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The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume III Review

Reviewed by Casey Holt (age 14) for Reader Views (7/08)

"The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume III" is a very good book. It is actually two books in one! They are set in a magical world, where there is only one person who can control all of that magic -- and that is the Chrestomanci.

In "Conrad's Fate," Christopher Chant (who is to become the next Chrestomanci) goes to find his enchantress friend "Millie" who has run away from boarding school because it was such an awful school, but by doing so, got herself caught up in all the different possibilities and is getting pulled around different worlds! He takes a job as an improver at Stallery, an old and mysterious mansion, to try and find her. He makes friends with a boy who thinks he has terrible karma, only to find out that it was all an evil plan because of greed.

"The Pinhoe Egg" was also a very good story, about witches and 9-lived enchanters, and many other of the sort. It also involves an old woman who has lost her mind growing herself to her bed, because she doesn't want to move.

I highly recommend "The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume III" by Diana Wynne Jones.

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ISBN13: 9780061148323
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The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume III Overview

In the multiple parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds, only an enchanter with nine lives is powerful enough to control the rampant misuse of magic—and to hold the title Chrestomanci. . . .

Cat and Christopher Chant make the most unusual friends. Christopher befriends a boy with terrible karma in a mansion where everything keeps changing. Cat meets a girl whose family of rogue witches is hiding shocking secrets. Will the Chrestomanci be able to sort out the tangle of mysteries and magic?

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Customer Reviews

The best of English Fantasy - Margaret -
Diana Wynne Jones is a marvel. Over and over again she produces truly creative stories - not rehashed themes or over wordy sensationalism, but imaginative, delightful tales. She writes mostly for young adults, but the quality of her writing is such that any age can enjoy the books.
The Chrestomanci books are among her best. Weaving around a central theme and character, she gives us a series of stories about an England that might have been, and people you wish you could meet.
She has many equally marvelous (pun intended) books for older teens, and one for adults.
Once you have met the talent of Ms. Jones, you will not stop until you have read all her books, and will eagerly await her next!

Very enjoyable for kids and adults. - S. Keith - Arizona USA
I enjoyed this third book quite a bit. I found it very entertaining, and at the same time it has some very meaninful life learnings. Both stories were easy to read and kept you wanting to read more. Recommended for everyone.

Good buy - R. Maidl - Savannah, GA
Overall this book, containing two seperate Chrestomanci titles, is a great buy. I enjoyed the Pinhoe Egg very much - it had all of the Diana Wynne Jones traits that I like. She has such great character development and build-up, if anything, her endings seem a little rushed and just slightly anticlimatic. She just does such a wonderful job building up to the end, that it's hard to top it.

Conrad's Fate was interesting and I really liked being able to see that time in the Chrestomanci world from another character's perspective, but it was slightly lacking. What, I'm not sure, but her books I've noticed seem to do that from time to time. She will have absolutely amazing stories and then other ones that don't quite draw me in the way some of them do. It could just be my personal taste, but I don't know.

Overall, I'd buy it again. For 6.99 (or even 7.99 as I've seen it some places) that's a great price for 2 complete books, especially when Conrad's Fate first came out I think that cost or so by itself.

Great fantasy reading for kids - R. Haeckler - West Chester, PA
This is among her best. I liked it better than the first two volumes - less dark in some way and the action moves along better. The second, tho, the Pinhoe Egg story, takes about six and a half chapters to start to get interesting. It starts out pretty dull and you have to hang in there because then it gets really good and carries you along with some fast, fun action, making the kids be heroes, of course!

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