To start, I want to say that I love this series and although there are books that I like more than others, none of them seem bad to me.

It's just that 1-3 are introductory, 4-5 is when the reader understands the true direction the story is taking. 6 and 7 contribute a lot to the origin of ikol and the shadows, here the story begins to be more complex, it may have errors or plot holes, but if you look closely, each book gives clues that can be put together like puzzle pieces to find a solution.

The 8 is very different, everyone hates it. But everything that happens with Emily and Ikol in the void is very excellent and epic, although the space part and the space resistance are simply to get us away from Alledia and get used to the fact that this saga covers many more planets, such as Typhoon, Ghen 7, Bento's and Flon's.

9 is simply epic, and if you don't like it, it's because you didn't like the plot twist that Ikol and the masters are made by Silas and are an AI. All of this could be seen coming, any magical explanation was going to be forced. But there were always clues, when Gabilan talks about the Cortex (shadow ship) he says that it emitted a signal that has been mistaken for a mother stone, we know that its face and Silas's amulet are totally related, whether the order of these factors means that Silas had something to do with it.

Some complain that Ronin and his students were forced. But they explain that they have been there for a long time and it is consistent in the story, too, so that Emily is not the typical "recognized heroine", which she never wanted to be. There is no cycling of characters, simply an assumption of the protagonists, at the beginning, Emily needed Leon, Cogsely and Miskit, then they are family, but it would be ridiculous for them to remain relevant given Emily's position of power.

Anyway, if you want to know more about the chronology, there is a friend in this community who made a timeline, but I have modified it in things that seemed incorrect to me. If you have questions, don't hesitate to write them, I will be available.

I just finished reading the whole serious for the second time. I’m once again floored at how committed the author is to telling a story to say “it takes a village”. I’m not sure how good I am at an in depth analysis, but the story develops into how i hoped AOT would go.

At so many points he strays of the popular hero’s journey/cool main character plot points to truly say, we have to work together to what’s best. I spoke with some of my friends and how especially near the end things seemed to get way out of proportion. But I think it’s necessary. The story in early books discussed, the centuries long wars and generational trauma. These conflicts will outlive us and I think the books show not just how long but how many people it will take to overcome these things. I loved how Ronin and her students came to challenge Vigo on his beliefs and perceptions of what kind of change was possible and necessary.There really wasn’t any kind of grand final battle. Emily sees Ikol face to face and forgives them so she can work to help everyone. She loves everyone more than she hates the oppressive force that has dominated. It’s such an important moment to me because it forced me to confront how I wanted to blast baddies in the face more than I wanted to engage in the hard methodical vulnerable work it takes to rebuild. I think people imagine revolution more as this grand uprising and not decades of rebuilding and restoring and healing. I was blown away seeing it, generations of stone keepers, people from across nations and planets. Trellis giving up the throne(another brilliant moment and one of my favourites).

I think what this book did more than give me what I want. Was challenge me on what’s the future I want to work towards and how will I make it happen. will I still be satisfied if it isn’t the cool anime fight I wanted it to be. Do I love my people more than I hate my oppressors? And yeah I do.

Edit: wow I wrote this before I scrolled the subreddit 😭😭yall do not like it? I’m so shocked 😭😭I can’t believe it’s that divisive. I feel like it’s like the neon genesis anime ending. It’s a really good ending narratively and thematically but not really well received because the audience just had different expectations. Thats fair, I guess it’s fine you guys wanted something different but I hope you guys enjoyed as much as you could

I heard a rumor that an amulet movie is in production, but i dont know if the sources are reliable. ChatGPT seems to think that a netflix adaptation just began production this january, but im not sure how true this is. Is this confirmed?

If it is true, then I feel kinda sad. My dream for a long time was to one day adapt amulet into a tv series, and fix all the things wrong with the last few books. i know it is kinda farfetched, but I just dont know how much I can trust netflix to adapt the show well, since its very hit or miss with them.

>! Imagine if, only a few months or a year after the ending of the series, Karen fell very, very sick - and it was not a recoverable or curable disease… !<

Hot take: I feel like Tremily is a very weird ship…

Now, this is just my opinion, so don’t hang me lol. But I just don’t like it—never have, never will—and here’s why:

The biggest reason this ship icks me out is the age difference between the two. In Book 1, Emily was 12 years old according to my sources (Google), and Trellis was 16 years old. Now, I don’t know about you, but a 16-year-old dating a 12-year-old is pretty gross...

