The McGill was now looking for some sign that he would be made living again. And the sign comes, in the form of a huge blimp, which the McGill took for a chariot of the gods. However, it was only Mary, Nick and Vari, who had used the blimp to arrive to Atlantic City. The McGill was outraged. But before anyone could do anything else, Mary showed the McGill a picture and suddenly, the McGill became a boy, because it turns out that Mary was the McGill's, now Mikey's, sister. When this happened, the thousand children became a mob and began to attack Mikey. Allie takes this moment to depart, hoping that she could go home. However, the situation suddenly changes. Mikey has managed to grab hold of the diving horse, Shiloh and was escaping. However, he spotted Allie and gave chase. Allie however, took control of a nearby living person and escaped into the living world. Back at the Piers, Mary and Nick rounded up everyone to get into the blimp to go back to Mary's place. However, they accidentally left Vari behind. Vari became the new owner of the old McGill's ship. Allie was having trouble with her living host. Eventually, Allie was pushed out and would have landed in a river if the McGill hadn't rescued her. They then became a team and rode off on their next adventure. Meanwhile, Nick found out Everlost's greatest secret: The way to leave. It turns out that since everyone has come into Everlost with a coin, the coin lets you leave and get to the end of the tunnel, where the light is. However, Mary didn't want to go on to the tunnel and she believed Everlost was a better place. Nick however, did and suddenly, they had different goals. Mary tried to keep the souls of Everlost in Everlost while Nick tried to spread the word about how to leave the strange world. It became a competition that lasted forever.
If I were in Everlost, I think that I would be very happy with the discovery of how to leave the world. I'd want to explore it and experience it, but eventually, I'd want to leave after seeing everything that there was to see. I am of the same opinion of Nick. People should leave Everlost eventually, not stay there for eternity. At the very least, they should be given the choice to stay or to leave. I think that Mary is wrong to keep this secret from all of the afterlights in her care. I also think that this was a very well written book, and I enjoyed it a lot. It has a very creative plot, something that I can't really compare to anything else because I've never seen anything else like it. It a very good book and I highly recommend it.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Everlost chapters 21-25
Nick and Lief are still being held in the Chiming Chamber of the McGill on it's ship. However, Nick gets an idea. If all of the kids get themselves tangled up, then they will be farthur from the ground and be able to escape through the hatch in the roof. So, Nick starts to spread the plan and soon all of the kids in the chamber are really tangled up and are close to the hatch in the roof. Nick escapes from the chamber. Meanwhile, the McGill learns of the new situation in the chamber, but decides to let them be. Nick decides to hide in the McGill's treasure chamber and tries to figure out what to do. However, things take a surprising turn as Allie, exploring for a means to forward her plan, and the McGill enter the treasure chamber as well and talk. Nick manages to hide himself in a closet without being seen by the McGill, but Allie knows he's there. Allie and the McGill talk for a while and then the McGill leaves, and Nick and Allie have a heated arguement. Allie thinks that Nicks escape will be discovered and that her plan will be blown while Nick says that he can't sit around and wait for ages when he can do something useful. Finally, they work out a plan for Nick to secretly escape the ship back to the mainland by stowing away on a lifeboat of one of the McGill's raiding parties. Nick hides until he can escape and Allie makes her plan. She plants a false fourtune in one of the fortune cookies that states that if the McGill returns to where he was defeated before in Atlantic City, then this time he will win. Allie is hoping that they afterlights in Atlantic City will be able to defeat the McGill again. The next day, Nick gets away to the mainland and makes his way to the only source of help: Mary. Meanwhile, the McGill has caught on to the fact the Allie was lying to him about being able to teach him how to skinjack, so he chimes her. Now, the McGill had a thousand souls and since he had found a fourtune that said "a thousand cowardly souls is worth a brave man's life", he thought that he could get his life back if he exchanged the 1000 kids. However, he also finds Allies fake fortune and heads to Atlantic City to make the exchange for his life. Nick meanwhile convinces Mary to come with him to help free the McGill's prisonners. Now when the McGill arrives in Atlantic City he finds that it is deserted and that the tough afterlights are gone.
