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A very cliff hanger esq sentence designed to grab by the throat in the way children s books tend to do Another example of this is on the back of the book the final sentence on the blurb is But can he rescue his kidnapped aunt and make an impossible escape A rhetorical question a type of question which is found much often on children s adventure stories rather in general fiction. The black dragon eso Publishers spend a lot of effort designing the book so it appeals to a reader who they believe will enjoy the book I think that the publishers have made it very clear that they don t think this book is for me Nevertheless.

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Wenn man trauen kann und wem nicht Die Handlungen war unvorhersehbar und die Spannung hat sich durchs Buch gezogen und gipfelte am Ende vor der Aufl sung ins Unermessliche Ich konnte das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen Der Erz hlstil war absolut fantastisch Die berschriften der Kapitel und die Unterleitung des Buches ist mehr als gelungen und hat einfach neugierig gemacht Ich bin nur so durch die Seiten geflogen Das Setting war au erdem mal etwas anderds und wirklich gut beschrieben Lediglich die Brutalit t der Story fand ich f r ein Kinderbuch erschreckend F r die chinesische Mafia nat rlich unabdingbar.

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2019 bk 387 Mixed emotions on this one Julian Sedgewick managed to pull the book together at the end in a big way but for most of the book I was confused I finally realized that it was written in a way that would make a good script for a movie I would read a bit put it down read a bit put it down I was really confused about what was going on and the actions rather in actions of guardians of Danny and that no one seemed willing to sit down and listen to this young man he s lost both of his parents his home and his aunt plunks him into a boarding school right away as if that isn t a sign of go away I can t be bothered There must be something that does appeal to kids as there are two books in the series I finished because I volunteer to write a quiz for different YA books for Read n Quiz program but this one did not really hold my attention even the scenes around Hong Kong didn t provide enough details to satisfy me Ah well 9781444913705 Eigentlich lese ich spannende Mystery Thriller auch aus dem Jugendbereich sehr gerne Das Setting in Hong Kong sowie der Klappentext genau das versprochen. The black dragon eso Leider konnte mich die Geschichte von Beginn an nur bedingt berzeugen Ich habe mich sehr schwer getan in die Geschichte reinzufinden und das ist mir bis zum Ende leider auch nicht gelungen. The black dragons dancing Das Setting mit den Triaden was zu Beginn wirklich interessant klang war hier leider so gar nicht meins Mein Interesse an der Handlung hielt sich in Grenzen und auch Spannung kam bei mir keine auf. The black dragon flag Der Schreibstil war zwar fl ssig zu lesen aber die Handlung konnte mich nicht so wirklich berzeugen daher werde ich die Reihe nicht weiterverfolgen 9781444913705 The reason I read this book is because I got the chance to be present at an author talk by Julian Sedgwick as well as being able to speak to him 1 1 We had some really interesting conversation and the speech was absolutely fantastic I loved listening to him and just in general I loved the occasion It was a lovely event and during the event I purchased this book To date Julian has written two trilogies the Mysterium trilogy and the Ghosts of Shanghai trilogy The Black Dragon is the first book in his debut trilogy the Mysterium so not only is this the first in a trilogy it is his debut Before I tell you anything about my 5 rating and reactions I would like to first talk about how this book has been packaged This is a YA book and anyone who knows me well is aware that I try to avoid YA as much as possible within my reading life Additionally whilst the front cover is very beautiful and intricate and contains within it a lot of hidden plot points it depicts a very action based scene which typically appeals to children or young teenagers This is also backed up by the sentence on the front of the book which reads Danny s next big trick is survival Again I wanted to pick it up because I had seen Julian Sedgwick in the flesh talk very fluently about the premise of the book and how relevant it is to