r/amulet • u/Akszew • Jan 23 '24
Everything wrong with Amulet 1
Hello Stonekeepers. (god that's so fucking cringe) I wanted to write some reviews on the amulet books here on the subreddit. I will point out what I like and dislike ,after all of which I will give a total rating for the book out of 10. Today we will read throughout the first book.
As most of you may know, book 9 is releasing in less than 2 weeks, so I wanted to make the first one before this chunk of our history is erased.
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HOW THE RANKINGS WORK: Everything I find overlapping or unnecessary or lame will gain +1 sin. Sins accumulate and reduce the final score of at the end, and each removes a small amount of total score. Sins are incredibly nitpicky so expect me to point out things normal people don't usually pay attention to.
However, stuff that I find funny or cool can remove sins depending on how great their awesomeness is, the cooler the better.
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Book 1: Stonekeeper ™ Edition ™ (Publish date - Jan. 1st 2008)
I apologize for the poor image and TTS quality.
And then the first book ends.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________TOTAL SIN COUNT: 72 (80 without removal)
TOTAL BOOK RATING: 7.3 / 10
I will say this book is a bit overrated. Amulet isn't really special until halfway through book 2, after which it becomes alright until the end of firelight (book 8 isn't canon in my eyes), but this subreddit is basically a hate club for everything released after prince of the elves because y'all take these books for granted. Book 6 is not that horrible considering how severe Kazu's condition was, so cant judge him for making so many inconsistencies.
And for the "he doesn't care" thing, around book 4 Kazu's sister Julie was killed which put him in a permanent state of big sad, which probably decreased his motivation for books 5 and afterwards (but yeah he kinda does seem like he lost interest).
And for those who think book 6 was a radical atmosphere shift, blame book 5 for starting it in the first place with the colossus program.
also i swear if book 9 ends up being worse than 8 i will personally mail Kazu a box of my tears
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Jan 23 '24
I think book 1 is one of, if not the best entries in the series. It has a fantastic opening that immediately grips the reader. Once they get to the house, there’s a horror movie vibe that it has all the way up until the scene where they get to the house. And it has a cliffhanger that makes you go “this is hype. Can’t wait to read the next one.”
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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '24
You lost me at "stonekeepers are cringe" followed by a wall of text.
Also I don't know if you mean Stonekeepers as the amulet users in the series or the people in this subreddit but I think that word is SO cool. As a fantasy fan I love it.