Five Kingdoms: Sky Raiders

Five Kingdoms: Sky Raiders is a 2014 fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Mull. It is the first in the Five Kingdoms

Five Kingdoms: Sky Raiders
AuthorBrandon Mull
Audio read byKeith Nobbs
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesFive Kingdoms series
GenreFantasy, juvenile fiction, Adventure
PublisherAladdin Paperbacks
Publication date
2014
Media typePrint (Hardcover And Paperback), audiobook, ebook
Pages448
ISBN978-1-442-49701-6
Followed byFive Kingdoms: Rogue Knight 
Websitehttp://www.enterthefivekingdoms.com/

Reception

A writer at Kirkus Reviews states, “Mull gives his protagonist opportunities aplenty to demonstrate courage, quick wit and a talent for teasing. He also lays inventive twists on magical gear and workings and crafts such oddball monsters and settings that even a native-born character complains at one point, “I keep waiting for this to get less weird, and it keeps not happening.” From the evidence, readers may consider that a promise from the author.”[1]

Carrie R. Wheadon from Common Sense Media stated in her review, “Fans of Brandon Mull know he needs a warm-up period with each of his series, and SKY RAIDERS is an OK warm-up that rabid fans will enjoy... But casual fans and readers who like a clear picture of where the story is headed at the regularly appointed time... will be drumming their fingers,... because the action isn't moving the story along. Another problem with spending most of the book making this new world cool and interesting: The main character, still a sixth grader, barely mentions parents or mourns the life he left behind. The omission seems almost as strange as, well, fighting plastic dinosaurs on top of a cheesecake.”[2]

Simon Lipskar at Publishers Weekly stated in a review, “Although Mull packs quite a bit into this initial installment, he skillfully mixes the capricious logic of dreams with high stakes and constant danger. The intriguing premise, strong world-building, and numerous twists make this a real page-turner.”[3]

Tori Ackerman stated in a book review for Deseret News, “While the Beyonders series hinted at a darker and more somber theme and Fablehaven stayed very lighthearted and humorous, "Sky Raiders" meets both of those needs for the reader in a perfectly blended mix.”[4]

With regards to the audio book, an agent for Publishers Weekly stated in their review, “Narrator Nobbs projects a youthful voice appropriate to the characters in the novel. The strong narration of the more descriptive elements of the book provides a nice balance with the emotional states of the characters. However, occasionally the characters voices are indistinguishable from one and another, making it difficult to keep track of who said what.”[5]

gollark: Definitely. Not that those are contradictory.
gollark: It's probably best to just write it without much time spent trying to eke out maximum performance.
gollark: My site runs on an old tower server and is at 1% CPU almost all the time. The biggest CPU load is just the monitoring software gathering a few hundred metrics for graphs.
gollark: That would take much more work, and individual computers are very fast.
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References
  1. "Sky Raiders by Brandon Mull". Kirkus Reviews.
  2. "Sky Raiders: Five Kingdoms, Book 1 - Book Review". Common Sense Media. 18 March 2014.
  3. "Children's Book Review: Sky Raiders by Brandon Mull. S&S/Aladdin, $16.99 (432p) ISBN 978-1-4424-9700-9". Publishers Weekly.
  4. Ackerman, Tori (8 March 2014). "Brandon Mull's new 'Sky Raiders' shares adventures in a new world". Deseret News.
  5. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4423-6767-8
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