Book Blog #95: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans

Title: The Prisoner of Cell 25
Author: Richard Paul Evans
# of Pages: 326 (paperback)
Genre: YA, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
Synopsis: To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourette’s syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special—he has electric powers. Michael thinks he is unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor has the same mysterious powers. With the help of Michael’s friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up with their abilities, and their investigation soon brings them to the attention of a powerful group who wants to control the electric teens—and through them, the world.
Review: The cover made it look so awesome too...

Let me make this quick: This book was terrible. The ratio between dialogue and detail was completely off (too much dialogue, not enough detail), there were way too many cliches, the characters acted like they were in KINDERGARTEN...the list is endless. I was getting pissed off just reading it because it was wasting my time. I can't believe that there's actually MORE Michael Vey books.

Michael Vey sucks at being a protagonist. He whines about being bullied and how unfair life is. Well, guess what buddy? Life isn't fair to any of us, but you don't see me throwing a pity party for myself, do you?

I pretty much sped-read through the last twenty pages...I'm just glad that it's over. DO NOT READ!!!

Book Blog #94: Physik by Angie Sage

Title: Physik
Author: Angie Sage
# of Pages: 576 (paperback)
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Adventure
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Synopsis: When Silas Heap unSeals a forgotten room in the Palace, he releases the ghost of a Queen who lived five hundred years earlier. Queen Etheldredda is as awful in death as she was in life, and she's still up to no good. Her diabolical plan to give herself everlasting life requires Jenna's compliance, Septimus's disappearance, and the talents of her son, Marcellus Pye, a famous Alchemist and Physician. And if Queen Etheldredda's plot involves Jenna and Septimus, then it will surely involve Nicko, Alther Mella, Marcia Overstrand, Beetle, Stanley, Sarah, Silas, Spit Fyre, Aunt Zelda, and all of the other wacky, wonderful characters that made magyk and flyte so memorable.
Review: It wasn't exactly my cup of tea.

I had to continuously to remind myself that this book is written for a younger audience and that it's not going to be as interesting as other YA books I've read. However, I also kept in that if Sage was that great of a writer, her books would be interesting to people of all ages.

A major turn-off was the POV switching. I've expressed my dislike for POV switching, and this is no exception. I'm afraid that I'm disliking this book more and more, but I'm afraid to give it a bad rating if it's just because Sage is using a style of writing that is only appealing to younger readers.

The stupidity of the characters that I have referred to in my review for Flyte still exists in the character in Physik. It's incredibly irritating. The adults, at least, could act a little smarter, especially the higher-ups like Marcia.

If you've loved this series up to this point, then please do read this book (although I think it's the worst one so far in the series). If you DO NOT like this book, then you'd might as well just stop reading. I doubt that the story is going to get any better, despite my positive memories of reading The Septimus Heap series.