka no viņa iznāk arī tīri jēdzīgs skolotājs- Skīvs uz brīdi pārtrauc pats savas mācības, lai apmācītu 6 jaunos burvjus, kurus viņam tik laipni ir uzkrāmējuši viņa draugi. Bet, kā jau mēs labi zinām, vislabākais veids, kā kaut ko iemācīties, ir sākt to mācīt citiem.Sērija joprojām ir aizraujoša un es turpinu sajūsmināties par tēlu izaugsmi, bet šī noteikti nav no sērijas labākajām grāmatām. Šeit sāk traucēt visādas sagadīšanās un vispār brīžiem varoņi krietni par vieglu tiek cauri savām problēmām. Joprojām asprātīga grāmata, bet autors pamazām būs izsmēlis šo sēriju, vismaz šī grāmata jau bija pagalam piebāzta ar klišejām un arī humoru šeit par diez ko oriģinālu nenosauksi.
What do You think about Class Dis-Mythed (2005)?
The Myth Adventures have been one of my favorite reads since I picked the first story up in comic book format back the late '80s. My favorite character has always been Skeeve. From the time that he was naught but a ignorant Klahd just trying to understand this big confusing world of magic, to this book as the Great Skeeve training up young wand wavers in real world magic use. He's always modest, always locked in perpetual self doubt. He doubts because he confuses knowledge for skill, and therefore sees himself as a fraud because he's comes so far with so little. That has been me in a nut shell as I grew from little knuckle head to big knuckle head.
—Wayne
I was delighted with this book because it was a return to Skeeve being the narrator. The last book was narrated by Aahz. While I love Aahz (and the other M.Y.T.H. characters), it's more fun to hear about Aahz's overreactions from an outside point of view than read his internal dialogue and imagine his "reasonable" reactions exploding on a casual bystander. Even though I figured out the direction the last quarter of the book was going to take fairly early on, I still enjoyed the classic theme of Skeeve taking on "more than he can handle" and handling it exceptionally well in spite of himself.
—Heather
