Wind on Fire Trilogy, The: Firesong - Book Three (Wind on Fire (Hardcover))

Rating:
Summary: Pretty good book, bad ending.
Review: I had already read the first two books and loved them, but I have to say that after reading this book, I felt kind of disappointed, like I got ripped off. For one, this book has a lot less action, making it less interesting. For a large part of the book, all that is described is the Manth people trudging in the snow. There are only about five significant "occurrences" before the ending. Most importantly though, I thought that the ending was not only extremely sad, but kind of unfair to the characters. Although I like to read, I don't normally feel any special bond(s) with the characters, but these books were an exception. I think that there could have been a much better alternative to the ending, something a bit more true to the characters. While I can understand why the author wrote the book that way, I really think that the ending was only fair to Pinto in the end. The overall effect seemed unnatural to me, like this wasn't supposed to happen that way.
Well, if you're like me and don't care if something gets bad reviews; you have to see for yourself, by all means, read the book. I just think that some may be unsatisfied with the final book in the Wind on the Fire Trilogy.

Rating:
Summary: SPECTRUM Children's Book Club Recommendation
Review: Reading Level: Young Adult

The final book of the Wind on Fire trilogy is firesong. Unlike the gap between books one and two, Firesong begins only a short time after the fateful events in the Mastery. The rich literary heritage of this story continues as the Manth people, lead by the Hath family, embark on their epic exodus from slavery as they wander the wastelands of a disintegrating world, in search of their homeland and safety. It is an odyssey that has challenges of character and trials of trust and faith worthy of biblical or classical Greek heros.

After reading the three books I have modified my view about the lack of depth to the main characters. I never felt the humanity of Bo or Kestral in the same way as I felt for say, Harry Potter or Lyra, the heroine of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. But then, the Hath family is cut from a different mold. They are descendents of mythic heros like Moses, Hercules, Oedipus, and Sir Gawain. In the end, The Wind on Fire is about deeds, choices, and fate.

If your child likes this story, I would serve well as a springboard into re-tellings of other classic epics like The Iliad, The Odyssey,or the Knights of the Round Table.

- KB Shaw, Publisher
SPECTRUM Children's Book Club
www.incwell.com

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful, Cruel, Undying
Review: This book is insane.

There's no point trying to read the third book without the first two, because they build to the beauty of the trilogy. Actually, I read the first book in fourth grade when I was nine and I loved it because it was funny and awe-inspiring. Last year, at age eleven, I remembered the first book and I came here to buy the other do, impulsively. The second book was not immature. Each scene was beautiful in its own way, with titles like "Terror at Dawn" that were very symbolic in deeper ways. You started to see the beauty of Kestrel and Bowman's connection and how much they needed each other. The action wasn't what turned me on about the book, but the pure beauty of what was happening. The third book was a great ending. The Wind of Fire was so beautiful it made me cry. You must find out what that is.

One word to describe this book: beautiful.

WHERE BROOKLYN AT!

Rating:
Summary: Firesong
Review: This book is one of the best books i have ever read.
It is an adventure and there is always something happening in it, so its one of those books that you can't put down!
The main characters in it are Kestrel and Bowman who can talk to each other through there minds.
Bowman and Kestrel are together all the time but sometimes they do get split up.
Their mother Ira Hath saw a vision of her homeland and throughout the book the hole family and a few friends are trying to reach it.

Rating:
Summary: Satisfying ending to the trilogy
Review: This was a satisfying ending to the Wind on Fire trilogy, although it would not be good to read only this one. I found the first book verging on silliness in places, but this book was much less so.

One of the "blurbs" on the book compares this book to the Harry Potter books, but I wouldn't put it in that category. It is more pensive and is rarely as funny or fun-loving as the HP books. The HP books also have a down-to-earth-ness about them that this book doesn't have as much. It is definitely fantasy.

The reason I gave the book only four stars is that I have a bit of trouble really getting interested in the characters. There are several that could be interesting, but the in depth development just doesn't seem to be there for me.