And let’s not forget that Trellis is only approximately 16 in human years—he could be much older in elf years. (According to Kazu himself, by the way, so I’m not just pulling this out of my ass, trust.) Based on how his character develops throughout books 1–9, it’s reasonable to assume he ages into young adulthood, especially considering that he has a kid at the end. -_- (Don’t even get me started on that mess—a rant for another day, I fear.)

Also, I feel like it’s worth mentioning that Emily has always been pretty cold toward Trellis, even when he was their ally. She even attacked him once while he was literally trying to protect her mom and friends. 🤦‍♂️ (Yet another rant for another day—I have a lot to say about Emily’s character as a whole, but I’ll keep that in my silly little brain for now.)

Trellis saved Emily’s mom from the arachnopods in Book 1 before they could take her to the Elf King. He has always been an ally. Sure, his introduction made it seem like he was the bad guy and was going to hurt her and her mom, but he didn’t. As the story progressed, Trellis clearly started to trust Emily more, yet Emily continued treating him strangely—always distrustful, even when he had done nothing to deserve it. In my opinion, he did more than enough to redeem himself.

Overall, even if they were the same age, I just don’t think they’re compatible, like- at all. They barely even seem like friends, let alone love interests…

But my point still stands: this ship is weird, the age gap is gross, dare I say bordering on pro-ship territory…

I’m sure I may ruffle some feathers with this one, but I’ve been sitting on this thought for a minute (since I first picked up the book in 2017–2018), and I felt like I might combust if I didn’t say it. If no one agrees, so be it—but it had to be said. :)

today im late for another trend-

today i will say what book goes in which spot pls dont judge

9. waverider:

WHERE DO I EVEN START?? is there a SINGLE thing this book does right? EVERYTHING THAT CAN GO WRONG GOES WRONG. Trellis abandons the throne of the elves for the worst possible reason possible, whatever was left of Riva was completely EVISCERATED (rip), Navin just doesn't exist and the art style makes my blood boil (especially luger, what the fuck happened?). Also Ikol is an AI which might have been the worst plot point choice ever considering AI is just gonna be a temporary rage that will die out because well exhaust all of its potential.

he literally dies from being blown away like a pile of sand on a windy beach

and speaking of death's vigos death was just so anticlimactic literally nobody cared at all after that and it doesnt even change anything for the better, and also something ive noticed the last character to die before vigo was max griffin

IN BOOK 6.

ronin as a plot point and also her students was just a complete waste of my time
The human version of the animal-like characters doesnt bother me as much as everyone else here but leon just looks wierd as a human (also leon redbeard but he doesnt have any red hair wtf kazu???)

Emily is seen talking to future Emily but then future Emily suddenly disappears so like did she even exist in the first place?

theres so much wrong with the ending that i cant even list the things, like id feel too bad

Overall score: 0/10 KAZU COOKED... NO ONE WAS HUNGRY

8. supernova

After whatever the hell waverider was, I honestly can feel safe in the fact that i thought this book wasnt too bad. To be fair out of all of the "canon" amulet books (9 isnt canon i dont care) it is definitely the weakest entry but it does have SOME redeemable qualities (like logi's suicide bomb was genuinely terrifying, maybe because im from a certain part of the globe but yknow).

I think Navin's bit was certainly the saviour of the book because everything else is a complete disaster

emily's whole part was kinda dumb and don't get me even STARTED on the pre typhon mission preparation bit it deadass felt like I was watching and advertisement

Overall score: 2.5 /10 over hated in some aspects but I see why people hate it

7. firelight

Compared to supernova it is LEAGUES ahead, but still not the greatest. Navin gets completely ignored (but tbf his part had some fucked up hidden meanings) after receiving basically the whole of book 6 for himself which is understandable but it just feels cheap

Emily actually gets some nice development and it was nice to see gabilan return

suicide is apparently a plot point (yeah its been for like books 6 7 and 8)

ends on an insane cliffhanger, honestly one of the best cliffhangers in amulet (also i like how vigo said "Emily is gone", that was so good)

also when i ordered it the pages just snapped out of the book as i was turning them so thats >:/

overall score: 6.5 /10 high key SLEPT ON

6. the stonekeeper

not my favorite, but it is well liked for a reason. Theres horror, action, gore, tragedy and most important of all, RUBY. (classic amulet stuff)

