Reviews for The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1)

The average rating for The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1) based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-01-30 00:00:00 Gary Pavlovec Dear Josh, let me start out with you. You could've been a really great kid but apparently, the author just couldn't make up his mind about you. One minute you're an ordinary kid who likes superheroes and doesn't do well in school and then you become this person who has a super computer and uber-nerdtastic knowledge? Whoa, big difference. I feel sorry for you. I really do. I get jealousy. I get envy. What I don't get is how you and Sophie never fight. Is it just that in those two days that I was extracted from my world and put into yours, siblings and constant fighting and all the things that go with "brother and sister" was recreated into this perfect world where it's mushy-gushy unconditional brotherly love and nothing else? Sincerely, Annoyed Dear Sophie, You're really annoying. I would like you if you stopped being you. You're quite the hopeless case. Sincerely, The Truth Dear Nicholas, You can go die in a hole and then come back to life and dissolve slowly in a pot of acid and then come back to life again to be slowly and maliciously tortured for eternity You should've never existed in the first place. Sincerely, Rightfully Angry Dear Pernelle, Why did you marry Nicholas? Sincerely, Confused Dear Scatty, You are pretty awesome. Still, you're 1,000 years old and still have the maturity level of a teenager. And I don't really get why you hang out with Nicholas. Sincerely, You Could Do Better Dear Dora, You remind me of my own grandmother. Sincerely, Impressed Dear Hekete, why the heck did you say yes to Nicholas and "awake" Sophie? I mean, where is your common sense? Don't you have any wisdom? Sincerely, Frustrated Dear John, You're supposed to be dead. Live with it. Sincerely, We're better off without you Dear Crow Goddess, you're so unimportant I don't remember your actually name. Crows are cool so I don't think you should ruin them for me. It's really selfish of the author to have him ruin crows. Sincerely, I know you're not to blame Dear Bastet, I liked you better as the Egyptian goddess. Sincerely, Go back where you belong. Dear crows, goddesses don't exist. Get that through your bird brain and live life. Sincerely, myths will be myths Dear cats, I love you guys. You're great. Keep doing you, sweetie. xoxo <3 Sincerely, Proud mom Dear rats, The cats will eat you. Sincerely, Just saying

Review # 2 was written on 2010-07-25 00:00:00 Tim Wiseman [I loved the idea of a world existing before the dawn of human history. I also loved the concept of the Lovecraftian "Elder Gods" and the timing of their retrenchment at the beginning of the Iron Age. I loved the idea that all mythical and supernatural creatures of legend are descended from this "elder race" and that their histories can all be traced back to a common origin.  I liked that there are good and bad "elder gods" as that allows powerful alliances to be formed in later books. Finally, I like the concept of the "immortality" of humans like Flamel allowing historical figures from the past to be able to play a part in later books (as I believe Machiavelli does in the next volume). (hide spoiler)]