Dread Mountain: Deltora Quest, Book 5

Lots of times, in these multibook series, a pattern emerges and then the action in each book is just a variation on the action in every other book. That's what I expected once I realized that Lief needs seven gems. Oh boy, seven basically interchangeable quests. Well, Rodda has a few tricks up her sleeve, and starting with this volume some new characters are in the offing, and some interesting revelations and twists are on the horizon. So, in addition to being very well-written for a young reader fantasy/quest book series, the volumes also show much more attention to plotting and development than expected. And instead of being bulked up and drawn out, the series is actually picking up speed and tension.

The book came in perfect condition. No complaints!

My 8 yr old son loves this series! It has finally gotten him into reading on his own, and he is very proud to be reading chapter books with very little drawings in it! He feels like a grown up. It doesn't seem to overwhelm him from the size of some of the other children's chapter books.

Great series!

Emily Rodda is a fantastic story teller and this is a fantastic series for the whole family. Easy reads and you are able to see, smell and feel the way that the characters feel in the book. You are there with the characters. Very happy.

This helped complete the series for my son, He is enjoying it a lot. The book's shipping and condition were as expected.

Great seller! Book was great!

My grandson (age 11) really enjoyed this entire series. Any books in the series that were not in his school library he would ask me to get it for him.

5巻まで来ると、およそ話しの展開は読めてきますが、それでも、つい引き込まれてしまいます。表紙絵が今回のボスキャラなのですが、読みながら時々表紙を見返してイメージを確認しました。嫌なヤツです。このシリーズは物語の序盤・中盤にいろいろと伏線となる情報が散りばめられていますので、その辺を頭に留めながら読み進めるとよいと思います。なので一気に全巻読みきってしまうのが一番面白いと思います。

シリーズ中最もおぞましいと思えるボスキャラです。しかも頭が良い。鋭い会話のやり取りが面白いです。ボスキャラに辿り着く前にその取り巻きたちに対峙することになりますが、彼らも頭が良く、憎たらしいです。単なる敵でないところがまた面白く、管理社会のサラリーマンたちを私は想像してしまいました。ボスキャラを倒す決め手のヒントは、冒頭のほうにありますが、気がつかないだろうなあ。