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Wildefire [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

Karsten Knight
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  • Taschenbuch: 416 Seiten
  • Verlag: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (28. August 2012)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN-10: 1442421185
  • ISBN-13: 978-1442421189
  • Vom Hersteller empfohlenes Alter: 14 - 17 Jahre
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Every fire begins with a spark: Teen demigods incite war in this paranormal novel with a darkly humorous bent.

Ashline and her wild-child sister, Eve, never appeared too remarkable, besides being Polynesian in a white suburban town. That is, until Eve kills a rival of Ashline’s over something completely petty. Shocked, Ashline moves across the country to a remote private school, hoping to put the terrible past behind her. But her fresh start doesn’t go as planned. After a series of dangerous and mysterious occurrences, Ashline is astonished to learn that she and four of her classmates are actually demigods who were compelled to meet at this middle-of-nowhere school.

     Now that she knows she is a volcano goddess, Ashline has to decide what to do with the knowledge—and whether to share it with Colt, the hunky park ranger she can’t stop thinking about. There are two very powerful organizations vying for control, and they have very different ideas on how the demigods should use their powers. Both groups want Ashline on their side—and they’re willing to fight for her.

Über den Autor

Karsten Knight has been writing since the age of six, when he completed his first masterpiece: a picture book series about an adventurous worm. In the two decades that have followed, Karsten has worked as a proofreader, a bookseller, and a college admissions counselor before he finally decided that his true calling was to be a volcano goddess biographer. He lives in Boston, and for more information or to watch his video blog, visit KarstenKnight.com.

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Die Schulzeit mag einigen wie die schwierigste Zeit im Leben vorkommen. Prüfungen, Blamagen, das erste gebrochene Herz. Doch Ashline, kurz Ash, hat tatsächlich riesengroße Probleme. Als ihr Freund sie betrügt, gerät sie mit dem anderen Mädchen in Streit. Die Situation spitzt sich zu, als unerwartet Ashs große Schwester auftaucht. Denn Eve, die vor einiger Zeit die Schule geschmissen hat und seitdem umherstromert, ist eine Garantie für Ärger. Der Streit auf dem Schulgelände kann nach einigen blauen Flecken zwar noch einmal gelöst werden, doch nur, um am Abend bei Ash zu Hause fortgeführt zu werden. Und da eskaliert die Situation erneut, als Eve sich einmischt - dieses Mal mit fatalen Folgen.

Einige Monate später findet Ash sich auf einer abgelegenen Privatschule wieder. Sie möchte vergessen, welche seltsamen Vorkommnisse damals geschahen und welche Konsequenzen Eves Handeln nach sich ziehen. Doch die Einöde ist keinesfalls so langweilig, wie es den Anschein hat. Als Ash und ihre Freunde die Entführung einer blinden Mitschülerin verhindern, erschließt sich ihnen plötzlich eine ganz neue Welt: sie erfahren, dass sie Götter mit besonderen Fähigkeiten sind und dass eine mysteriöse Macht gefährlich für sie werden kann. Zwischen diesen neuen, aufregenden Erkenntnissen müssen sie sich nun entscheiden, auf wessen Seite sie kämpfen werden: der von Ashs gemeingefährlicher Schwester oder von einem Unbekannten?

Karsten Knights "Wildefire" klingt spannend - kann man doch so viel aus dem mythischen Götterthema herausholen. Doch leider bleibt er viel zu distanziert, als dass der Leser Feuer für die Vulkangöttin fangen könnte.

Das beginnt bereits damit, dass alle Charaktere stereotyp oder undurchsichtig bleiben. Ashline selber wird als rechts unerbittlich und rachsüchtig eingeführt. Ihr Benehmen erinnert mehr an einen raufenden Jungen, als ein Mädchen. Danach jedoch wandelt sie sich in eine hilfsbereite Persönlichkeit, die nett, lustig und liebenswürdig daher kommt. Sollen die Stimmungsschwankungen ihr Temperament wiederspiegeln? Es wirkt zu widersprüchlich und anstrengend. Hinzu kommt, dass sie auf ein entlegenes Internat flieht, um ein erlebtes Trauma zu vergessen und sich dennoch dort ganz normal in den Alltag eingliedert. Ihre Sorgen und Gedanken bleiben dem Leser verborgen - stattdessen flirtet sie sich schlagkräftig durch eine Bar, wird zum Tennisass und scheint ihre große Schwester völlig vergessen zu haben.