his own life and I found all that really interesting However because this genre was completely unfamiliar I wanted to start at the beginning of the beginning which is why I chose the first book in the first trilogy he ever had published. The black dragon pdf I m sad to say that I didn t adore this book I had a lot of difficulty rating it When I first finished it I gave it two stars Having thought about it it is probably closer to around 2. The black dragon eso 5 stars the rating was difficult to assign This is one of those books when whilst reading it I was quite enjoying it but never than quite and by the time I got to the fourth quarter I was reading it for the sake of finishing it Quick note I usually NEVER hold back at all when writing negative reviews However because I have met Julian personally I will openly admit that I am slightly nervous about it He did tell me when selling it to me that there is a lot of stuff in here that he would instantly change and is perfectly aware that there are flaws so that makes me feel slightly better about it This book follows a young boy named Danny Woo He is born and raised in a circus called the Mysterium hence the title of the trilogy and we find out very early on that his parents who are very successful illusionists have died because a fire broke out in the circus Mysterious circumstances surround this fire it has never been outrightly proved whether or not the fire was inadvertent or deliberate So the book opens and we meet Danny in a boarding school where he has been sent due to his parents deaths An explosion happens in the school and Danny is sent to be taken care of by his aunt Laura Laura is a detective and she takes Danny to Hong Kong where she is on a mission that we eventually find out has something to do with a criminal organisation called The Black Dragon. The black dragon comic book When they arrive Laura is kidnapped when they are eating a restaurant and the story continues from there Despite the fact that I didn t love this book as much as I would have hoped so as not to make it awkward I did find the story quite interesting For example Danny is very interested in sleight of hand and hypnosis and there are many situations throughout this book in which he uses those skills to advance the plot Every single event in which that happens links back to something that either relates to his parents or that his father taught him As I ve said his father was a very successful illusionist and performed in the Mysterium circus trailer Danny has absolutely no idea how the fire broke out he is not convinced that it was an accident So whilst he is very suspicious of it and is constantly having to face this emotional reality this parents are gone he uses what his parents taught him in order to get himself out of certain situations which maintains the presence of the parents within the story whilst we are finding out what happens to them. The black dragon comic book This creates quite an interesting juxtaposition between Danny trying to hunt down Laura whilst finding out what this whole criminal organisation is about and also looking back on the ghosts of his past and how they affect his behaviour during this current storyline which creates a rather emotional side to the story alongside the espionage So I m not going to deny that this story is executed well and has threads within it which create links and patterns within the plot It was certainly an interesting read regardless of my enjoyment. The black dragon book However one of the things that I KNEW I would find negative about this book and I knew I wouldn t like this before I even started reading it was the pacing I knew not only from somewhat predicting it from the cover but also from Julian telling me face to face that this book was going to be incredibly fast paced Now Anyone who knows me well is very aware that fast paced books are something that generally does not go down well with me Relentless pace usually serves to distance me from the characters and become less and less invested in the plot according to how far fetched it gets and I usually find that if a book is very fast paced and the plot is what is generally focused on the character development gets left behind. The black dragons dancing Sadly I found this present in this book too This book is very fast and it starts speeding very early on For example the school explosion happens at Page 6 and is long forgotten by about Page 