What do You think about Pirate Emperor (2007)?
"Everything would be so much easier, if she could just go back to seeing the world in black and white." (loosely translated line from Pirate Emperor)These books are really perfect for children and young teenagers. Kai Meyer doesn't talk down to his readers. On the contrary, he challenges them to think for themselves and to question their worldview (and that of the characters).The question of "what is good? what is evil?" plays a central role in the "Wave Walkers"-series. And the author pays attention to not creating characters and a world that can be easily divided into "black" and "white".As an adult reader I did struggle with this novel, though. The pace is very slow for a large part of the story, we get a boring "training sessions"-arc, an annoying love triangle and quite a bit of teenie angst. Only at the end do we get a few twists and answers. Here again I really felt that I was reading a MG novel, since none of the twists were all that surprising and there was too much "dragging out of the obvious".Well, the Wave Walkers are MG novels, and I highly recommend them for their intended audience, because in that aspect there is really nothing to criticize here. Adult readers on the other hand should try them from the library first.
—Maya
As always, Meyer is an incredibly imaginative storyteller, and the way he intricately weaves his plot structure throughout the story keeps the reader constantly guessing what’s going to happen next. Personally, I have been enjoying this trilogy more than the Dark Reflections Trilogy because there are a lot more twists and the characters seem to have a wider arc and a greater range of experiences. Above all, though, what makes this book, and the others so far in the series, so fun is the unique world that Meyer has created and thrust into the middle of the pirate myth lore, which people have a tendency to love. I recommend this book to all readers 10+.-Lindsey Miller, www.lindseyslibrary.com
—Lindsey
3.5Ich habe nicht so den richtigen Drang eine Rezension zu schreiben, aber ein paar kurze Takte müssen schon sein.Den ersten Teil habe ich schon vor längerer Zeit gelesen und so fiel es mir ein wenig schwer, den Zugang zu diesem Buch zu finden. Doch nach ein paar Seiten war ich wieder drin und hab das Buch gern gelesen. Die Mischung aus Piraten-, Abenteuer- und Fantasyroman ist wirklich gut gelungen.Kritikpunkt: Munks Entwicklung kann ich bisher nicht wirklich nachvollziehen und da er nur wenig vorgekommen ist, konnte man auch nichts mutmaßen. Ich bin auf jeden Fall sehr gespannt auf Teil 3!!!!
—Steffie Buechersammlerin
