In English - Rick Riordan - The Kane Chronicles 2

  I am back with a new book by Rick Riordan, the second one of the Kane Chronicles, The Throne of Fire . I know, I should have written an article about the first one, but I read it about six months ago and I have just finished the second one, so... Please forgive my English mistakes...

Title: The Throne of Fire
Author: Rick Riordan
Genre: Fantasy
Year: 2011
Country: United States

Summary
   They defeated Seth in The Red Pyramid, Carter and Sadie Kane, 13-years old- teenagers, the pharaohs' descendants and powerful wizzards, teach young beginners magic in Brooklyn. But their second task is hard: they have to face a dangerous ennemy: Apophis, the big snake and the Chaos Master, is awaking. That is why Carter and Sadie want to wake Ra up. Ra is the god of the Sun and used to fight Apophis every day. In order to find him, Carter and Sadie, helped by the dworf god Bes, have to search for the Book of Ra and fight against the wizzards from the House of Life, represented by the dangerous Vlad Menchikov. They have only five days left to save the world, though the gods themselves are against them.

My opinion
   I did not find The Red Pyramid, the first book, was a good novel. According to me, it looked like Percy Jackson too much, and was not at all as good as it. But I enjoyed The Throne of Fire much better. First, the characters are more complex and the book is thrilling. Then, I learned more about Egyptian mythology, which is quite fascinating and not as well-known as the Greek mythology. And overall, to my mind, The Throne of Fire is funnier than The Red Pyramid or Percy Jackson. I really laughed while reading this book. And the main character are human and you can really well identify with them.
   According to me, the book is still not well-written, and not as awesome as the Percy Jackson series, but I was surprised by this book. I really thought it would be worse than The Red Pyramid.

To conclude
   3/5, a good surprise

In English - Mrs Doubtfire

   I am back to write you a new film review. I watched this movie during the last holidays and I would like to share with you my thoughts about it.

Title:  Mrs. Doubtfire
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan
Year: 1993
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy

Summary
   When his wife demands divorce and gets the right to keep with her their three children, Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams), an excentric actor, can't bear it. He is only allowed to visit them on Saturdays, but he does need to see Lydia, Christopher and Nattie every day. He has to find a job and a place to live to have his children one week out two. He manages to find a job in a TV channel as... a cleaning man, and with the help of his brother, he dresses himself as an elderly English governess, Euphegenia Doubtfire. He then tries to be hired by his wife to take care of the children and be able to see them everyday. He succeeds, which induces many crazy situations when his wife starts dating someone else...

My opinion
   I did not really enjoy this movie for many reasons. However, watching Robin Williams dressed as the perfect English governess and acting like he was, is quite funny.
   But there is nothing original in the movie. For example, the children are so cliche ! I came out from the movie with a hard feeling of  "déjà vu". I was expecting the supposed-to-be-funny sentences before they were pronounced. And the whole film is a repetition of the same jokes. I mean, there is nothing new. The plot is predictible and the end is much too "perfect". Moreover, sometimes the main character is coarse. The actors do not act very well. On the whole, this is a really bad comedy. To conclude, let me advise you not to watch Mrs. Doubtfire if you do not want to waste your time.

To conclude
   1/5, just bad

   I tried to give you my opinion about this movie. If you do not agree with me, please let me know why in the comments down below. Thank you for reading !

   PS: The director, Chris Columbus, shot the first Percy Jackson movie, and I am a huge fan of the books. The film is not very good, but I was still hoping something better for Mrs Doubtfire, so I was quite disappointed.

In English- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

   Here I am ! I just started writing articles in English. The first one will be about a fantasy novel by Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. In fact, I have read the whole serie and I enjoyed it very much. I dedicate this to my friends from Google +. Please would you forgive me, I do not speak English very well yet, so if you spot a mistake, please let me know it. The first book is The Lightning Thief.

Summary
   Greek gods are actually real. That is what a teenager, Percy Jackson, whose mother is married to an unbearable loser, finds out. His best friends Grover is a satyre and his Latin teacher is the famous centaur Chiron. They tell him that himself is a demigod, half human, half god. He must go to a special camp where such people are safe from the attacks of monsters. But somebody happens to have stolen Zeus'most powerful weapon, his lightning bolt, and the king of gods suspects Percy. He must find the Lightning Thief before the Summer Solstice to prove he is wrong. His friends Grover and Annabeth, daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom, will help him.

My opinion
   I really enjoyed this book, maybe because I like Greek mythology very much. I find the idea of mythology in today's world just awesome. The characters are friendly, and the Wicked are quite complex.
   Nevertheless, I did not like some characteristics of the book. First, I think Rick Riordan does not write very well. I know this is a book written for teenagers, but to my mind this is not a reason to write like a teenager. Second, the book is about Greek mythology, so I expected more Greek stuff... In the book America is the centre of the world and the whole story takes place in the US. For example, Olympus is above the Empire State Building. I know the USA are the main and the most powerful country in the world, I find it good that American people are proud of their country, I like this country and its language, but I believe that maybe the book is "too American". Third, it was written on the cover the book was "hilarious"...well, I did not find it very funny.
   Despite these reserves, The Lightning Thief seemed to me very thrilling and on the whole, I really enjoyed it a lot.

To conclude
   4,5/5 read it as a relaxation, but still awesome.

   The movie (2010, directed by Chris Columbus, starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T. Jackson) does not follow the book at all, and it is average. It is better to watch it before reading the book, not to be disappointed by the film. It is not as awful as the fangirls say, to my mind, but yet, not a masterpiece.