If I were and afterlight in Everlost in Allie's position, I'd be very nervous about how this whole thing was playing out. I also think that Allie is being sort of a hero, trying to get Nick not to do anything while she gets everyone out. I would have supported what Nick had in mind, not argue with him. In fact, I might have tried to stage a revolt or mutiny of prisonners against the McGill and the crew of his ship. I think that then we'd have been able to get rid of the McGill, gain control of a ship and get back to the mainland and go free. I think what Allie did was less effective. It could have taken forever for the McGill to find the fake fortune and he may not have listened to it. I think that Allie's plans are getting more risky and less thought out. I think Nick will get to be the real hero of the situation by the end of the day.
If I were and afterlight in Everlost in Allie's position, I'd be very nervous about how this whole thing was playing out. I also think that Allie is being sort of a hero, trying to get Nick not to do anything while she gets everyone out. I would have supported what Nick had in mind, not argue with him. In fact, I might have tried to stage a revolt or mutiny of prisonners against the McGill and the crew of his ship. I think that then we'd have been able to get rid of the McGill, gain control of a ship and get back to the mainland and go free. I think what Allie did was less effective. It could have taken forever for the McGill to find the fake fortune and he may not have listened to it. I think that Allie's plans are getting more risky and less thought out. I think Nick will get to be the real hero of the situation by the end of the day.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Everlost chapters 16-20
Allie found her way aboard the ship by taking control of a real-life ferry man. She then proceeded to make the aquantance of the McGill. However, things didn't go quite as she had planned. The McGill, threatening to throw her over the side, demanded to know how she got aboard her ship. Allie told him that she possessed a living-world person to do it. The McGill, as it turned out, wanted to return to real life and demanded that Allie teach him how to possess the living. Allie agreeded, knowing that she could buy time this way. However, Allie knew she couldn't teach the McGill to possess the living, so she began a sort of training that was all bluff, to buy her time to figure out how to free Nick and Lief. While She was on his ship, Allie discovered something increadible and potentially useful: All fortures from chinese fortune cookies come true in Everlost. The McGill had a stash of fortune cookies that he liked to consult whenever he wanted to know something about his future. Allie also discovered something else: the only time the McGill had ever lost a battle was when he went up against a tough band of Afterlights in Atlantic City. They captured the McGill and he only escaped much later. With this in mind, Allie began to formulate a plan.
If I were an afterlight in Allie's situation, I would be pretty freaked out and pumped up at the same time. Let's look at the facts: I'm on a monster's ship, with the only thing stopping him from throwing me overboard is the false promis of teaching him to possess the living, which I can't in fact teach him. However, this is also an excellent adventure, so I would be pretty excited too. I think that the way Allie is manipulating the McGill is pretty ingenious. She has bought herself a lot of time and has made herself valuable to the McGill, so he can't throw her overboard. She is also discovering things about the McGill's ship and Everlost in general. She's playing smart, with everything she's got at her disposal. However, I don't know if it's going to last. The McGill is bound to figure out that Allie is bluffing about teaching him to possess the living and when he does, he will no longer value Allie, so he'll have no reason not to throw her overboard. Overall, I'm very pleased with how the story is progessing and I hope there are still more twists to come.
If I were an afterlight in Allie's situation, I would be pretty freaked out and pumped up at the same time. Let's look at the facts: I'm on a monster's ship, with the only thing stopping him from throwing me overboard is the false promis of teaching him to possess the living, which I can't in fact teach him. However, this is also an excellent adventure, so I would be pretty excited too. I think that the way Allie is manipulating the McGill is pretty ingenious. She has bought herself a lot of time and has made herself valuable to the McGill, so he can't throw her overboard. She is also discovering things about the McGill's ship and Everlost in general. She's playing smart, with everything she's got at her disposal. However, I don't know if it's going to last. The McGill is bound to figure out that Allie is bluffing about teaching him to possess the living and when he does, he will no longer value Allie, so he'll have no reason not to throw her overboard. Overall, I'm very pleased with how the story is progessing and I hope there are still more twists to come.
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