Prospero's Children [Import] [Unknown Binding]

Jan Siegel (Author)

Product Details

• Unknown Binding: 352 pages
• Publisher: PerfectBound (July 2, 2002)
• ISBN-10: 0007153406
• ISBN-13: 978-0007153404
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I want the whole trilogy!, July 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Prospero's Children (Mass Market Paperback)

Prospero's Children was such a good book. I couldn't put it down! I'm 15 and I loved it soooo much that the night I finished it (which was the sama as the day I started it) I went and asked about the second book in the trilogy...the answer? [....] I can't wait!!!!! THisd book was awesome to the very last page, I loved how it left you wanting more...it started and ended at the same spot- at least the Atlantis part did. I thought Fern was so brave in what she did! Going to Atlantis, being taken prisoner. It was so exciting! Not only that, but the only part I really didn't like was when the boy Fern really loved died...it was so sad and it seemed so wrong...but I guess it was right, how would there be a continuation if he had lived? well I can think of how but...it wouldn't make sense. I think I loved it so much because, as all my friends say, I'm a dreamer. FOr those of us who believe in the tooth fairy, witchcraft- good and bad, Atlantis, and unicorns...this book is perfect. I believe in all those things, I always have...well except the tooth fairy, after I got three teeth pulled and recieved no money for them...and found all my teeth(that was a gross expierence.) I kinda stopped beliveing. All the others I do belive in though. Lewis Carroll once said that when he saw a unicorn the unicorn said: I'll belive in you, if you belive in me. well I figure that I do want to believed in so why not believe that all those magical creatures exist? Somewhere they probably do...I know where that is too...in the mind. Even if they don't exist in the world. They can still take you places...have an imagination? Read this book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good but schizophrenic fantasy, July 2, 2000

By A Customer

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This review is from: Prospero's Children (Hardcover)

The first half of the misleadingly titled, "Prospero's Children" is wonderful and scary, choc-a-block with evil villians (a witch, an idol, and an art gallery owner) and eccentric good guys (the Watcher, a female werewolf, a house goblin). The second half of the book is standard Swords and Sorcery. It's almost as if the publisher said, "Okay, Jan, this is great but we need another 100 pages and a better title." I'd give the first half five stars and the second half two stars, then round high just because I loved the Watcher, the idol, and the witch.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing fantasy story with a very compelling female lea, May 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Prospero's Children (Hardcover)

Overall, I liked this book very much! It was a refreshingfantasy story with a very compelling female lead. I felt as though Icould almost feel the story unfolding, for Jan Siegel painted such a vivid, lush environment. I enjoyed the European setting with the mystery of Atlantis as a backdrop. The characters remain clear and memorable long after the story has been read. It is very rare to read fantasy stories that use Atlantis as part of the storyline - which makes this novel standout. Her words are almost lyrical and poetic - yet every sentence is intensely riveting, and almost draining. For me, this style of writing became somewhat ackward to read at times, for the lavish descriptions almost detracted from the story itself. I felt that there were many similes used throughout the novel, which seemed to momentarily divert my attention. Nevertheless, a wonderful new fantasy novel!