A World Without Heroes
Ratings23
Average rating3.8
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Ratings23
Average rating3.8
Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable--until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank to a place unlike anything he's ever seen. In the past, the people of Lyrian welcomed visitors from the Beyond, but attitudes have changed since the wizard emperor Maldor rose to power. The brave resistors who opposed the emperor have been bought off or broken, leaving a realm where fear and suspicion prevail.
In his search for a way home, Jason meets Rachel, who was also mysteriously drawn to Lyrian from our world. With the help of a few scattered rebels, Jason and Rachel become entangled in a quest to piece together the word of power that can destroy the emperor, and learn that their best hope to find a way home will be to save this world without heroes.
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**Books in this series**
1. A World Without Heroes
2. [Seeds of Rebellion][2]
3. [Chasing the Prophecy][3]
[2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17197215W
[3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17553159W
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3 primary booksBeyonders is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Brandon Mull.
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I had to stop in the middle to read Insurgent, but all in all I enjoyed this book. I realized near the end that it was similar to the Fablehaven series in the “scavenger hunt” nature of the plot. It is a book targeted at a little younger audience than most of my recent “young adult” reads, but that is a nice change of pace sometimes. It's a bit more innocent. I liked the “other world” and “beyond” setting, had a slight Narnian quality to it in that way.
A World Without Heroes is more of a 3.5 book for me. The main idea for the story was quite interesting as well as the characters. But I wasn't entirely hooked by this book. I often felt like some scenes were made longer for no purpose at all and then, there was A LOT of action to make up for it. That's why there were times when I couldn't put the book down and others that I just couldn't care less about reading
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It's a shame because both the idea for the story and the characters were very ingenious. Jason was a great main character and Maldor a believable villain. The side characters were also very interesting but sometimes the ongoing introduction of new characters made me feel a bit overwhelmed.
I did not like the ending AT ALL. It was something to expect from a character like Maldor but still felt too cruel. As I said, I'm not that invested in this book to jump right into the second book but I'll definitely finish the trilogy in the future.
Sepertinya seleraku mmg berubah seiring bertambahnya umur, krn skrg ak kurang cocok sm kategori middle grade. Pdhl byk yg suka karya2 Brandon Mull ataupun Rick Riordan, tp ak kok gk bisa menikmati ya wkwkwk. Ya sdh selera itu beda2. Udh terlanjur beli 3 buku, lanjutkan sj...
The creativity that Mull displays when creating this world and designing the characters that populate it is incredible. Even though it is clearly written for younger readers, the inventiveness makes it appealing for a reader of any age who enjoys the genre.
Age range: 10-16
Younger readers may not be able to handle the length. Older readers might find the characters too juvenile, but the world is interesting enough to potentially make it worth your while.