12 For me that s a criticism Whilst I am perfectly aware that some authors choose to focus on character and some choose to focus on plot I am one of those snobbish readers who likes to completely understand and connect to every single one of the characters and obviously I couldn t do that in this book Perhaps it s partly down to the book s length this book is NOT long It s just under 350 pages and it has quite large font The only way in which Julian Sedgwick would have been able to have all the plot in there slow it down and develop his characters would have been to make the book ridiculously long and I am very aware that that was not a solution. Starting as the black dragon boss chapter 16 Due to personal preference I would have preferred the book to have been much much slower and for me to actually get to know Danny a bit In complete honesty apart from knowing what Danny is good at doing and the fact that he has suffered a bereavement I don t know much about him At any point in which there was a bit of emotional change within him I enjoyed it and for me that was the main focus For me the point I was focusing on wasn t who kidnapped Laura and when will we catch the criminals it was about how Danny changed and how his personality adapted to this situation Having said all that there was very little of that within this book and the vast vast majority was very plot focused to the point where it got quite tiring Not only did this book completely lose me in terms of me actually understanding what on earth was going on but it also somewhat lost my interest towards the end because I was thinking I haven t been able to follow this story I know Danny s going to survive because there is another book with him on the cover and I am completely lost This got so excessive that by the time I got to those final few chapters I did somewhat want it to be over Not because I wasn t interested but just because I wanted the action to stop It was merely because so many of the characters had been rushing around during loads of action sequences up to this point that I just wanted to sigh and enjoy a bit of slower plot and I don t feel like I got that As I am writing this review I am aware that because I don t enjoy action because I don t enjoy relentlessly fast books I wasn t going to love this I am also fairly convinced that lots of people do enjoy plot focused stories and don t give a jot about the characters and that is fair enough Everyone has different reading tastes and as well as the readership some authors enjoy writing different things That s completely fine but what I am trying to articulate is that this does not comply with my reading tastes and in order to for me to enjoy it properly I would change quite a lot about it Therefore this is a really interesting book to discuss because I can see exactly why some people love it and this isn t a way of criticising Julian Sedgwick s ability as a writer He can completely write that box is absolutely ticked not badly written in the slightest the opposite and he does a brilliant job to appeal to a certain type of reader so it s not a bad book by any means but I am not part of that camp due to my tastes and how much I like to connect to all the characters. The black dragon game of thrones By some way of summary not a perfect book for me to read The prime things I would change about it are plot pacing and character development those are things which primarily bothered me Again as I have said about a million times different people enjoy different things and by appealing to a specific group Julian Sedgwick has successfully earned his credit as an author but in terms of me being the reviewer and me articulating my personal reactions there are things in it that I would change A 2. The black dragon comic book 5 stars from me not my favourite book in the world but not a remotely bad book either Please let me know if you have read this book or if you agree or disagree I will see you in my next review 9781444913705 In der geheimnisvollen Zirkuswelt des MYSTERIUMS kennt sich Danny mit Kartentricks Hypnose und Entfesselungsnummern bestens aus Doch als seine Eltern bei einem r tselhaften Brand ums Leben kommen bricht f r ihn eine Welt zusammen Danny zieht zu seiner Tante Laura einer Journalistin aber auch dort kommt er nicht zur Ruhe Nachdem eine Explosion seine Schule ersch ttert nimmt Laura ihren Neffen auf eine Recherchereise ber die chinesische Mafia nach