Helpful Score: 2
"Faust" is defined as "an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge." That is what this book is revolved around, the 5 five Faust children who sold their souls for personal gain.
Personally, I found that the book started off really slow but necessary to understand the back story of what came to be. I also found that it really didn't catch my interest until the last quarter of the book when things started to become interesting, maybe because that's where all the action started to happen, thus the 3 star rating from me.
What I really did like about the book is that the reader gets to see the different characters struggling to find themselves and to see the roads they choose that would become their lives.
I couldn't really get into the characters, I find them to be very two-dimensional in the story when they could've carried so much more potential, however it may just be wishful thinking in my part for 15 year olds with "gifts." I also did not like that this book with 6 main characters that the authors did not indulge the reader with more depth about each character. I always found myself pining for more information about each teenager but not finding it.
Three stars.
Personally, I found that the book started off really slow but necessary to understand the back story of what came to be. I also found that it really didn't catch my interest until the last quarter of the book when things started to become interesting, maybe because that's where all the action started to happen, thus the 3 star rating from me.
What I really did like about the book is that the reader gets to see the different characters struggling to find themselves and to see the roads they choose that would become their lives.
I couldn't really get into the characters, I find them to be very two-dimensional in the story when they could've carried so much more potential, however it may just be wishful thinking in my part for 15 year olds with "gifts." I also did not like that this book with 6 main characters that the authors did not indulge the reader with more depth about each character. I always found myself pining for more information about each teenager but not finding it.
Three stars.
