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| The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Scott
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 345
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.7
ISBN: 0385733585
EAN: 9780385733588
ASIN: 0385733585
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
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The Ride Continues June 26, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
The roller coaster begun in the alchemyst continues. Once again it's a nonstop read that never lets up on the action. The introduction of Machiavelli as a major anarchistic character is brilliant. More obscure gods and mythological creatures once again reveals the author's depth of knowledge of his craft in this genre.
Fun read. If you read the first book, you must read this. If you didn't read the first book, The Alchemyst, do so. Then read this one.
Why The Magician is so good (Not another plot recount) July 14, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
The problem with intensive books such as the Magician is that you run out of information quickly and the books tend to lack depth. This is clearly not the case with the Magician. By using history, natural human instinct, and mythology, Scott takes what could be a 500 page story and translates it into a whole new world. Very well written book; it expresses everything and leaves little to imagination.
This book is 464 pages of fun, action-filled adventure. There is not a single dull moment in the book. Even without the fight scenes, something interesting is happening.
Serious kudos to Scott, what a hell of a book.
There was a time.... July 6, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
There was a time where books like Harry Potter and The Inheritance books were the last type of novels I liked to read. I love books that I considered more adult, like Da Vinci Code. When I read Harry Potter started my addiction to reading good fantasy novels. Then I heard of this book, The Alchemist and that there would be a total of nine books. So I had to read the first one, after the first one I told all my brothers and friends about what a great concept the novel really was. I just got to say the merger of history and fantasy was great. I love history and I love it so much I wanted to study history and anthropology. Well history to me is the ultimate soap opera and finding a book who took that myth and soap opera idea and merging into a coming of age story made this series a definite read and a definite buy.
The Magician is the continuation of The Alchemist. This book had more twist and turns then any other book i have read since Harry Potter. At times it had me laughing at Scatty's comments or Josh's comments. I can't go into talking about the book to much, but all you need to know is that you will read about facing some new characters from history's past. I can't wait until the next book comes out. I am willing to bet that its going to get even better.
Excellent Book! July 14, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This was an excellent sequel to the first book. It was such a quick and easy read but always left me wanting more. Michael Scott did an unbelievable job with this one. If you like Harry Potter books, you'll love this series. I can't say enough!
Great Book for Lovers of Magic July 25, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The first book was great, the Magician is better. I can't wait for Book 3. I really like that most of the characters in the book can be found in Wikipedia. If you are upset like me that Harry Potter is has reached the end of his story, then these books will give you that magical fix. This is definitely one book that I will read again.
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