Hongkong mit Im Wirrwarr der asiatischen Metropole geschieht das Unfassbare Laura verschwindet spurlos und Danny steht vor der Herausforderung seines Lebens. The black dragon flag Direkt zu Beginn des Buches geht es voll los Eine Explosion ersch ttert die Schule und Danny Hat man im ersten Kapitel anfangs noch gedacht es gehe hier lediglich um einen Jungen welcher gemobbt wird wegen seiner Affinit t zum Zirkus und Zaubertricks wird vom Autor ausgetrickst Danny nimmt die Explosion tats chlich gelassener auf als man es denken w rde Aber der Junge hat auch mehr erlebt als wohl die meisten Kinder Als Protagonist wusste ich am Anfang wirklich nicht viel mit ihm anzufangen jedoch faszinierte es mich wie ruhig und besonnen er wirkt Durch seine Vergangenheit und Erlebnisse hat Danny gelernt ein Problem nach dem anderen zu l sen und immer Gelassenheit zu bewahren Auch als er in Hongkong ist und seine Tante vor seinen Augen entf hrt wird verf llt er nicht in Panik Anders als sein bester Freund der kleine Mr Zamora Er ist ein witziger und zugleich cooler Genosse immer einen Spruch auf den Lippen und ein wahrer Freund Meist musste ich ber ihn schmunzeln und gleichzeitig war ich beeindruckt wie uneingeschr nkt er sich f r Danny einsetzt als w re es zeitgleich eine Hommage an Dannys Eltern Im Gegensatz zu Danny ist Zamora leicht aus der Ruhe zu bringen Er versucht dies jedoch runterzuschrauben da er sich ganz auf Danny verl sst und darauf vertraut dass er es schafft jedes R tsel zu l sen und sie aus brenzligen Situationen zu retten Beide Charaktere hatten wirklich etwas und man muss sie einfach m gen Auch die anderen Charaktere sind gut gelungen Vor allen Dingen wusste man bis zum Schluss nicht jedoch fand ich das etwas viel f r Leser unter 12 Insgesamt hat mir das Buch wirklich sehr gut gefallen Der Auftakt dieser Reihe hat auf mehr Lust gemacht und ich w re nicht abgeneigt die weiteren B nde zu lesen Eine klare Empfehlung hier f r jeden der spannende Storys mit Dynamik mag 9781444913705 This book is a great mystery as Danny Woo delves deep into the past of his dead parents who were circus actors At the same time his Aunt gets caught by a group of terrorist One of his old friends from the circus to help him out and find his aunt As he learns about his family and the gang questions start to form in his head Why did they kidnap his Aunt And how is his family involved with the gang Read this book to learn about his desperate chase after his Aunt and the amazing tricks he does to do it 9781444913705

The Black Dragon (Mysterium, #1) By Julian Sedgwick

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East meets West past meets present criminal minds meet skilled artists welcome to the Mysterium a circus with dark and thrilling secrets at its heart Twelve year old Danny Woo is half Chinese half British His parents are performers in the Mysterium Following their death in a mysterious fire Danny is sent to live with his aunt Laura an investigative journalist When Danny s school is closed after an explosion he joins Laura on a trip to Hong Kong She is researching the Triad gangs he is trying to understand about his cultural background But Laura disappears and Danny is plunged into a dangerous quest to find her which opens the door on the past he could never have imagined and which leads him to question everything he has ever known about his past The Black Dragon Mysterium 1 Note I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley 9781444913705 It was a good book but it was really hard to follow the story because it never stayed on one character and it just kept changing 9781444913705 Danny ist ein sehr pfiffiger und cleverer Protagonist der f r seine 12 Jahre ganz sch n viel auf dem Kasten hat Er stammt aus einer Zirkusfamilie lebt aber seit einiger Zeit in einem Internat da seine Eltern bei einem Brand ums Leben gekommen sind Alle sagen es war ein Unfall doch Danny sp rt dass ihm seine ehemaligen Zirkusfreunde etwas verheimlichen Die Schulferien verbringt Danny mit seiner Tante der Journalistin Laura und seinem Zirkusfreund Major Zamora in Hongkong wo Laura jobbedingt ber die chinesische Mafia recherchiert Als Laura jedoch pl tzlich vor Dannys Augen in ein dunkles Auto gezerrt und entf hrt wird muss er selbst die Z gel in die Hand nehmen Zusammen mit Major Zamora legt er sich mit einem berm chtigen Gegner an und findet immer mehr zu seinem Zirkus Ich zur ck Hypnose Entfesselungstricks und