Eve hingegen symbolisiert das gesamte Buch über das Böse, den Unruhestifter. Sie hat die Schule geschmissen, schließt sich einer merkwürdigen Gruppierung an, macht nichts als Ärger und - na klar - fährt Motorrad. Selbst in den Momenten, in denen sie versucht auf ihre kleine Schwester zu zugehen, nimmt man ihr das nicht ab. Übrigens genau so wenig, wie Ash ihr das abnimmt, bis Eve wieder in ihr altes Muster verfällt.

Die anderen Charaktere kamen mir bis zum Schluss fremd vor. Wer war noch einmal wer? Keiner der anderen Götter (und Göttinnen) bekommt ein richtiges Profil. Es gibt eine Art blindes Orakel, einen gutaussehenden blonden Gott und natürlich sorgt die Stillste der Truppe für eine unangenehme Überraschung. Die Liebesgeschichte zwischen dem Parkranger und Ash erschließt sich mir auch nicht ganz. Er sieht sie das erste Mal und sofort läuft er ihr hinterher. Sie lässt ihn noch etwas zappeln und dann - wer hätte das gedacht? -nimmt alles den typischen Lauf.

Nein, so richtig wollen die Charaktere einfach nicht überzeugen, die Karsten Knight hier aufs Papier gebannt hat. Tut es denn wenigstens die Geschichte? Leider auch nicht, denn durch unlogisches Verhalten, zu wenig Erklärungen und eine am Schluss ins Lächerliche abdriftende Erkenntnis können einfach nicht begeistert.

Kolossal gestört hat meiner Meinung dabei, dass der Autor scheinbar krampfhaft versucht die Handlung weiterhin im Rahmen des Internats zu halten. Aber welcher Jugendliche würde schon, nachdem er festgestellt hat, dass er ein Gott ist, wirklich Sätze wie "Ach, ich konzentriere mich dieses Jahr erst einmal auf die Schule und schaue dann nächstes Jahr weiter, was das bedeutet", von sich geben? Warum teilt Ash ihren Freunden neuste Erkenntnisse nie sofort mit sondern wartet unendlich lange, bis zufällig und nebenbei die Sprache darauf kommt? Warum forschen die Jugendlichen nicht mehr über ihre Situation nach? Als Leser empfindet man das mit der Zeit als ärgerlich, weil die Handlung krampfhaft gebremst und konstruiert wirkt.
Ein wenig gibt es dennoch zu lachen. Wer am Schluss, nach der neusten Enthüllung, einmal google anschmeißt und etwas nachliest, wird sich köstlich darüber amüsieren, was Ash sich da doch für einen netten Freund angelacht hat.

Alles in allem war "Wildefire" trotz des wunderschönen Covers eine einzige, große Enttäuschung. Zwei Sterne gibt es für die ausbaufähige Idee, die tatsächlich etwas an X-Men mit mythologischen Figuren erinnert. Aber Charaktere und Handlungsverlauf führen ansonsten eher zu einer ernüchternden Abkühlung, als zu einer flammenden Liebe für dieses Buch.
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The story of WILDEFIRE is set in a boarding school where several kids are gathered to make them realize their talents and powers. One of them, and our protagonist, is Ash. She is a very dominant and, as her surname suggests, wild person.

This novel's main characters are all superheroes. I thought it was mostly about Ash, but we get to know all of them: Lily; Raja, Rolfe, Ade, Serena. It's because of them with their various heritages that the novel feels so international. Ash is a Polynesian Goddess and her friends are from e.g. Greece and Haiti. Furthermore it was really cool that the kids explore their talents together and form a little group that supports each other.

It seems as if we've got to face two different enemies. One is well acquainted with our heroine Ash. I would immediately nominate that person most annoying antagonist ever. Then there seems to be another more mysterious force against our heroes that promises to be explored in the sequel.

WILDEFIRE has some romance as well. The romance between Ash and a stranger is sweet, but for my liking could have been a more dominant part of the book.

The story is told from a 3rd person narrator and the pace of actions felt just right to me. Long coherent sequences grow thinner in the end and events start to flow in a faster pace. Karsten Knight has a fresh and perky writing. He applies awesome comparisons and has a great sense of humour so it wasn't difficult to be kept entertained during the entire read.

Despite the fun and action factor I was just so disappointed with the last part of the story. I expected the story to head in a completely different direction so the end left me dumbfounded, because events took a totally bizarre way. I simply wasn't content despite the large and cool shocker moment and cliff hanger in the end.

There's much more to come in book two and I hope to learn more about the heritage of protagonist Ash, where all kids got their powers from and about the motives of their enemies.

THE VERDICT

I give it 3,5/5 stars.

