Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Het vuur van Beldan by Midori Snyder

  • Started on: 2011-06-28
  • Finished on: 2011-06-30
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

The last part of the trilogy of Oran, not only do the three girls have to find the fourth girl with water magic, then they have to beat Zorah and the Sileans. Meanwhile Zorah is losing her grip and the Chaos is threatening to takeover Oran and the destroy the island forever.
A lot of story lines from the previous two books are tied up in this book. The big finally was not as cliche as I had expected, and I like the original ideas. Some main story lines did not have a real ending, I think the book could have benefitted from another chapter or two. But still, a very nice ending to an original trilogy. Four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2011-06-28
  • Finished on: 2011-06-30
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

The last part of the trilogy of Oran, not only do the three girls have to find the fourth girl with water magic, then they have to beat Zorah and the Sileans. Meanwhile Zorah is losing her grip and the Chaos is threatening to takeover Oran and the destroy the island forever.
A lot of story lines from the previous two books are tied up in this book. The big finally was not as cliche as I had expected, and I like the original ideas. Some main story lines did not have a real ending, I think the book could have benefitted from another chapter or two. But still, a very nice ending to an original trilogy. Four out of five stars.