Again I am impressed with Kai Meyer's imagination. But with his story-telling not so much. While the final novel in the series was better than the second, which I really struggled with at times, I just ended up losing interest in the story. It never really grabbed me or made me care for the characters. There was too much teenie drama for my taste and the plots twists often were a bit too obvious.In the end, the Wave Walkers are children's literature and that's where this series really shines. The author refuses to work with simple ideas of “black and white”, “good and evil” and he underlines the fact that “things aren't always as they seem”, that we are often blinded by our prejudices, reject people just because they are “different” from us and tend to jump to conclusions too soon. Young readers certainly can use these books as an occasion to think about a lot of things. But they are also just great adventure stories with a diverse cast in a quite complex world (for MG) and a very positive message about friendship, trust and responsibility. And of course – pirates!If you're looking for a present for your child, younger sibling, cousin etc., Kai Meyer's MG series (only two of them have been translated into English afaik) are a good choice. Some adults also love them, but I suggest getting it from the library first.Personally I did prefer the Dark Reflections series from the same author, because it doesn't have all the teenie angst and love triangle stuff, but both are great for young readers and if you like one, you will most likely enjoy the other as well.
This book took me a long time to read, because I lost interest so quickly in it. I read the first two books in the series about a year ago. This was not really one of those books that you can just pick up and read without reading the first two, because it alluded to events that happened previously, and there were strange terms that were explained in an earlier book that I had forgotten. I am sure that I would have enjoyed this book more if I had read all three books together, because the storyline was original, if a bit far fetched. To me it seemed like there were several circumstances where something was possible just because it was. I couldnt really understand why some things were possible. Maybe some of the instances were explained in the first two books, but in this book it just confused me. I really like the characters in this book though. Lots of them are rather quirky but somehow they all work together. I liked that the hexhermectic shipworm played a bigger role in this book, because I remember wondering when I read the first two what his significance was. I liked this book as much as could be expected considering I didnt understand parts of it.
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All in all, I thought this book was very good. I hate to say this but the book was boring(?) in some parts. Especially the parts where Jolly and Munk traveled to the Maelstorm. It was just awkward and weird for me. It was a little confusing at times because I didn't really understand the stories about who the maelstorm was. The ending was weird. Maybe the ending was good for some people, but it was a little weird for me. I was expecting more of a final BANG.But, other than that, the book was enjoyable. I might check out Kai Meyer's other books.
—Vivian Le
Well this book did wrap up the whole series,but for some reason it didn't really make me click like all the other books did. Of course a bunch of great and important stuff happened like the death of Tyrone, the cannibal king and the magic worm evolving into a winged serpent god and of course all the other minor but shocking secrets that the 'ghost trader' kept from them all.I used quotes because the ghost trader isn't really a ghost trader at all. This book was pretty good and all. It was a great ending but you know when you finish a book and you feel like "Man. Its over already" that's how i felt and if you've never felt like this well.... that's too bad for you.
—Hachton
