![]() Kaylie was a mixed case: sometimes I applauded Mr. However, Kaylie's personality played a big part in this book, so I was able to let it go, but advanced children characters are not my favorite thing to read and hardly ever done well. It's really, really hard for me to read children characters with way too much maturity because it's just not natural. However, since Buster is a side character and not in the book much, I was able to ignore it the other character, though, was a semi-prominent character, so it grated on me a little more in that regard.Īnother problem I had with the characters was Kaylie's brilliance. ![]() It took away from the characters themselves, I think, by using that stereotype as a personality itself, instead of using it to add to the character's personality. I get that the some people actually do talk like that, but it just bothered me. I had some qualms with Buster's stereotypical 'California' speech and another character's stereotypical 'Australian' speech. Altogether, the themes in this book came across wonderfully and beautifully, and I fully enjoyed them.Ĭharacters are not the strong point in this book. Watson has introduced this concept of anchors in a beautiful way, and yet uses it to subtly point to Jesus as the true 'anchor'. These are the things that people use to hold onto life. For example, some people's 'anchor' is to this world, such as family, money, true love, revenge, etc. Very subtly, the author introduces this idea of how anchors aren't just for Dreamtreaders rather, we all have our anchors. Every Dreamtreader has his own anchor, which is what connects him to the Waking (real) World. However, my favorite theme was the anchors in the book. Batson was able to bring in themes of brokenness being healed, love, and decisions and their realistic consequences. However, in this book, the themes come through so well! I love how through the chaos in this book, Mr. Batson was trying to incorporate several themes, but I felt like there was a slight disconnect and they didn't flow through the story. My favorite part of Search for the Shadow Key is the themes. ![]() In Dreamtreaders the whole world had to be introduced and explained and developed, making the book a bit slower than Search for the Shadow Key in terms of plot. Also, I do feel like this was a much more 'plot-driven' book, per say, as the characters in this one had mainly one goal: to find the Shadow Key. There were a few plot twists near the end that surprised me, and although some could consider them 'convenient', they didn't bother me as I was reading. Overall, I think the plot in this book was smooth and clear. However, it turned out to be much better than I had expected. He continues to write for the people he cares so deeply about because he believes that, on a deep level, we all long for another world and yearn to do something important.Īfter reading Dreamtreaders, the first book in this series, I was concerned that I wasn't going to like Search for the Shadow Key for several reasons, mainly for lack of themes and semi-flat characters. Wayne Thomas Batson gives thanks to God for the abundant life he’s been given. To date, Batson has penned or coauthored seventeen novels and has sold well over half a million copies. Since then, The Door Within, The Final Storm, Isle of Swords, and Isle of Fire have all appeared on the CBA Young Adult Bestseller List, including #2 for The Final Storm Fall 2007. His four adult children intermittently live at home whenever their unexpected adventures lead them.īatson’s writing career began in 2005 with the publication of fantasy epic, The Door Within. Wayne Thomas Batson lives in Eldersburg with his extraordinary wife of 26 years. Wayne Thomas Batson has spent the last thirty years teaching Reading and English to Maryland middle school students. ![]() He was voted “Most Talented” in his senior year, and wrote this for his Yearbook Senior Goal: “To become a published author.” Little did he know that God had even greater plans. He attended Gabriel DuVal Senior High School where he wrote for the school’s newspaper and literary magazine. He had an adventurous childhood and adolescence that included: building forts in the woods, crabbing and crayfishing in bays, ponds, and bayous, playing lead guitar in a heavy metal band, and teaching tennis lessons at the local recreation center. Wayne Thomas Batson was born in Seabrook, MD in 1968.
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