I Am Alice (The Last Apprentice, 12)

Loved it.. The book looked great and arrived way before time!

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Wardstone Chronicles Book 12 *Spook's: I Am Alice* Another attempt to make a secondary narrator! But this one's at least bearable. I really don't like the secondary narration as compared to Tom's narration, the main disappointment is not getting to interpret things from our young hero's eyes, who describes it so well... while other narrators, like Grimalkin, Slither and here, Alice don't exactly contribute to the main storyline, and due to which the link between the chronology of the series gets thrashed away. Anyways, this was a good book indeed, not the best from the series obviously, but still worth reading for those who are into Alice. It is the second-last in the series, what Delaney calls as the 'penultimate' version, The story is narrated by Alice, who, at the moment is just at the edge of the dark. The plot begins where it left off in the Spook's blood, but not much happens on Earth. Alice goes deep down into the domains of the old gods and encounters never-seen-before beasts, monsters, demons and her old enemies seeking revenge on her for her past deeds. The main aim of the book is to narrate Alice's story and a lot of Flashbacks regarding her former life with Bony Lizze, before she met the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward. I don't know if it's just me but Alice seems different and distant. She is completely changed now, even her words feel different. Once, she was the most adorable and interesting character in the Series but now she's brought down low. But mind you, she is as powerful as Grimalkin, especially her dark magic. There are 'recurring' appearances of 'Dead Witches' like Bony Lizzie and Thorne, the apprentice of Grimalkin in the dark domains. The book starts very well, but as you read on the story is somewhat monotonous, but later again made interesting by introducing the earlier life experiences of Alice and how she was trained as a witch by Bony Lizzie and her frightening past. The dark domains are portrayed very well, the details if the buildings, the horrifying creatures and their traits, the emotional trauma and everything. I think the book joins the dots and gives a very hard recap of the 'Ritual to Bind the Fiend', a very strong and repeated recap. It joins the dots about how Alice was earlier in her life and how t now influences her current stage. There are a lot of skelts, flying lamias, water witches, spiders, demons, beasts, namely Bony Lizzie, Krutch, Tusk, Mother Malkin, Belzebub (Another fearsome servant of the Fiend AKA Lord of the Flies), the benevolent/malevolent god Pan, etc, etc and really give you delight to read. Though, they excite you they don't exactly give you a roller coaster ride like Tom's narrative does. The mountains, building, domains seem very realistic and rational, not from a fairy tale, but as if they are real. There are multiple combat scenarios, I especially like the Belzebub, The Krutch. But Bony Lizzie just bores me. As the book approaches the end, the plot thickens but obtaining the third Hero Blade seems simple enough. It was the beginning and the interlouge part which was difficult for Alice. She, as she always does, suffers a lot of pain, maiming and tumbling emotion but wards everything away with her dark power. I seem to like her less than I used in the beginning of the series. There are two prominent flashbacks in the book covering around 45% pages, that are the Betsy Gammon affair and the other called the Testing which is relatively smaller as compared to the former. The flashbacks seem interesting in the beginning but as they go on they seem to big, mean they are just flashbacks, Alice shouldn't go on more much longer. The deal with the water witches, the Betsy Gammon (I don't like her at all!) trade, Lizzie's demonstration of power, Arkwright's appearance are a part of the flashbacks along with eh creepy crawlers and the testing of the Three Witches. The book was well planned, with a realistic and a balanced touch, but the plot was it's downfall. If I would have been Delaney then, instead of writing Slither's Tale (A prequel to the Starblade Chronicles, set during the Wardstone Chronicles) I would have made a nice addition in the Wardstone Chronicles, with no flash backs and where Tom and Alice venture in the dark Domains together along with the Spook and the Fiend and slay the supporters of the Fiend and return back to the Earth, after gaining the Third Hero Sword. But Delaney has another plan, so I'll leave it here. A good book, worth to read but Surely not the best, I had hoped a bit better. It will be good to get back to Tom's narrative in the next, final and the chilling conclusion to the Wardstone Chronicles. Anyways, Nice Reading!!😄😎😇

Really enjoyed reading it. The whole spooks series is great and this book is featuring Alices trip in the dark which is a new approach and does not feature Tom at all

I really enjoyed this chapter in the series. Getting a more detailed background of one of the main characters was long overdue.

veio o livro certo e em bom estado, em ingles e com a mesma capa do anúncio, nada a reclamar

Of course, the quality etc. is fine but this review is about the book itself! Obviously, you have to have read the previous 11 books to understand. Joseph Delaney does it again with an amazing, heartstopping novel. It is narrated by Alice herself and tells the story of her journey... I won't give away any more! Also, the ending is perfect.... Spoiler: You have to buy book 13! :) If you haven't started already, start the Wardstone Chronicles and be completely absorbed!

This is the story of Alice from entering the dark to going out of it told by herself. Once again, Joseph Delaney's writing has been really satisfying. I liked the story