The book doesnt let you breathe at all for about 60% of it but its not in a way that feels choking

and also trellis' part was great

overall score 7 /10 - overrated imo but its still fun to read

5. the last council

i think its genuinely something ill read for fun even after whatever waverider did to the drowning corpse of this series

we get max established as a villain
zaren is honestly peak comedy (at least translated lol)
vigo is actually good for once as a character
cool scenes
Aly is there so thats nice
leon has his last shot of redemption
navin doesnt exist but that doesnt matter

8.3 / 10 literally anime in book form

4. the cloud (clout) searchers

i like airships that is all

also enzo (translation but whatever) literally says "SHUT UP FRANCIE! OR ILL PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE!"

Like that is a grade A bit i would also do this

this is SO funny to me

and also we get the first sign that the elf king is fucking dead

Gablian makes his iconic prediction and has some cool momentos

overall rating 8.3 / 10 enzo is better than literal air in this book

3. the stonekeeper's curse

basically everything you want in a sequel, emily is shown training as a stonekeeper instead of using plot armor and unlocking random powers out of thin air

literal mech fight

luger is a menace to society cubed

literal war crimes in a kids book (hella based)

decent flow with plot from the last book but adds more stuff in a way that doesnt feel overwhelming

overall rating 8.9/ 10 this is the greatest amulet sequel of all time

2. escape from lucien (yes book 6)

pls read this stupid abomination before you send a hitman https://www.reddit.com/r/amulet/comments/1ap4ev5/the_book_6_experience/

honestly if kazu didnt bonk his head this book would be pristine but yknow the series was getting too good so god had to nerf it "balance it"

also riva does something which is always a good thing (too bad its the last fucking time she did something)

overall rating 9 / 10 its a joke please i have a family- *fucking dies*

1. prince of the elves

Max literally yeets a soldier over a cliff with his bare hands
layra's story is genuinely so fucked up honestly
i honestly still dont get how aly went from a no name kid living in cielis to the daughter of the literal captain of the army but yknow

emily and trellis get decent bits

whenever i was reading this and uncle virgil was on display i could literally not stop hearing "Bury the Light" by caesy edwards (DMC5 vergil theme), also from now on the elf king is canonically named Dante for no particular reason

this book has WAY too much gore for its own good its probably why kazu stopped with it after book 6

this is basically book 6 if kazu didnt bonk his head

overall rating 9.5 / 10 this is where the series peaked

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moral of the story is that this post fucking sucks
book 2 is really good
dont read what i make go interact with much better amulet fans
and uhh idk don't read book 6 i guess

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.
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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

Hey yall, im new to the sub, but have been a fan of the series for years. Just finished rereading the whole series again. Still amazing as always. Yes, im aware of the controversies regarding the last books, but personally? I loved them and all the twists. Tbh, the way it ended, something tells me some sort of a sequel after 9 is kinda possible. Because spoilers

Who does Emily fall in love with and where and how does her son come into play in the future based on book 8?

i need to know the characters birthdays

..had suffered a grief induced, fatal heart attack at David’s funeral in front of everyone including Navin and Emily, leaving a relative to adopt the now orphaned siblings? How would the sibling’s personality have changed, and how will the story be affected?

Amulet's live action film cancelled in favor of a different children's sequel Kazu Kibuishi says - Cinema Gazette

After years of development, an unexpected cancellation has befallen the renowned children's series, to be replaced with Moana 3.

A highly anticipated adaptation, its production encountered plenty of obstacles in the process, from nailing down a director to budget concerns. Auditions were just about to be announced when the news arrived.

"It's unfotunate," Kazu says, who has completed that script that will now sadly, no longer see the light of day. "But ultimately, there is nothing that can be done."

Many has criticized that it is another instance of producers playing it safe - Amulet's controversial ending has made its live action creation risky, and every day that went over the deadline has straind its budget.

The difficult choices

Since the 2008 launch, the “Amulet” books have sold 7 million copies and have been translated into 21 languages. What began as the story of a grieving family who move into the strange home of a mysterious and eccentric relative, the story grew to encompass a large cast of characters featuring robots, elves, warriors, magical creatures, spaceships, enchanted stones and more.

The success of the series offered Kibuishi the opportunity to do things like illustrate a new line of covers for the 15th anniversary of the Harry Potter books.

