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Summary: Refreshing and exciting
Review: Charmed Life is one of Diana Wynne Jone's best books. It's funny, exciting, intriguing and filled with those characters that are so easy to fall in love with. This was the first Diana Wynne Jones book that I ever read at the age of 12 and at 25 I'm re-reading them all and finding them as refreshingly imaginative as the first read. I recently read the Harry Potter books and while they are good it just made me want more from Diana Wynne Jones.
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Summary: One of the Best
Review: I read this book 12 years ago, when I was a teenager. I average a book every two days. This book has always been one of my favorite. Charmed life is about a young boy finding out who he is and what he is. It's a journey of discovery, adventure, and friendships.
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Summary: Charming
Review: I loved this book! Ok, I was looking for a Harry Potter fix, but this book (and others by Diana Wynne Jones) are charming in their own right. How could I have missed these books when they were first published! These are very funny, very sly books.
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Summary: An extrodinary tale, fringed with excitment, and curiosity
Review: I first read this book 5 years ago, and since then i have read it over and over again. The story is fasinating and draws you in leaving you with the urge to continue. Diana is a wonderful story teller and deserves all the praise she gets. I am currently reading some of her other novels wich i encourage you to do,(novels like "Witch Week" and "Howls moving Castle") if you like Charmed life, because they are also filled with amusment that will keep you reading for hours.
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Summary: Not just for children, a wonderful book
Review: This book is a wonderfully imaginative tale of an alternate England, mixing Victorian society with the practice of magic. I first read the book when it was marketed to adults, and loved it then. The characters of Cat, his sister Gwendolyn, Janet, and of course Chrestomanci, are all vividly drawn and come wonderfully to life.Don't be put off by the YA cover, this book can be enjoyed by fantasy lovers of any age.
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Summary: Before there was Harry Potter, there was Christopher Chant
Review: If I were Diana Wynne Jones's publisher, I'd long ago have reissued the Christopher Chant books with that tease on the cover. While I'm usually suspicious of hyped books and movies, thinking that the hype was necessary because they're not really very good, in the case of Harry Potter I think they really are as good as everyone says they are. And yet, from the hype one would imagine that they were unique, that Rawling had done something that hadn't been done before. My own reaction when reading the HP books was that I was immediately reminded of the Chant books, and was using those as the standard against which I judged the HP books. And in my opinion the HP books come out quite well against that standard - they're very nearly as good... So if you know anyone who has read and liked HP, and isn't familiar with CC, buy this for them...
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Summary: A charming book
Review: In this, which I think is the second best Chrestomanci novel out of the four, Dianna Wynne Jones has something for everybody. It is a comedy, with lots of funny parts to it, and fantasy, because of course there is lots and lots of magic, a suspense, like the thrill at the end. It's tedious in a good way in the middle, then it ends in a big, epic, whoosh. It's a great book for all ages, and if it hasn't acheived classic status, it has to me!
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Summary: A Charming Book!
Review: Eric Chant, better known as Cat, is an orphan. He and his sister Gwendolen, who is a powerful witch, live with Mrs. Sharp until Chrestomanci comes to take them away. Cat and Gwendolen have a hard time settling into the Chrestomanci Castle, but soon, Cat finds that Julia and Roger, Chrestomanci's children, are rather quite fun to play with. He also discovers that Millie, their mother, is a splendidly nice person. However, Gwendolen feels miffed that no one in Chrestomanci Castle bends to her every whim or praises her as the most powerful person alive. So she sets out to prove that she is a witch to be reckoned with. Playing a number of tricks on Chrestomanci Castle, including turning the stained glass windows of the church to life, Gwendolen finally goes too far and gets her magic taken away. Imagine Cat's surprise, when, the next morning, he finds a Gwendolen look-a-like in Gwendolen's room who knows as little about the switch as Cat does himself. Cat, trying to avoid the trouble that he knows would be caused if Chrestomanci found that Gwendolen had bewitched herself to another world (which is what she had done), is in for a bumpy ride trying to handle the multitude of messes that Gwendolen has left him to deal with. I suggest you jump on in and join him! This book is well-written, and interesting. I have read it several times, and enjoy it more with each read.
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Summary: Golden memory...
Review: I nicked this book from a friend in 6th grade. I read it eight times that semester. Cathy was ever so cross when I finally gave it back, and refused to ever lend it to me again. Its an awesome book. I was mesmerised by the story. Eric and Gwen are just plain cool concepts. Oh yeah, and in THIS world, left-handed people are COOL. I LOVE this story. I like it MUCH better than Witch Week.
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Summary: You'll be glued to this one!
Review: I tend to read a lot, but this is an exception. I simply love this book! When I first read it, it was a little confusing, but I read it again and loved it. This story has a good plot, it's hilarious, and really cool for you fantasy-loving people. I recommend it to all ages, races, genders, etc.
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