Cahills vs. Vespers, Book 6: Day of Doom: The 39 Clues Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00B8YVADI | Format: PDF
Cahills vs. Vespers, Book 6: Day of Doom: The 39 Clues Description
International best seller David Baldacci pens the stunning conclusion to Cahills vs. Vespers!
David Baldacci is the author of 23 books for adults, each of which has become both a national and international best seller.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 6 hours and 23 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Scholastic Audio
- Audible.com Release Date: March 5, 2013
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00B8YVADI
*Warning: Might contain a few minor spoilers*
I am a huge fan of the 39 Clues series and this really let me down. I thought that there was practically no character development and a whole lot of false character traits in some of the . . . well, characters. To me, Amy Cahill is one of the biggest examples here. Who is this Day of Doom character? It's not the Amy we know and love. No offence to the author, but he just made an intellectual young girl into a Bella Swann wannabe.
Also some characters were fading into the shadows. *cough* Ian, Jonah, Hamilton *cough*. I think that those three are some of the most important characters in both series and I would have loved to see more of them. So I was very disappointed.
And there is another very big problem. Since when did this book switch into the romance genre? Oh that's right. NEVER! So I'm wondering where the action is! Stop with the Jamy! That was soooo over the top! If they wanted to get Jake and Amy together, they shouldn't change the personality of the female completely. This may be a children's book, but we're not stupid. We know that love or crushes don't work the way they portray it. The so called romance seriously ruined this book.
Another problem is that I felt the book was WAY too rushed. Too short and not enough detail or explanations to fit in. I see that this has upset a lot of people.
On the other hand, there were some good points.
We saw Dan Cahill coming back to his usual goofy self and I really liked that. And though there were some very unfortunate deaths, some tugged on my heart and made me cry. There were also some hooks that made you want to turn the page to find out more!
Overall, I would give this book two stars at the most. It has some nice points, but not enough to satisfy me.
By David M. Shapiro
Please note that my young teen/tween children contributed to this review.
Caution! This review contains spoilers.
We were disappointed in this book because it seemed very rushed. The characters were given no time for development. The storyline was jumpy and moved too fast. The previous authors seemed to have spent some time working together to develop the characters and the storyline throughout the series. While there were some hiccups in the character portrayals with the different authors, overall they moved in one direction. The previous authors had the characters maturing over the series. A couple of examples would be Hamilton proving he had brains as well as brawn and Jonah starting to read Shakespeare and expanding his world beyond his Hip-hop image. We were very disappointed in the reunion between Nellie and the kids, as well as the way the deaths of Natalie and Evan were written. Ian had begun to grow close to his sister and yet only a few sentences were given to his sister's death. As for Evan, his death was too convenient. How simple to just remove one character so that Amy doesn't have to make any tough decisions. The ending dream type sequence that Amy experienced, with Natalie skipping happily along with her mom in a heavenly setting, was ridiculous. In this book, all of the characters seemed relegated to their earliest portrayals and all of their growth throughout the series was ignored. Did David Baldacci even read the previous books? Did he want to write this book or did he just do it to get his name noticed by a younger audience? If so, it may not be the recognition he wanted. This story could have easily been made into two books. The characters and story could have been given more depth and emotion. Instead, it feels as though the story was written just to get it out of the way and wrap things up without any thought for the readers.
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