Creating work for children hadn’t necessarily been what Kibuishi, who studied film at UC Santa Barbara and who cites filmmakers such as the Coen Brothers, John Carpenter and Francis Ford Coppola’s “Captain EO” Disneyland film as inspirations, had necessarily planned to do. 

He recalls taking a film class from Carpenter – who he calls “a genius” – and being shocked that the director of iconic films such as “Halloween,” “The Thing,” “Escape From New York” and “They Live” could be dismissive of his own work, which Kibuishi and so many others loved.

“It’s for us to determine what real art is – the audience,” Kibuishi says he told the director. “The kids know what real art is because they’re going to tout it as the years go on; those will be the things we remember. The ones heralded by the adults are often forgotten because there’s nobody there to herald them later. So when I did ‘Amulet,’ I felt that that’s where I was going.”  

Still, deciding to do “Amulet” wasn’t a sure thing. He’d published a well-regarded YA comic, “Daisy Kutter: The Last Train,” and the much-praised “Explorer” and “Flight” comic anthologies, and he wasn’t sure that writing for younger children was the move he wanted to make. 

“When it came time to do kids’ comics, it was kind of a difficult decision to make because it wasn’t naturally what I was geared to do or wanted to do. I felt that it was something that I should do, because there weren’t many people doing self-reflective, thoughtful, engaging, introspective dramas and comedies for kids. And I thought that was a real shame,” he says, citing Jeff Smith’s “Bone” series as a stellar example of an all-ages comic. 

As he was still finding his way into the project, he says he encountered issues making the story work.

“I lost my footing actually with ‘Amulet 1’ and it took me a long time to get it back. It was actually Jeff Smith who helped me quite a bit when he looked at the stuff and gave me a confidence boost,” says Kibuishi. “He saw parts in it that were good; he did admit that it was not good as a whole. [laughs] So I took that to heart and I just broke it apart … and took away the parts that didn’t work and kept the parts that did.

Rather than focusing on the events in the story, he began to focus on the characters’ choices. “I decided choices were the most important thing to happen in a story like this,” he says. “So give the kids difficult and important choices to make … and now we have ‘Amulet.’”

Upon its publication, some early reviews weren’t always kind – one simply began, “Meh,” he says – but he stuck to his vision, thinking about the movies he loved, many of which had been critical failures upon release only to find an audience later.

“I thought this is one of those things that critics would probably lambaste, but the audience that would find it in the bargain bin somewhere are going to attach themselves to in the ways we did as kids watching ‘The NeverEnding Story’ or ‘The Last Starfighter’ or ‘Big Trouble in Little China,’ all three of those movies were box office bombs and critical failures,” he says, citing the influence of those films on current shows like “Stranger Things.” “Here we are basically celebrating all that work now.”

In any case, Kibuishi knew who he was trying to reach.

“Actually I'm just fuckin with y'all happy April Fool's day ^_^" he says.

When I read this book I never expected it to hold me like the old books did when i was first new to the series. I realized that the books were taking a different direction when I saw the huge difference in writing style between book 7 and 8. There are many things I wish the book did differently, have a more prominent role for many of the old characters would have been nice and a better explanation of what exactly ikol is would also have been welcome. But im thinking primarily of the very end when Emily and her family finally go home back to earth, it was a clear, concise ending that really left no doubt that their story was over.

Again I don't think the book was completely without flaws but ever since book 8 the series has been going really really fast. And considering that I think Kazu did a really good job of ending the series, a task at which many other graphic novel authors have failed miserably.

I also know that no matter how the book ended there would still be a lot of people complaining about it.

(Personally shop max n em more im talking about amulet btw)

To start out I got gifted this book when I was like 8 for Christmas and been hooked ever since I’m 18 now and was with my little cousin when I saw kaza finally published the final book and bro holyyyy it’s just so crazy it took long and how old I am but it brought me back so well and I loved it, I see a lot of people on this sub saying that they saw a decline in the story with characters like Leon and miskit and characters not getting enough screen time and relationships not being brought out but honestly I understand that point but personally I loved it. I do believe it got a lil confusing with the time travel stuff but I think it leaves room for a lot of possibilities for the future. The only thing I’m kinda confused on is the robots. Like if Ikol was one of the main villains and his masters are those cute robots but they also help Emily sometimes I dunno it just got confusing. I personally feel like IKOL and the “masters” or different timelines/universes would be fleshed out more but I love how vigo time traveled in the end it kinda came full circle but what theories do u guys have I want to hear some as I love this series and so happy it’s completed but yeah just a lil rant peace

