![]() It’s not like the family name is important to the story. It’s not like Josh is a new character that is being introduced every time he reappears. It’s not like there are multiple Sophies that I have to keep up with. I know that Sophie and Josh’s last name is Newman. Scott inexplicably feels the need to use surnames at least once per chapter. Along with Sophie and Josh-twins who were either in the wrong place at the wrong time or fated to be there-and Scathach-a “Next Generation” warrior vampire-Flamel flees from Dee and attempts to retrieve the book and his wife. Luckily, Dee didn’t get the whole book two pages at the back were preserved. John Dee-steals the book from him and kidnaps Flamel’s wife Perenelle. One day, another long-living magician-Dr. In Michael Scott’s version of the tale, Flamel is the guardian of a mystical book with the secrets to immortal life. It takes on the story of Nicholas Flamel (another reason why Harry Potter was on my mind while reading). The actual story feels like it should have been more interesting. The Alchemyst is not the worst thing I’ve ever read, but it did not catch my attention at all and I found the writing to be painful. I may or may not have mentioned before that I’m irritated by unnecessarily pedantic spelling (I really liked the Magyk series by Angie Sage when I was younger, but even though I still have fond memories of it I cringe at the spellings). The point is, I didn’t really have high hopes for TheĪlchemyst, but I’ll read book one of pretty much any YA fantasy series in the hopes that I’ll find something I love. But despite that, I keep looking and keep looking and keep looking for another series that will suck me in completely, the kind of story that you sit down to and then look up to realize that two days have passed and you’re a thousand pages deep. ![]() There’s nothing like it, and even if something does match the content someday, the experience is not replicable. I mean, there’s a reason everything tries to be the next Harry Potter. Like, I have no memory before having read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (I’m American, so I read Sorcerer, not Philosopher I know that annoys some people), and I still remember the constant, intense anticipation for the next book. It’s likely because I grew up in the Harry Potter generation that I’ve always had a fantasy series that I absolutely adored. The Mortal Instruments has been the closest. I keep trying and trying to find a new series that I’m as excited about as I was Harry Potter. It took me a long freaking time to finish The Alchemyst by Michael Scott.
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