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Summary: A VERY Entertaining Book!
Review: I 1st heard of this book from my English teacher, and decided to give it a try. I'm sure glad I did! This is the best book I've read since Harry Potter. I love the characters and the setting. Prosper, Bo, Hornet, Victor, and all the rest are very easy to imagine and get to know. I definataly recommend this book to adults and kids alike, and you'll love it!
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Summary: Not Bad
Review: Yeah, so it's not Harry Potter... Anyone really surprised by that? I think not. BUT, it's a GREAT bedtime story for the kids, and pleasent to read for adults. It's not a waste of money, it's really colorful.
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Summary: A fine book that suffers only when compared to Harry P.
Review: I enjoyed this book very much; surely it will be one of the best if not the best and/or most popular kids' book published this year. It is a fast, gripping read, with entertaining characters, and Venice as its backdrop - surely the finest city in the world for a work of magic and imagination.It does come off as a bit of a collage built from other books - orphans Propser and Bo escape from an evil aunt and uncle (like Harry Potter), encounter a child-criminal mastermind (like Artemis Fowl), join a gang of kid thieves (like Oliver Twist) and tackle a historical mystery (like the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler). The characters are not quite as well developed as in these books, and it's less fantastical than Harry or Artemis (with one major exception that I will not spoil for you). If you are a cynic you might think the author wrote it all with an eye to the main chance (selling the movie rights), in part because she dedicates the book to Bob Hoskins (presumably the actor) declaring that the character Victor looks just like him. But if you're not so cynical you will really enjoy it - the author makes marvelous use of the city of Venice, it's funny and surprising and exciting. It seem like a screenplay pretending to a book, but it's really going to make a great movie.
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Summary: Very good, not outstanding
Review: Like the other reviewers, I had hoped for a book that would capture me like the Harry Potter books did. This was a good book, but not in the same league as the Potter books or some of the other books out there aimed at this age bracket. I bought an extra copy to give to an 11 year old boy and for the first quarter of the book I thought I had made a mistake. The main characters of the book are living in an abandoned movie theater and apparently living off of the proceeds of stolen goods. Not the best example I wanted to set for this 11 year old. As the book continued and more details were revealed, I began to enjoy the story much more. I did like it at the end and found that it (mostly) taught positive lessons. I gladly gaved the extra copy away. Buy it, read it, enjoy it, but don't expect it to change your life.
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Summary: Another work of amazing kids fantasy
Review: The protagonists of The Thief Lord are serious 12-year-old Prosper and innocent little 5-year-old Bo. After their parents die they're sent to live with their aunt and uncle who dislike Prosper greatly and wish to separate them. As a result the two children run away to Venice, a magical place of their mother's stories, and are taken in by another kid who calls himself The Thief Lord. The Thief Lord is a master thief and lives in a broken down movie theater with his gang: Mosca, Riccio and Hornet. Prosper and Bo think that they're safe but when their aunt sends out a private detective, named Victor, to find them, they realize that they may have to leave the place they've grown to call home. Things get more complicated when the Thief Lord receives a job that he can't refuse. He has to break into a house to steal a seemingly unimportant object that's the key to something magical. But before he can even steal it a series of strange event threatens to tear the group apart. As Victor learns more about the group, the group learns more about their beloved Thief Lord, things that they don't like at all. Will the group be torn apart forever? Like others I found out about this book in an article that claimed it to be "just as big, if not bigger than Harry Potter" and well I don't necessarily agree with that The Thief Lord as joined Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl as one of my favorite children's novels. The story is amazing and magical. Yes, there are a few similarities to Harry Potter. Hornet is a bit like Hermione and the whole "evil aunt and uncle" does come into play but that's where the similarities stop. I hope that the author decides to write a sequel, because there is so much more to be written about the characters. This book is made for fans of Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl and a Series of Unfortunate Events.
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Summary: Not Quite Harry Potter
Review: Newsweek described this book as the next Harry Potter. In my opinion it is not at that level. I enjoyed reading the book. The characters are well developed and I liked the plot and setting. Definitely a good book but not destined to be a classic.
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Summary: A fun and fast read
Review: I was excited when I heard that this book was possibly the next Harry Potter. It was a quick and easy read. The characters were colorful and well developed. The plot was easy to follow. However, it did not leave me yearning for a follow-up installment as did each of the Harry Potter books. As a fifth grade teacher, I am looking forward to reading it to my class and hearing what they think.
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Summary: Theives That Produce Smiles
Review: The Thief Lord, originally written by Cornelia Funke in German, poses an interesting question: Is writing or plot more effective for children's stories? If you answered the former, Thief Lord isn't for you; the language is often simple and some wordings are very obviously translated. The reason so many children (and pre-teens) have been drawn to the book is its fairy tale like plot. The Thief Lord focuses on the story of two children, Bo and Prosper, who have ran away from their Aunt and Uncle to Venice, a city their deceased mother used to tell stories about. The boys choose to run away because Aunt Esther and her husband want to adopt Bo, but not Prosper. Once in Venice, the boys meet up with a group of runaway children who live in a movie theater and are taken care of by a thief the same age of the rest of them who calls himself 'The Thief Lord'. Unfortunately, Esther has contacted a detective named Victor Getz, who agrees to search for the children, with silly and often laughable results. The plot takes a sudden twist when a magical and mysterious merry-go-round and a Conte looking for the missing piece enter the picture. The ending, while not particularly surprising, is quite enjoyable none the less. Although The Thief Lord is not Newberry material, the characters are likable and the plot exciting, making it a sure fire hit with younger Harry Potter fans. The writing, the weakest point of the book, can easily be looked over.
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Summary: It Takes You to Another World!!!!!
Review: I normally dont like to read and i absolutely loved this book!!!I read it and got the cassette tapes for it. Whenever i read it i got taken away to another world and i just couldnt stop reading. If your one of those people who likes to sit under a blanket in a cozy corner of the house and drink hot cocoa...this would be the perfect book for you. Its cozy and exciting and fit for all ages!! READ THIS BOOK
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