Geschick gegen d stere skrupellose Typen mit Pistolen Messern und Macht Ob Danny seine Tante retten und dem Geheimnis um den Tod seiner Eltern auf die Spur kommen kann Viel Action eine brenzliche Situation nach der anderen clevere Ermittlungsarbeit echte Freundschaft und ein Hauch Magie Zauberei alles Zutaten die dieses Leseabenteuer beinhaltet F r ltere Leser ab 16 Jahren die sicherlich mehr Fakten und Situationen kritischer hinterfragen k nnte Mysterium vielleicht zu kindlich und einfach gestrickt sein j ngere Leser werden aber definitiv mit hochroten Wangen und pochendem Herzen in diese Seiten eintauchen k nnen Die kurzen Kapitel jeweils ca 3 10 Seiten stark erm glichen kleine Lesepausen wenn die Augen m de werden bzw animieren aber auch dazu trotz akuter M digkeit nur noch 1 Kapitel lesen zu wollen und dann werden es doch zwei oder drei weil die Geschichte so spannend ist kennen wir das nicht alle. The black dragon flag Mir hat besonders das Setting gefallen Selten lese ich Geschichten die in Asien spielen und so sog ich die Beschreibungen der belebten bunten und lauten Stadt Hongkong mit gro er Neugierde auf Ebenso toll fand ich die Szenen in denen Danny sein Zirkus Ich zeigt und mit Hypnose und dem richtigen Gesp r f r seine Mitmenschen auch den gr ten Ganoven berlisten kann Auch die tolle ansprechende Aufmachung des Buches muss ich einfach hervorheben Das sehr moderne detailreiche Coverbild sogar fast mit 3D Effekt das sich einmal ums komplette Buch zieht die gezeichnete Karte der Stadt Hongkong auf der Innenseite und die Gliederung der Geschichte in drei Akte jeweils eingeleitet durch ein Zitat machen das Buch an sich schon zu einem Erlebnis und wahren Hingucker. The black dragon book Viel Action und wenig Zeit um zu verschnaufen wer an Dannys Seite durch Hongkong jagen will muss eine gro e Portion Mut ein kluges K pfchen sowie gute Kondition mitbringen Ihr haltet euch nicht gern an langen Erkl rungen und unn tigen Beschreibungen auf sondern wollt lieber etwas erleben Dann ist Mysterium Der schwarze Drache genau das richtige Buch f r euch 9781444913705 Interesting and very fictional Has a very nice ending 9781444913705 Het Mysterium van Julian Sedgwick 10 Stap in een wereld vol mysterie met de trilogie Het Mysterium Het Mysterium De zwarte draak is het eerste deel Hoofdpersoon is Danny Woo Zijn ouders zijn omgekomen door een brand Ze waren eigenaar van het circus Het Mysterium Zijn vader was een geweldige boeienkoning en zijn moeder deed een trapeze act Danny leerde veel van zijn ouders zoals sloten openmaken hypnose en trucs met kaarten Maar nu is hij 12 en zijn zijn ouders dood en zit op hij een kostschool Hij worstelt met vragen zoals Is de brand niet aangestoken wie heeft gezorgd voor de explosie in zijn school en hoe is het mogelijk dat het misging bij een act van zijn vader waarbij hij bijna verdronk in een tank met water Sabotage Zijn vader maakte NOOIT fouten Danny is een slimme gozer blijkt elke keer als je als leest waar hij aan denkt maar ja als je 12 bent nemen volwassenen jou nog nog niet serieus Daar baalt hij van. The black dragon's revenge Zijn tante doet onderzoek naar de bende van de Zwarte Draak en neemt Danny mee naar Hong Kong immers op zijn school was een explosie en de school is dicht In Hong Kong zal hij ook weer zijn vriend Zamora zien Zamora is een dwerg en deed de act met het kanon Dan wordt zijn tante ontvoerd en wordt het superspannend Achtervolgingen en ontsnapping over daken Dan worden ze toch ook gepakt en komen ze terecht op een schip Danny wordt in de boeien geslagen in een koelkast gezet en in de zee gedumpt Kan Danny zichzelf bevrijden Ik kreeg het zelf erg benauwd bij die scene Heftig boek dit voor jongens en meisjes maar je moet wel beetje je aandacht bij het boek houden en dat is vaak lastig voor kids Diverse flashbacks en redelijk veel personages Ik ben benieuwd naar het 2e deel 9781444913705 Julian Sedgwick is a writer of many books for children including the Mysterium trilogy the Ghosts of Shanghai trilogy and the graphic novel Dark Satanic Mills cowritten with his brother Marcus Sedgwick and illustrated by John Higgins and Marc Olivent Julian Sedgwick lives in England. The black dragon book Die Charaktere sind mir fremd geblieben und vieles ging mir zu durcheinander und ich konnte mich nicht wirklich auf die Personen einlassen: Ebook the black dragon pdf En ik ook de hele tijd tijdens het verhaal Ik wind me er zelfs over op..