“Eclipse”, the third part to the “Twilight” saga, directed by David Slade and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Dakota Fannig may just be the best one yet…
It is action packed (as far as the story allows it) and although some of the scenes featuring Bella and Edward are slightly too cheesy and a bit prolonged (I’m assuming to satisfy the love-struck teenage viewers), one can still enjoy watching the film.
In this installment of the saga, we get to learn Edward’s family members past and what made them who they are as well as how the warewolves (actually shapeshifters, but nobody seemed to notice that little slip) came about. However, here the film losses in comparisson with the book because we never get to see the tormented Leah (a new additon to the pack) and the role she will later play in the battle. Morever, the battle itself, although not too badly shot and edited, still leaves you wanting more. More of the action, which unfortunately ends too soon… And the culmination of the movie seems too abrupt, almost as if the team ran out of steam…
All in all, it is worth watching for the fans (who, as it is their perogative, are totally partial), for others- well, if you don’t mind a few borderline boring scenes (which are not so in the book but lack the same intentisty in the movie) and ejoy the conflict between the supernatural creatures, go for it… You may find that the money spent on the ticket might have been worth it. The desicion is entirely yours…
So i am back… On my blog, that is… I have been neglecting all my blogs for the past three months and the reason for it… Well, my grand move from Italy back to the USA…
And it wasn’t peachy, I can tell you that much. It started on the day we we re supposed to leave Sicily but the flight was delayed a whole day… That trickled down like a domino effect and we missed some other connecting flights… So, of course, we ended up paying for another set of tickets because the American airline industry is so ‘helpful’…Not to mention the horrible customer service that we were subjugated to…
As if that wasn’t enough, we spent over a month in a crappy hotel (and over $1200.00! not to mention money spent on food and such) since we were waiting to close on the house we found… I tell you one thing though: if you want to buy a house, you need to be prepared for a lot of paper work and arm yourself with a lot of patience.
But all is well that ends well and we are finally in the new house. I am connected to the world again and thus can start writing more….
“Breath and Bone” is a second part to a two-part saga telling a story of a rebellious magician and diviner, Magnus Valencia de Cartamandua, who refuses to conform to the limitations and restriction his parentage and the long lines of diviners have established for him.
In “Flesh and Bone” (the fist volume of the saga), we get to meet Valen (as he prefers to be called) and witness his struggles with an addiction to an enchantment that turns pain into pleasure and his mothers prophecy foretelling his doom. And we get to see how, despite of himself, Valen learns that friendships and loyalties are sometimes far more important than his own feeble life.
In “Breath and Bone” we see Valen sold to the terrible prince as a part of his heirloom while the land of Navronne sinks deeper into war and bloodshed. While Valen risks bothbody and soul to save an innocent child in the surrounding chaos as well as heal the dying land and bring it to its rightful king, he runs into many that would like nothing more than put their hand on this one of a king sorcerer. And what is the secret behind his extraordinary powers? Will he discover where his abilities come from and how he can use them in time to heal the land of Navronne and help his king? Or will he fail, unable to resist the constant hunger for nivat and the release it brings?
Both books are written in a beautiful English that resembles the 19th century novel writing, which makes reading them an exciting and pleasurable experience. Berg’s narrative is intense and suspenseful while the characters are well-developed and three-dimensional, which is an important detail for the fantasy novels.
“Breath and Bone”, as well as “Flesh and Spirit” are filled with sorcerers, magic, intrigue, dark secrets and characters both noble and weak. One of the most endearing qualities to the novels are the vividly depicted details. AS Sharon Shinn (author of “The Thirteenth House”) writes: “Berg brings to life every stone in a peaceful monastery and every nuance in a stratified society, describing the difficult dirty work of ordinary life as beautifully as she conveys the heart-stopping mysticism of holiness just beyond human perception.”
“Breath and Bone” is a second part to a two-part saga telling a story of a rebellious magician and diviner, Magnus Valencia de Cartamandua, who refuses to conform to the limitations and restriction his parentage and the long lines of diviners have established for him.