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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book was great. I couldn't put it down. I love they way Diane Duane mixed Celtic/Irish mythology with the well liked wizards Nita + Kit. While having Nita develop a crush on a local boy made it more interesting,I feel Duane left their relationship a little to uncertain.At the end of the book it was not farther disscussed.Also,are any more books in this series coming out or what?
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Summary: Well... definitly not the best
Review: This book was okay, but definitly not the best in the series. Actually, let me rephrase that. The parts about Ireland were cool, but just about everything else in this book was not very good compared to the other books in the series. Not that this book lacked exitement. In it, Nita's parents send her to Ireland to be with her aunt, in order to seperate her and Kit so they aren't spending so much time together. Once she gets there, she discovers that her aunt is also a wizard, and so is just about everyone else, including some irritating boy that Nina meets and likes. The worst part is that whole kissing scene between her and that boy. Not only was it totally gross, but also it disgusts me because Nita is way too young, and it's not like the relationship would last. That may sound really lame comeing from a fifteen year old, but lets face it, it's true! This is an okay finish to the saga, but it isn't really neccacary if you don't want to have to put up with the flaws I mentioned.
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Summary: Down from a climax
Review: This book was really great, but after High Wizardry, it seemed awfully bare and unfulfilling. The interweaving of Irish history and mythology in this book was brilliant. Diane Duane seemed to make all the story-tales, from all different cultures, come true. A Wizard Abroad is a stupendous read, but I would recommend reading it prior to reading High Wizardry, or else it will leave you wanting more. Also, not to criticize Ms. Duane, but she left Nita's relationship with Ronan too open-ended; it was sad, the way she left it.
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Summary: Very Nicely Written
Review: This fourth book in the Young Wizards Series is still very good. Duane created characters that are very believable. Some of the plot even displays the way Nita matures throughout the years. Once again, the plot is very original, very creative.However, I just have a few complaints:
A Wizard Abroad still contains the same formula as the others, good yes, but unfortunately it can get a bit tedious after awhile when you have an idea of what is going to happen. Moreover, the climax is very confusing. Readers beware: it is very very easy to get lost in all that description. Things happen just too quickly. Nevertheless, this fourth addition is still quite magical, and quite good.
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Summary: wizard abroad
Review: This is a really awesome series, good writing. She makes me feel like I am really there with Nita (the main character) and Kit (her pal) as they go to Ireland and save the world.......
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Summary: EXCELLENT BOOK, EXCELLENT SERIES, EXCELLENT AUTHOR
Review: This is one of my favorite books. The whole concept of unknown magical beings is very interesting to me. I found this book and the three before it very creative stories. Diane Duane is definitely one of the greatest writers of wizarding books right after J.K. Rowling. I have only one complaint, Where's the next one?????
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Summary: A 13-year-old's opinion. . .
Review: Three words: I LOVED IT! This is definitely one of the best young adult type books around. One of my all-time favorite books (like the others in the series), A WIZARD ABROAD kept me captivated till the end (an I still want MORE!). With the addition of Dairine, Nita's younger sister, who is my favorite character (sorry, Nita or Kit fans), this and the book before it, HIGH WIZARDRY, are my favorites. Please, read this book! I've had many people turn it down, but those who take my advice are glad! They agree: A WIZARD ABROAD IS THE BEST! ( but read the others first! )
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Summary: Hmmm...
Review: Well, I really liked the first three books. This one was...a little harder. (All right, all right. I'm a chronic Kit fan, and find him completely underdeveloped and underused here.) The lowdown: Juanita (Nita) Callahan is furious when her parents send her to her Aunt Annie in Ireland for an enforced rest from wizardry...and, most of all, her best friend and wizarding partner Christopher (Kit) Rodriguez. They even make her promise she won't pop back to see him. (A Wizard can't break promises.) But there's rarely any such thing as a vacation for a wizard, and Nita is soon up to her neck working with Irish wizards to stop the past, myths, and memories of Ireland from destroying it. Duane has made excellent use of Irish geography, culture, and mythology here, and the ideas behind how wizardry works are always interesting. She usually does an excellent job of setting up her characters and conflicts. Unfortunately, Duane doesn't always follow things through. She takes great care developing Nita's relationship with the young Irish wizard Ronan and then introducing Kit back into the mix, but nothing seems to come of the whole situation? What does a kiss or two mean here...to Nita and to Ronan? Will there be further contact? Especially between wizards, isn't there more aftermath to physical intimacy with another wizard? How much does Kit know about it all, and how would knowing more change his relationship with Nita? Half of character is dealing with the consequences of decisions, and I was eager to see Nita deal with some of these questions only to find out they were never addressed. Part of the challenge here is that Nita's only fourteen, but has to act and think much more like an adult than you average teenager. People are counting on her and her wizardry. Though she's young, Nita's stuck with this kind of power and has to make adult decisions. We have to see the backlash of those decisions if they're to be meaningful. Not fair to her, but...that's wizardry. I was disappointed to see very little of Kit working outside his comfort zone here, when there were plenty of opportunities for developing him. Surely his family must have noticed his extended absences? As always, he's placed in a supporting role when he needs to develop on his own, too. He needs some tests of his own, not to mention that people seem to forget he's been involved in almost everything Nita has. (I was glad to see this book paid a little more attention to his specialities, though his contributions rarely seem to be critical.) So when do we get to see him dealing with his own problems, totally separate from Nita's? When does he get moody or mad, and why? How has he really felt about the interventions he's been involved in so far? What does he contribute besides an extra pair of hands? What does Nita appreciate about him, and what about him annoys or troubles her? Why do he and Nita seem to agree so easily on so many things, and where would they disagree? How committed are he and Nita to their partnership, and at what cost? Maybe future books will address some of this a little better. In any case, a pleasant read.
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Summary: good, but not the best
Review: While not as emotionally satisfying as the first two in the series, and while definitely lacking the presence of Kit to balance out Nina, it is still a well written, enjoyable part of the series. As with all Duane's books, it manages to be accessible without being condescending, and it is a YA book that can be happily reread by those of us who no longer fit the age bracket.
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Summary: A Spellbounding Book! From an 18 year old's point of view!
Review: With Diane Duane's Wizardry Series...each book is better than the previous one. In this installment, Ms. Duane pierces more into the insight of the Powers that Be and lets us all know there are wizards everywhere...just not in America. We also get to see how a teenage girl grows and develops from being "shipped off" by her parents to a whole new world. It is my favorite book and I've had it for 5 years now and I still read it over and over because it is so spellbounding and exciting.
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