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Title	:	Nicholas Flamel's First Codex: The Alchemyst, The Magician, The Sorceress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1-3)
Author	:	Michael Scott
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 1103 pages
Published	:	September 28th 2010 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Categories	:	Fantasy. Young Adult

Nicholas Flamel's First Codex: The Alchemyst, The Magician, The Sorceress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1-3)

Michael Scott

Paperback | Pages: 1103 pages

Rating: 4.38 | 1382 Users | 53 Reviews

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Scott has absolutely no sense of pacing. There are no ups and downs, no lulls, no breathers. Its pedal floored all the way for three straight books with each chapter introducing yet more escalated bad guys, escalated danger, and escalated collateral damage...all of which takes place in just a few days time. Pacing wise the book is pretty juvenille...its reminds me of the over excited announcer of Monster Truck Rally commercials SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY...ALL ACTION...ALL THE TIME!!!!

So why 4 stars? Based on the quality of the narrative 3 would be more appropriate, maybe even 2. But the redeeming feature is the world is pretty interesting. Sure, it would appear to be a standard supernatural in the modern world urban fantasy trope...that's been done 100 times and usually poorly. But in this case, the supernatural elements are not just pasted on Vampires! or poorly modeled "tourist" quality Greek Myth. The supernatural denizens are actually drawn from global myths and represent a cross section that cuts far deeper than most. Many of the myths that were drawn from I had to look up...and was surprised to learn that they are, in fact, real characters and their qualities in the book are reasonable reflections of their mythological character.

So there's some pretty decent scholarship underlying the story. Additionally the plot is actually pretty interesting. Sure it relies heavily on the over done "prophesized teenagers save the world" trope, but the villains are far more interesting (and the villains' bosses far more intimidating and mysterious) than say...Voldemort.

So high marks for the scholarship, moderately high marks for the plot...but man...Scott really needs to learn that after a climax comes denouement...not another climax (or 3).

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ISBN:	0375873112 (ISBN13: 9780375873119)
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Josh and Sophie Newman are twins with great magical ability. In a world where magical people intertwine themselves with nonmagical people, Josh and Sophie are up for the taking by both the forces of good and evil. They could be the twins of legend. When they both go to get jobs, they are taken by a mysterious couple, Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel. When they are busy at work, great magician John Dee comes to the Nicholas' bookstore looking for the Codex. Nick and Perry fight them off, but realize

All three of these books were interesting when I was in middle school, but as I got older, they began to bore me and become uninteresting. They are good books and I fell in love with them in early middle school, but then I just lost the taste for them. It was a good writing style and if you are really big on fantasy and magic then I suggest you read it.

Scott has absolutely no sense of pacing. There are no ups and downs, no lulls, no breathers. Its pedal floored all the way for three straight books with each chapter introducing yet more escalated bad guys, escalated danger, and escalated collateral damage...all of which takes place in just a few days time. Pacing wise the book is pretty juvenille...its reminds me of the over excited announcer of Monster Truck Rally commercials SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY...ALL ACTION...ALL THE TIME!!!!So why 4

I enjoyed researching the real-life people and events in this series as much as the fictional story. A fascinating mix of fantasy and reality. Tons of fun and adventure!

This series was like reading Joseph Campbell on steroids. It got ridiculous. I'm not sure why I read them all...there are six books total in the series (only three are bunched in this "codex"). I had told one of my students that I would read these books, so I did, but I can't recommend them.

3.5As a whole, they fit together nicely. However, I feel as though a single book could have encompassed the important bits, and the rest could have been cut out as fluff with no loss to the story

Mythology in the modern world= FANTASTIC! I had never read Scott's work before I picked up the Alchemyst, and it did not disappoint! Engaging characters, some modern, some historical, and some mythological, and a world I would love to inhabit. I really enjoyed the references to the lores of different cultures; it made the book almost universal, and the mythological characters introduced stuck to their personalities as portrayed by their cultures. And the interaction between different characters