Skandar and the Unicorn Thief

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xi, 382 sivua : karttoja ; 24 cm, 382 pages

English language

Published June 13, 2022 by Simon & Schuster, Limited.

ISBN:
978-1-3985-0271-0
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Finna ID:
eepos.2867894

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Thirteen-year-old Skandar Smith has only ever wanted to be a unicorn rider. To be one of the lucky few selected to hatch a unicorn. To bond with it for life; to train together and race for glory; to be a hero. But just as Skandar's dream is about to come true, things start to take a more dangerous turn than he could ever have imagined. A dark and twisted enemy has stolen the Island's most powerful unicorn - and as the threat grows ever closer, Skandar discovers a secret that could blow apart his world forever.

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reviewed Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A.F Steadman (Skandar, #1)

Oh dear…

These unicorns are dragons. Fly, associated with elemental magic, dangerous… dragons. There must be something else already using dragons like this because the book is so derivative in every other aspect. The book doesn’t meet a cliche it doesn’t want to blindly embrace.

It’s aimed at kids, and I am not a kid - a bit of a fantasy nerd even - so maybe those things won’t stand out to the target audience…

But the world-building, the society, just yikes. So much fate and destiny and then just casting out for no good reasons… you’re either a failure or a star sports-player…

It’s not a horrible book, it’s just a bad book…

And I have to tell a ten year old I don’t much like one of his favourite books…

Subjects

  • Smith, Skandar (fiktiivinen hahmo)
  • unelmat
  • ratsastus
  • magia
  • uhat
  • varkaat
  • yksisarviset
  • ratsastajat
  • pojat (ikäryhmät)