The YA world needs more authors like Karsten Knight, he definitely is an enrichment for the genre. His debut novel WILDEFIRE is elemental, paranormal, funny and eerie at the same time.
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An Unputdownable Debut! 11. August 2011
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I'm not sure what I expected from Wildefire...I saw the rave reviews, but I still wasn't completely convinced. The premise sounded a little been there, done that to me. Wow, was I wrong. I discovered from page 1 that this book was something different. Wildefire is something awesome.

This book revolves around a mythology theme, which is becoming pretty popular in YA lately. I'm not complaining about that at all. I love mythology. I especially love Karsten Knight's unique take on it. You don't really get a full explanation or back story until pretty late in the book, but that was never a problem for me because Ash was so compelling I sometimes forgot she was supposed to be a mysterious goddess.

Ashline was my most favorite part of the book. From the first scene I knew I was going to love that girl. She is totally kick ass and brave without being annoyingly stubborn. She was a pretty perfect character in my opinion. All of the secondary characters were fantastic! They were all really well developed which was great because they are all essential to the story. Eve, the villain and Ashline's sister, was wonderfully done. Wow, I hated her. I wanted to punch her in the face on many occasions, that's the sign of a well done villain in my book.

Knight definitely knows how to hook you very early on. The events of the first 20 pages were kind of huge and it sets the tone for the rest of the book. It's unputdownable after that. I think Karsten Knight has only just begun. Wildefire is an outstanding debut and I'm dying for more.
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Stuck in the middleground 27. Juli 2011
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Also appears on The Screaming Nitpicker.

After an incident in her hometown leaves a girl dead by a lightning strike (that may or may not have something to do with her sister), Ashline Wilde is happy to get away to Blackwood Academy in California on the opposite side of the country. She just wants a fresh start, the opportunity to be normal, and maybe a romance with that really cute park ranger. Then she gets a bombshell dropped on her: she, a few of her classmates, and even her sister Eve are reincarnated gods and goddesses. When Eve comes back into Ash's life with intentions that aren't the kindest, Ash will have to master her fiery powers and face down Eve once again.

I got pressured into reading this book. Many of my Goodreads friends read it and their opinions fell on both sides of the spectrum with a few in the middle. Some of my friends (and you know who you are) asked me if I'd read it and said I should when I replied that no, Wildefire wasn't in my reading pile. Now I've read it and I'll parachute into that middleground. Not good, not bad, and certainly not a "me" book.

What seemed to attract so many people to it was the promising premise and the diversity of its characters so many readers were wishing for. On those, Wildefire delivered. The premise was a fresh one and the cast had a diversity in races I wish the rest of YA literature could embrace. I love having characters from all different backgrounds--Polynesian, Japanese, Haitian, and Egyptian, to start--but their actual characterization leaves a lot to be desired. None of them have their own distinct personalities that set them apart from one another and they sound almost alike in what they say.

I'm picky about romance in YA books and hardly notice them anymore because I'm not much of a romance person, but I kind of liked what Ashline and Colt had. Yeah, Colt says some pretty creepy things sometimes, but I've seen much worse and I can't expect every character ever to be good at words because some people (including me) are bad at words. Their development is good and their date into the woods at sunset was a great scene both for them and as a scene in a book. Certainly not my new favorite couple, but they're fun to read about.

The first chapter of the book is infamously divisive due to the violence and the book nearly lost me there too. I've read the myths too and I know the goddesses tend to go after the women and not the cheating gods of spouses, but that doesn't mean I can't be irritated. There were more than a few things off with how the characters acted, especially with the principal just standing by and letting a girl be beaten up by two different people. It isn't a book easily judged by the quality of its first chapter, that's for sure.

The prose and writing has its strong moments, especially during action scenes where Ash and her friends have to fight or in Ash's visions of a small girl being studied by scientists. Then it attempts to be pretty prose and only succeeds occasionally. There were more than a few "wait, what?" sort of moments to do with the prose. I would quote them so you could see what I mean, but I would rather not because it's an ARC. Cutting some of the failed pretty prose attempts before final publication would be a great idea.

Wildefire in its first half is somewhat dull. Ash is settling in at her new school, meeting and getting to know all the important players, but very little happens until about thirty-five or forty percent of the way in. Maybe this has to do with how impossible it was for me to concentrate on this book. I never became emotionally invested in the characters or their situations either. It's not a good thing when I have to sit down and force myself to read a book because I can't pay attention to it. It wasn't that I wasn't in a reading mood--I've been reading a lot the past few days--but Wildefire couldn't keep my attention.