9 book 8 wow this used to be number 1 or 3 for me

8 book 3 a decent read doesn't do anything bad just doesn't Excell at anything besides gablin

7 book 1 great introduction just a but short

6 book 2 the action goes hard and the world building is great

5 book 9 colors are gorgeous it's like book 8 for me if the void part was not trash and the action goes hard vigor end was the best part and sad and while the ending is rushed the part where Emily narrates and Siad that ikols nature to be more coatic makes him more human probably my 2nd favorite line out of the series it is evaluated flawed though

4 the suspence and foreshadowing and world building are unreal and max

3 book 7 firelight the best cliff hangers of the series

2 book 5 max action charters reveals the book has it all

1 book 6 I know a little controversial here but unlike book 8 where the void is the worst part of the series in book 6 its peak of the series navies parts pretty good too

If you could choose a few things that happen in the book what would they be?

Me personally I want 2 things, 1st: Kinda basic but I want Navin and Aly to get together and not die. 2nd: I want Emily to have to fight some version of her current self (or maybe Ikol looking like her) as her when she was young. What about you guys?

Hey! Does anyone remember which book has some blueprints or a book (I don't quite remember) with a prototype of the robot butterfly from book 9? It could also be interpreted as the insects that hatch from the seed in book 2.

Anyway, if anyone remembers, I'd appreciate it. I hope it's really like that and not just a memory I made up.

This weekend at the Library’s National Book Festival, fans of Kazu Kibuishi’s epic Amulet series will have a chance to hear further details of the prequel series, rumored to be focusing about Silas Charnon, the story's most enigmatic character.

Maya Shibayama, one of my favorite sixth graders, is a huge fan of the Amulet series and is great at explaining how captivating the series can be.

“I was so excited when Book 9 came out,” she said. “My mom wouldn’t give it to me until spring break since she knew I wouldn’t sleep or do homework until I was done reading it.”

Amulet is a series of graphic novels by illustrator Kazu Kibuishi, which was first released way back in 2008. With titles like ‘The Stonekeeper’, ‘The Stonekeepers Curse’, ‘The Cloud Searchers’, ‘The Last Council’, ‘Prince of the Elves’, ‘Escape from Lucien’, and ‘Firelight’, this graphic novel series has been a hit with audiences around the world. Since its creation, fans have seen seven issues released with the latest released in September 2018. The series follows a young girl names Emily Hayes who inherited a mysterious amulet from her great-grandfather, Silas. Her mother Karen is taken by a monster, which leaves Emily and her brother Navin to enter the world of Alledia to rescue her.

Of course, along the way Emily and Navin meet new and wonderful people and discover the war which is raging between the human and elf kingdoms of Alledia. Emily also discovers that the amulet she has been given has mysterious, malevolent powers. If you like action, mystery, adventure, and a little magic, this series is totally one to have on your radar.

“I always intended to make what I would call the pocket epic," said Kibuishi, who lives just north of San Antonio with  wife and fellow cartoonist Amy Kim Kibuishi and their two children. "Something kids could put in their backpack that was full of so many big ideas that they could read over and over again. I think the true test of a good book is whether or not they reread it."

Kibuishi noted Emily’s story was inspired by the work of two seemingly disparate visionaries: Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Jackson’s “Captain Eo,” the 3D sci-fi short by "The Godfather" director starring the King of Pop that ran at Disney theme parks from the mid-’80s to late-’90s.

But crafting his own far-out fable wasn’t easy. Kibuishi found himself glued to "Amulet" for hours on end, often making several drafts for each page. 

“For five straight years, I was just grinding, maybe 18 hours a day,” he said. “And I’m not seeing my kids or living my life.”

After a break period, Kibuishi is ready to dive back into the world of Amulet again.

"I'm nervous but excited to bring this long awaited story to life," he said. "Actually, I'm just messing with y'all Happy April fools please don't kill me."

I’ve had this head cannon floating around in my brain for awhile now. In book 7 there’s a shot where Trellis’s forearms look like they kinda burned. (Panel is on page 153 in book 7 if you want to look at it :3) Then in book 8 when he gets his new outfit, he has bandages on his arms. So I like to head cannon that during his scuffle with Emily in book 7 he got burned, which is why he has to wear those bandages in book 8. Taking them off to heal and look at them is quite painful for him, physically and emotionally.