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Summary: Can't wait to read Aenir!
Review: After the Shield Maiden rescues Tal and Milla and after Milla heals from her wounds the two set out on the daring journey to the castle. Tal is a Chosen, meaning the Castle is his home. He is on a mission to save his family from bad Chosens. Millia is an Icecarl warrior, she is out to get the Sunstone for her people so they don't have to live in the darkness and she can become a Shield Maiden. Something she desperatly wants to be more than anything. After jumping a chasm and going through a heatway tunnels the two end up getting captured anyway. Tal ends up in a pit where he learns the true thing about his father's dissapearence and Milla ends up in the dreaded Hall of Nightmares. However with much help from Tal's great uncle Ebbit they manage to escape but can they survive?This is a great fantasy book and recommend it to everyone. I can't wait to read Aenir!
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Summary: Garth Nix does it again!
Review: Castle is the second installment in the Seventh Tower series. In the last book, The Fall, Tal is hurled away form the castle to be found by Icecarls, a nomadic people that follow animal migrations for survival. Milla, an Icecarl girl, is ordered to help Tal get back to the castle and, in return, get a new sunstone for her clan's iceship. In this book Tal and Milla get back to the castle only to find that Tal's family is on the wrong side of a political power play. Tal's father disappeared in the first book and now his younger brother appears to have been kidnapped. With his mother ill and his sister forced to live with a couple of very nasty relatives, Tal turns to his eccentric Great-Uncle Ebbitt for help. After many narrow escapes, Tal and Milla enter the spirit word of the Chosen, of which Tal's family are members, in order to find a book that may help them solve the mystery of Tal's father's disappearance. In the first book Nix tears down traditional gender roles. He continues to do that in this book while at the same time rounding out the major characters personalities. We begin to see more sides of both Tal and, especially, Milla. In this book Nix also starts to address the cultural arrogance that both Tal and Milla have learned from their societies. I think Nix has a great way of addressing some of the major social concerns of today's society in an a manner that's easily digestible for the intended age group for this book. He does so with an intriguing and well written story. I think that the book (and series) will appeal to both boys and girls since the both heros play an equal role in the story and both are dependent on the other equally for survival. If fact, at the end of this book both Tal and Milla realize just that. I highly recommend this book. It's enlightening and it's a terrific fantasy.
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Summary: The Seventh Tower, Castle
Review: Dear Reader, The book The Seventh Tower, Castle, is about a boy named Tal and a girl named Milla.It's pretty cool. It starts off at the Ruin Ship. It is very suspenceful the whole story.It's a great story.!! I advise YOU to read it! Your friend, Coka-cola200 Your friend, coka-cola200
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Summary: A good read!
Review: First of all I have been waiting for this book to come out, for what seemed like an eternity! The first one really leaves you hanging, so you have to read that one first, but unfortunetly this one ends with a cliff hanger too. Tal has returned to his home, the Castle after being out in a mysterious world full of ice and danger, to find a definalty not so warm welcome. Enemies he didn't even know he had are trying to get him! I can't say too much else or there will be no suspence in the book. All I can say is you might want to wait to read this book until you have the third (called Aenir) because you'll need to know what happens to Tal quickly or it will drive you crazy!
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Summary: Dark and Enchanting
Review: From the icy planes...to the majestic ship of the mysterious maidens....to the deep passages within the Castle itself. This book is as enchanting, or more enchanting than the last...from the almost demonic Hall of Nightmares machine..to the hall of the eccentric Uncle. This book will leave you on the edge, straight up to the ending...in the mysterious spiritworld...will the characters ever leave their coffins?
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Summary: Cool - so far
Review: I admit I'm only at the beginning of the third chapter I don't know what's goin' on up ahead. I suggest you read it. It's like the energizer bunny. You want to keep going and going and going...
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Summary: Worst One
Review: I think that the other 3 (soon 4) seventh tower books were better. I have a group of 4 friends including me and we all think the order goes Fall Above the Veil Aenir Castle
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Summary: The Next Harry Potter
Review: I've read many books, but this is the best by far. I thought harry potter was a good book, this one is even better. It has an exciting plot and it keeps you wanting more. I just finished reading it and now shopping for the 3rd and 4th book!
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Summary: What is Slimy Sushin's problem?
Review: Just had to ask that question - that creep Sushin, who kept Tal from getting his Sunstone in The Fall (1st in the series), has somehow been promoted by the time Tal and Milla get back to the castle, and he's scheming... In addition to the great mental pictures the author skillfully paints in this book (for a small example, I kind of had the same reaction as Tal did to the Mother Crone's eyes...) I really liked how 13-year-old Tal and 14-year-old Milla learned how to work together despite their differences. What's really cool is how neither Tal nor Milla change who they are for the other person (though their characters DO grow) and still manage to form a team. Now we don't really know that Tal and Milla like each other, necessarily, and they still argue and tease each other, but as the two face more challenges - sometimes even apart (they get separated and Tal faces the Pit while Milla gets tossed into the Hall of Nightmares), they find ways to get back together and to help one another. I can't wait to see what happens next!
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Summary: Solid follow-up
Review: Life is tough if you're a Garth Nix protagonist. The author cuts right to the chase in the second book of the Seventh Tower series, "Castle," by picking up where "The Fall" left off. Things get darker and tenser, and the mystery becomes even more twisted. Tal's family is being mysteriously victimized, and will become outcasts unless he can get into the mystical land of Aenir. But now he's captive of the Icecarls, and is the grudging ally of the tough wannabe-shieldmaiden Milla. After meeting with the ancient Mother Crone, Tal agrees to help sneak Milla in, so they can both find Sunstones -- he for his family, she for her people. But they have more trouble. After getting inside and consulting with Uncle Ebbitt, he tells them that they must find the Codex in Aenir. Then things take a hideous turn: The two kids are captured. Tal is imprisoned in the Pit -- and discovers something about his father's fate. And Milla is trapped with the half-shadow-half-man monster Fashnek, in the Hall of Nightmares... Though "Castle" is not as strong as "Fall," it's a darker, weirder story that adds to the mystery. Why does Sushin hate Tal and his family so much? What is happening to the Sunstones, if they're dying and becoming useless? And who was the mysterious Longface, a Chosen taken in by the Icecarls -- what was he terrified of? Nix's talent for fantastical horror is also more evident here, in the hideous Fashnek, who has an insectile shadow-claw over part of his body. While "Fall" was pretty much pure fantasy, "Castle" has the darker, more macabre bits -- probably even more as the series progresses. And his talent for creating familiar but alien cultures now extends to the Icecarls as well as the Chosen. Tal was a well-rounded character to start with, and he doesn't disappoint in this book. Milla gets a bit more depth, and shows some liking for Tal and Uncle Ebbitt. She softens a little bit, while being no less tough. Uncle Ebbit is likably quirky, but more serious, and the Mother Crone is an intriguing old wisewoman. The second part of the "Seventh Tower" series is a little darker than the first book, and a little more of what fans expect from Nix. And he knows when to stop, just to make them dash eagerly for "Aenir."
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