The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Transall Saga
Book Review: READ IT
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book in 7th grade and man this is a very intresting book. Now im 18 and i just bought the book and its still mind blowing to me. Gary paulsen is a great author, his writing is very detailed and in depth. BUY IT READ IT.Book Review: Really Good
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is one of the best books I've ever read! This I think this is one of Gary Paulsen's greatest books. It's very exiting,and all in all its a good book. If you like Science Fiction, you'll love this book. He keeps you on the edge of your seat, and you'll never get bored.His work is really great, and it will be so exiting, you can't stop reading!!!!Book Review: Shitface
Summary: 4 Stars
Gary Paulson has once again written a compelling book on one boys struggle to survive in a strange world. Immediately in the first chapter the main character Mark is thrown into a dangerous environment making an interesting read right from the beginning. With the evolving plot line and the numerous surprises you'll have a hard time doing anything but read Mark's adventure.
As I read this book I loved the various ways Gary Paulson showed how Mark became a master of survival and gained status in the strange world of Transall. He describes everything perfectly so that you can picture it in your mind. Another great thing about the book is its ability to cover many genres; with the mystery of Transall it covers (you guessed it) mystery's spot, the alien world and mutated creatures will keep a sci fi fan happy, and it could even pass as an apt survival guide.
Anyone who has read and enjoyed the Hatchet books will definitely want to grab this book, like the Hatchet books it tells the story of a boys struggle to survive in a unfamiliar place, but it is also very different so it wont feel as if your reading a rewrite of Hatchet. Some of the variations I liked were that it was set in an entirely different plant, there's interaction with other humans (some hostile), the mystery that unravels as you read, and how it is set in more of a medieval time frame.
Book Review: Sort of Like a Conan book - a review of The Transall Saga
Summary: 3 Stars
What can I say. I've read about 17 of Gary Paulsen's books in the last few months and this is the only one I wasn't crazy about.
The idea is interesting-- it's standard sort of scifi fair; boy whisked away mysteriously to an alien world where he has to fight to fit in-- but the book is way too short to cover all the ground that Paulsen has lined up. As a consequence there's no character development, and scenes flip one to another without much to connect them at times.
I blame the YA publishers for this, by the way. As Tamora Pierce has noted, it took Harry Potter to convince them that kids' attention was longer than a gnat's. And I'd be willing to bet that they required Gary to keep his word count down, which is a darn shame because I would have loved to have seen this book fleshed out.
In any case, let me add a caveat that if you are in the mood for a fast-pace adventure without anything of weight to slow you down, you might like this. [If I were to give an equivalent it would probably be the old Robert E. Howard "Conan the Barbarian" books-- minus the fur clad babe on the cover.]
But if you like "The Haymeadow" or "Sarny" give this one a miss, or check it out at the library.
Pam T~
one of the moms at booksforkids-reviews
Book Review: Super Fantastic!
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this book and it was much better than I thought it would be. I loved the way how Gary Paulsen described what Mark was doing. It was sooo good that I actually thought that I was Mark while was reading it! There was no part that was boring to me at all. I laughed and laughed when Mark got a bird poop right after he got out of the quicksand. All the parts of the story was fun and interesting except for one part. That was the part when Mark got in to the beam of light accidently while he was being attacked in the last part of the book. It was sad because he couldn't marry Megaan and had to go back to his time. It was really emotional. I suggest everyone that reads my review to read "The Transall Saga".