Layout
The cover shows in the background the villain of the series, while in a cloud in front of him, the protagonists are, what looks about as well as I had imagined. In prankt in gold lettering and clearly felt the title of the first volume "The Iron Trial".
The series title was discreetly placed at the upper end, while the author's name stand out clearly in white at the bottom and are separated by a golden sword.
Chapters are numbered and you prankt each a small drawing, which portrays the chapter content in a way or another. Sometimes you guess the plot already and sometimes they surprised a significantly.
Furthermore, each capitalized the first three words of a chapter and bold. When it comes to under sections at a time jump or change of location, crop up five characters, about their meaning, I'm not sure. I suspect they are the four elements and the chaos symbolize.
Overall it is a very nice design, which was hopefully taken also in the German version.
My Opinion
Magisterium is a youth book series of the success of authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare.
While I each to respectively in the first volume broke the ranks of the latter, I had previously read anything by Black.
You can tell the simple writing style and choice of words that the audience is meant from about 12 years.
It is also suitable for those who want to try reading in English.
From the blurb ago you might think though at first Harry Potter, which I broke off to band 5, but while reading it shows the big differences. Because more than one school, magic and of course good and evil, the two series do not have much to each other on their hats.
The supporting characters are unfortunately usually just knit, so that you quickly know as an experienced reader, who and who is good evil.
Can score, however, the story with a Plottwist, which you really do not expect that everything on something else hinted until that moment.
The setting is kept extremely simple, but can be thought about, how it should look.
What the book, however, pulls down, is that it seems like a long prologue. Because the plot he comes towards the end really gather momentum and
is then braked abruptly by the thanksgiving of the authors. I think that is still clearly upgradeable during the subsequent four volumes.
Whether I continue to pursue this, I'm not quite sure yet. So really swept me was "The Iron Trial" not, but the Plottwist makes curious for more.
Overall, "The Iron Trial" a good entry point for English beginners who would like to be drawn in a somewhat childlike world of magic and not shy away from unpredictable Plottwists.
Originally posted on Books on PetrovaFire
