Hey everyone! Once again, it's not a bookclub day. I was thinking about a post I could do today and thought about Sea of Trolls. Sea of Trolls is one of my all time favorite books, but not everyone knows it as well as they know another of the authors books, House of the Scorpion. I was meaning to make this post about Sea of Trolls, but I guess I'll do one for Nancy Farmer's best books. (In my opinion)
PLEASE DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY THE LONG POST! IT'S WORTH IT!
I'm going to start with Sea of Trolls. Like I said, this is one of my all time favorite books. One of the things that I hated about the ending is that there will never be a sequel. It doesn't end on a cliffhanger, but I grew to love the characters so much I wanted to see them develop more. I'll summarize Sea of Trolls for you, then move on the House of the Scorpion.
Jack thought he was just an ordinary farm boy until he became an apprentice to the local bard – who is teaching him music, but also the magic of the Life Force. When his village is attacked by Viking berserkers, and he and his little sister are taken as thralls, he doesn’t know the perils in store for him – in order to survive and maybe get home, he’ll have to learn to deal with the Northmen, face down dragons, brave the perils of troll country, and learn more about magic than he ever thought possible. I tried to make my summary as small as possible, but there is so much more to the book then that little tiny summary says.
I enjoyed House of the Scorpion, but it was a bit strange. The book is one of the more confusing books I have ever read, in my entire life. Considering the amount of books I found in the library when I was in elementary school, that's saying something. Putting the confusion past me, I did enjoy the book. I'll try and do a short summary, but considering the book is about 400 pages, I might struggle.
The House of the Scorpion is set in a future where cloning is possible yet clones are despised by humans. In fact, clones have their brains destroyed shortly after their creation. Young Matt, however, is the unaltered clone of a drug lord known as El Patrón, the evil but aging ruler of Opium, the strip of land that separates Mexico and the United States. Matt’s existence switches between different varieties of captivity – from a peaceful but secluded childhood raised by the kind Cecilia, to living like a caged animal at the hands of the malevolent Rosa, to a life as the subject of contempt by El Patrón’s family. Even when Matt leaves the estate he is held in another kind of captivity as a member of the “lost children” who work the salt mines. I read this a while back, so I can't remember the rest of the book. I remember the end, but I'm SO not ruining this for you.
Anyway, I think I finally finished this post. I hope you guys like it!
Yours,
Nora
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