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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Basically what Emily Drake does is take Harry Potter, turn it into a formula and use the formula to write a very dissapointing book. If you put the two series next to each other you see many similarities, to many to be accidental. She gives us the male best friend, the female best friend. And they form a threesome to try and solve the mysteries by sneaking around at night and spying on the teachers. (This all seems oddly familiar, doesnt it.) She also gives him a broken home life to come from and a task to save the world/ camp. Emily Drake also gives us a group of teachers who seem to remind me of some other teachers from another book series. (Funny how familiar this all seems)
If you really think this sounds like a good book just read Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. (aka Sorcerors Stone) You will get a better book that is funnier and more understandable. (I had to read the ending four times and I still didnt get it. Seriously I shouldnt need to do that! Maybe I'm just slow,oh well.) There is a lot more I could say but they cover that in the editorial reviews.
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Summary: A Formula
Review: Basically what Emily Drake does is take Harry Potter, turn it into a formula and use the formula to write a very dissapointing book. If you put the two series next to each other you see many similarities, to many to be accidental. She gives us the male best friend, the female best friend. And they form a threesome to try and solve the mysteries by sneaking around at night and spying on the teachers. (This all seems oddly familiar, doesnt it.) She also gives him a broken home life to come from and a task to save the world/ camp. Emily Drake also gives us a group of teachers who seem to remind me of some other teachers from another book series. (Funny how familiar this all seems)
If you really think this sounds like a good book just read Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. (aka Sorcerors Stone) You will get a better book that is funnier and more understandable. (I had to read the ending four times and I still didnt get it. Seriously I shouldnt need to do that! Maybe I'm just slow,oh well.) There is a lot more I could say but they cover that in the editorial reviews.
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Summary: A fine story of discovery and confrontations with evil
Review: Camp Ravenwyng is a summer camp seemingly for creative kids - but turns out to be a testing ground for those with magical abilities. Jason finds himself drawn to the real purpose of the camp, and to the problems which arise from awakening new powers in Magickers, a fine story of discovery and confrontations with evil.
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Summary: Summer camp magic!
Review: Emily Drake's first novel about middle school kids and magic is great! It's filled with lots of fun and adventures and is great for all ages! Can't wait for her next book!
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Summary: NOT such a good book
Review: I bought this book because I had read a review elsewhere that said it wasn't just a Harry Potter rip-off. Well, that's debatable, but I found it disconnected, illogical, and boring. Maybe it's ok if you have absolutely NOTHING else to do.
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Summary: Not just a Harry Potter rip off...
Review: I bought this book thinking it would be a total Harry Potter rip off, but maybe still enjoyable. Not far into it I decided it was worth a read on it's own merit. I look forward to the sequel. It's a nice, light, pre-teen intro into fantasy reading.
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Summary: A wonderful story filled with action, adventure, and more!
Review: I have been reading the Magicker series ever since it came out. I have fallen in love with these charcaters and find that this series is just as good, if not better, than Harry Potter. Jason has gripped my heart many times and I have found my heart racing along with his during his trails of fear, heartache, and betrayal. The characters in this story makes me want to believe that they are real and that they will all survive what is happening to them. This book in the series left me baffled and my heart racing. I can't wait to read the next one and many more!
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Summary: great book
Review: I liked this book about as much as Harry Potter and thought that for a first time writer that Emily did a good job writing the book. The book did end at a cliff so I'm glad there will be at least one more book but I hope it comes soon.
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Summary: So-So.
Review: I originally picked up this book because it looked mildly interesting... and really, that's all it turned out to be. It's sort of sad that it's such a rip-off of Harry Potter; the author seems to have plenty of good ideas of her own. I also appreciated the references to other fantasy books, though I have a feeling it's an example of the literary uh-oh 'pepper-jack': Insertion of something the author likes as one of the character's likes. I wasn't all that fond of Jason or Bailey, the two most main characters, but I thought that Henry and Trent were both very interesting and well-written.
For the most part, this book is pretty well written. The author's style still needs to mature a bit, but the second and third books in this series are already much better.
All in all, it's something to read when you're bored and have nothing else to do. It won't leave you with much, but it's sort of fun while it lasts. I, for one, really hope that the author writes more books in a few years-- maybe she'll be able to avoid the pitfalls 'The Magickers' series falls into by then.
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Summary: A Wonderful Series that Bests Harry Potter
Review: I picked this up at the bookstore near my home because I always buy a book and thought this one would be, at the very least, interesting. From the first line, I was hooked. Emily Drake's expert writing leads you on a marvelous adventure in which magic is very, very different than JK Rowling's world. Another thing I love is that the characters are very well developed. Piece by piece you are offered insights into the lives of Bailey, Ting, Jason, Trent, Henry, and the rest of the delightful cast. Everyone has a story to tell, and Emily Drake expertly tells them. A marvelous series in which magick can be harnessed by using ordinary stones like amethyst, Ms. Drake leads us on a wonderful adventure into a new and unique branch of fantasy and magic.
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