The second half is when the story really starts to kick in, but close to the end of the book (and I admit this with shame), I skipped about seventy pages to get to the end because I still wasn't interested and I was ready to get the book over with. I don't feel like I missed anything vitally important. A truly good book is good from the first page to the last; readers shouldn't have to endure a dull first half to get to a worthwhile second half.

I don't know if I've said this before, but I'll close my review by saying it: I WISH PEOPLE WOULD STOP ENDING THEIR BOOKS WITH CLIFFHANGERS. You don't need to use cliffhangers to make people read the next book in your series. If the reader liked the first book, they'll probably read the books that come after it. Ending books with cliffhangers just results in frustrated readers. Wildefire definitely wasn't a "me" book with all its strengths and flaws, but give it a try if you're interested.
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Brilliant and beautifully written 25. August 2011
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The Short Version:
Unique in concept and engaging in play out, Wildefire covers a range of emotions and builds a strong plot with fantastic characters. Filled with witty banter and sarcastic retorts, and written in an incredibly fluid, intelligent way, this one is both fun and interesting. Ashline is a phenomenal central character, smoothly built and perfectly damaged to create a well rounded, fully dimensional and relatable protagonist. The plot has a very steady pace, and with easily inserted world building but plenty of mystery, Wildefire rockets out of the gate and doesn't hold back.

The Extended Version:
Ashline has an incredible internal strength that explodes off the pages from the start and doesn't relent. Even when she's unsure about something, Ash never backs down or makes excuses for herself. Her sarcasm is hilarious and she always has a come back for everything, no matter the situation. Even when forced to face some hard truths not only about herself but others, Ashline finds a way to handle it in a way that says so much about her character, while still being understandable and fun for the reader. She is fierce in all the best ways, gentle at just the right moments, and intelligent in the most refreshing of manners.

Apart from Ashline, there are several others characters who play a strong role and have pretty large presences throughout. Eve, Ashline's older sister, shows up at the most unexpected but perfectly timed moments, and seems to wreak havoc wherever she goes. Knight does a remarkable job showcasing the full nature of the relationship between these two, from the connection of sisterhood to the push and pull of their differing personalities and actions. Despite her violent overtones, Eve has some softer moments, pitching her in a subtly sympathetic light that has a lasting impact. Cole has an intriguing nature from the first time he steps onto the pages, and is suave and smooth while still unsure in all the right ways to make him downright delectable and memorable. Raja is my favorite character of the bunch, as witty and on her toes as Ashline and makes some fantastic character strides. Though she comes across at first as the stereotypical gorgeous snob, she is far from it and Knight weaves this perfectly throughout. Closing out the cast of characters is Rolfe and Ade, two boys who are swoon worthy and completely fun, and Jackie, who fits into things in an interesting way, and is a great friend to Ash.

Though the characters stand out prominently, and have a beautiful kinship between them that plays an integral part in the whole story, the plot also has a lasting effect. With new elements mixing with some polished, known concepts, Wildefire covers the gauntlet from downright creepy to empowering. Intertwining mythologies and giving a very strong contemporary and human component to it, Knight has built something that is unlike anything else. The worldbuilding happens in a very easy way, often coming through quietly without the reader fully realizing it until later. Playing heavily on building mystery while still revealing new information at a steady rate as well, Knight has woven a perfect mystery in a fun and fresh way.

Rounding out this book's homerun in quality is the writing. Though written in third person, this one puts the reader right into Ashline's mind throughout and forges a very intense connection from the start. Never once did I find myself drifting out of her head, nor did I notice the third person perspective for the bulk of the story. With gorgeous, noteworthy descriptions and a fantastic grasp on and use of the English language at its finest, Knight not only showcases his storytelling skills but his writing talents as well. The descriptions have a great flow, never coming off as bulky or forced, and create a very firm imagery. Even with this, there is still a very distinct and clear voice that clearly screams Ashline, while still giving intonation to the other characters as well.

Though ending on a killer, jaw dropping cliffhanger, Knight wraps up much of this book's events while still leaving it in a place where the reader will have no way of predicting what's coming next. There are plenty of completely unexpected twists and reveals, and the full magnitude of everything laid down in this installment is impressive. The chapter set up also adds an interesting overall element to the book, breaking it not only down by day but into three sections, with an interlude to each that adds a huge level of mystery. The transitions between, however, are very smooth, and tie together by the end of the book. Interesting and fun more than anything, but still harboring plenty of intense moments, and with some very well done action scenes, Wildefire breaks new ground both in concept and play out.
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