Black Water
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
4.4
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D.J. MacHale
Breaking the rules Just when fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he understands his purpose as a Traveler -- to protect the territories of Halla from the evil Saint Dane -- he is faced with an impossible choice. The inhabitants of Eelong are in danger of being wiped out by a mysterious plague. The only way Bobby can stop it is to bring the antidote from another territory. Since moving items between territories is forbidden by the Traveler rules, if Bobby chooses to save Eelong he could endanger himself, his friends, and the future of every other being in Halla.
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Author
D.J. MacHale
Pages
448
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2009-04-03
ISBN
1439112126 9781439112120
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"I struggled a bit with Black Water. The synopsis makes it sound like it's a thriller, but it's really more of a romantic suspense story. I probably wouldn't have picked it up if I would have known this because I have a hard time maintaining interest in these types of stories. <br/><br/>I had a hard time suspending my disbelief for the instalove, and I couldn't take the main characters seriously because of it. I didn't feel a connection to anyone in this book, and they didn't always seem believable. Dreams were frequently used as a tool for giving information throughout the book, and this was frustrating to me. It's an easy out, and it relies too heavily on plot devices instead of actual storytelling. I think that this story was promising, but I wanted more. <br/><br/>Black Water ends up diving straight into soap opera territory, and the plot twists were too over the top for my taste. The ending is abrupt, and I really wish the focus of this book would have been on the mystery instead of the romance."
Emily
