The Nixie's Song (Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1) by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Nixie's Song (Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1)
Book Review: Very good
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was definatly one of my fovorites. It tells about a boy who's dad just got remarried, and has a new stepsister. The stepsister is into spiderwick chronicles. It's a wonderful story, and I definatly recomend it for children 8-12. They find a nixie, and fight a giant! It was an amazing book, I have to tell you. I can't wait until the next book comes out. Holly Black and Toni Diterlizzi (?) are a great team when they pair up. I have to say this is one of my favorites. Well, I guess some people wouldn't like it, but i'm a faerie freak all the same.It turns out, Jared and Simon Grace are real.and thats realy cool. This story is based on a fans point of view. Definatly buy it the next time yoy see it. Book Review: nixies song
Summary: 4 Stars
It is a good story though lacking a bit in story line as the first five books of Spiderwick. However it may continue to develop in subsequent books. Book Review: Better than the Originals
Summary: 5 Stars
Maybe it was the new setting (or the fact that it's 160 pages are actually worth the cost), but I liked this book better than the original Spiderwick series. It's much more substantial than its predecessors, and while the book-as-chapter layout of the first series is still evident, the authors seem to have figured out how to spin a decent story and wrap it up nicely without losing the feeling that this is just the beginning. Once again, the major parental figure (in this case, Nick's dad) comes off as harsher than necessary, though the other new characters are interesting and easy to identify with. Laurie at first comes off as Luna Lovegood-esque, a little flighty and completely comfortable with being regarded as a weirdo, until she reveals a penchant for seat-of-her-pants storytelling and charming people to believe anything she says. Nick, on the other hand, is just trying to continue "not bothering anyone", as he has been doing since his mother's death, and is more than a little put out with his new stepsister and her crazy faerie obsessions.
The new setting (as any other Florida natives can probably imagine) promises a whole new menagerie of even more exotic and fascinating creatures than the original series. I'm just waiting for a Skunk Ape to come lumbering out of the swamp! Not only that, but there seems to be ecological and moral dilemmas in store. Though there are a few curse words, they're not the most objectionable ones out there, and I would still recommend this book to the 8-12 set.
Book Review: Not as good as original series; Bad language unnecessary
Summary: 1 Stars
We enjoyed the original series immensely. We were very disappointed, however, with this book. The characters were not particularly engaging. The bad language was unnecessary. We were disappointed with the changes in Jared's character (quite snotty, now). It almost seems that the book was written in a hurry while the authors were somewhat depressed. Book Review: Stay with the original series
Summary: 1 Stars
I agree with the Matthew Carpenter review regarding the language but I am even more disappointed regarding it. I personally have over 15,000 - yes 15 THOUSAND pieces of children's literature with an age range from pre-K to high school. Therefore I understand and appreciate the differences in story line and language used. I have been in education at the elementary and college level (for children's literature)for 37 years so I am considered a resource of information among those who know me. The first five books of the Spiderwick Chronicles were suggested to me by students and we all enjoyed them together and couldn't wait to get our hands on the next book.
After reading Nixie's Song, I realized caution was the keyword - due to the language. I wondered if my reaction was due to age - talked to different age groups of adults and the opinion was overwhelmingly a negative for the use of the words. Those with young children - BEWARE. By the way... I didn't feel this book was up to par with the original stories.