Discover the Destroyer (Everworld, 5)

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Summary: Absolutely hilarious with an interesting look on David...
Review: Picking up where the previous book had left off, this one pit the group against a VERY large dragon who has more money than Bill Gates on its own mountain! Applegate does well in sending the kids on a quest (which involves a repeated gimmick involving the bottom half of a satyr running around the scene igniting comic relief and a nymph for part of the book) to find part of the dragon's stolen treasure and so they must go out to the land of the Faries unless they want their hearts to turn into flames within six days. Christopher's humor is well represented although this is not one of this books. Yet the secrets of the Everworld kids start to unveil themselves to the audience. Where Jalil's Obcessive-Compulsive Disorder was the focus of the previous book, readers will finally get a hint as to WHY David is the leader of the group and why he is so defensive (Applegate does well in making it subtle enough so as to not disturb you). And once again, Senna is further explored although she remains elusive to the truth and the audience STILL doesn't know what's totally going on with her. However, this was a sure fun book to read, and when the end comes the largest threat in all of Everworld must now be confronted... yes, you know who I'm talking about. Definitely essential to the storyline and a great lead-in for what is to come.

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Summary: The Best Everworld Book!
Review: These are not normally the types of books I tend to read, but I have to admit I'm enjoying this series. Though there are still things I don't like (too much swearing, too much inuendo, etc) the basic story and the writing are getting better. In this segment of the adventure we have circled back to David so he tells the story as the five kids (David, Christopher, April, Jalil, and Senna) continue their adventure. The story basically picks up right where the last one left off, as they are facing the dragon Nidoggher. He replaces David, Christopher, April and Jalil's hearts with rubies that will keep them alive for no more than six days, and in that time period they have to go and get a few of Nidoggher's things that were stolen by Leprechaens, and then if they succeed he will give them their hearts' back. So, they head in the direction of Fairy Land and along the way meet a nymph, some satyrs and plenty of other interesting characters. This book was somewhat less intense than the previous four, and it was even somewhat lighthearted at times, a welcome change from the depressing direction the earlier books were taking. This one made me truly eager also to read the next one as soon as I can find it, though that should be hard because I live on a cold, miserable Alaskan island where we are lucky even to have a Walmart, much less even a mediocore bookstore. Oh Well. The major cliffhanger remains, what will happen to them in the land of Ka Anor? I have a feeling that Ka Anor and the Hetwan are the real villians and that eventually that will dominate the storyline even more than the current 'will they find their way back to their own universe?' storyline. I'm all for that! I love epic battles. Also in the future I'd like to see Greek mythology explored more and more spotlight on April, who is the most interesting to me so far. David and Christopher are annoying, especially Christopher, and while Jalil is also a fascinating character it's downright scary to know what he's thinking. Especially when they go into so much detail about his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. (shudder) Anyway, this was a really good book, but I wouldn't recommend it to people who havn't read this previous ones first, since otherwise it will make no sense whatsoever. Also, these books are very intense and defenitely not for young children. I'm fifteen and some of it still scares me. I would definitely not recommend them to anyone under 13 or so.

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Summary: Good for Everworld...the characters seem to be maturing
Review: These are not normally the types of books I tend to read, but I have to admit I'm enjoying this series. Though there are still things I don't like (too much swearing, too much inuendo, etc) the basic story and the writing are getting better. In this segment of the adventure we have circled back to David so he tells the story as the five kids (David, Christopher, April, Jalil, and Senna) continue their adventure. The story basically picks up right where the last one left off, as they are facing the dragon Nidoggher. He replaces David, Christopher, April and Jalil's hearts with rubies that will keep them alive for no more than six days, and in that time period they have to go and get a few of Nidoggher's things that were stolen by Leprechaens, and then if they succeed he will give them their hearts' back. So, they head in the direction of Fairy Land and along the way meet a nymph, some satyrs and plenty of other interesting characters. This book was somewhat less intense than the previous four, and it was even somewhat lighthearted at times, a welcome change from the depressing direction the earlier books were taking. This one made me truly eager also to read the next one as soon as I can find it, though that should be hard because I live on a cold, miserable Alaskan island where we are lucky even to have a Walmart, much less even a mediocore bookstore. Oh Well. The major cliffhanger remains, what will happen to them in the land of Ka Anor? I have a feeling that Ka Anor and the Hetwan are the real villians and that eventually that will dominate the storyline even more than the current 'will they find their way back to their own universe?' storyline. I'm all for that! I love epic battles. Also in the future I'd like to see Greek mythology explored more and more spotlight on April, who is the most interesting to me so far. David and Christopher are annoying, especially Christopher, and while Jalil is also a fascinating character it's downright scary to know what he's thinking. Especially when they go into so much detail about his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. (shudder) Anyway, this was a really good book, but I wouldn't recommend it to people who havn't read this previous ones first, since otherwise it will make no sense whatsoever. Also, these books are very intense and defenitely not for young children. I'm fifteen and some of it still scares me. I would definitely not recommend them to anyone under 13 or so.

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This book has to be one of the best Ever World books for two reasons. One, I love the series and two it takes an in-depth look at how the peoples of this strange dimension think and co-exist with such gods as Loki, Hel, and Ka Anor.

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Summary: K.A.A. Has done it again!
Review: This book was as good as the others. In the book David, April, Jalil, and Christopher get their hearts replaced by rubies that will give them life for six days. They have to get back the dragons four things before they get their hearts back. They travel to fairy land to get his things back from lepercauns. Read the book to find out what happens.

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Summary: The Best Everworld Book!
Review: This is by far the best Everworld book. David and the gang meet Ngjjodr, a vvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy big dragon near the underworld. He could have burnt them to a crisp but instead he made a deal with them. If they could get his 4 stolen treasures back in 6 days, the ruby he put in the place in their hearts won't burn them. If the 6 day time period ends, David, Chrisropher, Jalil, and April will be burned. As David and the others travel through fairy land, they must find out a way to force the King and Queen to give Ngjjodr back his treasures. If you have read the previous 4 Everworld books, you will find this as the best of the bunch.