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Tintin and the Seven Crystal Balls,
This review is from: Tintin and the Seven Crystal Balls (Hardcover)
I really enjoyed this book. The characters a great, the storyline fun, and the artwork enjoyable. The only thing I didn't realise when I bought this book is that it is 'to be continued' - finished in Prisoners of the Sun.
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Tintin and friends began to unraval an Incan mystery,
By Lawrance M. Bernabo - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Seven Crystal Balls (Hardcover)
First, be aware that the exciting Tintin adventure that begins in "The Seven Crystal Balls" is concluded in "Prisoners of the Sun." So pick up both volumes in order to avoid panicking when you get to the end of "The Seven Crystal Balls" and you discover the story is to be continued. The adventure begins with Tintin on the train reading how the Sanders-Hardiman Ethnographic Expedition has returned a trip to Peru and Bolivia. The gentleman reading over Tintin's shoulder predicts trouble, drawing a parallel between what happened with the curse of King Tut-Ankh-Amen's tomb and these explorers violating the Inca's burial chambers. "What'd we say if the Egyptians or the Peruvians came over here and started digging up our kings?" asks the gentleman; "What'd we say then, eh?" The comment is important, not only because tragedy does strike the seven members of the expedition as they fall prey to the Crystal Balls of the book's title, but because one of the themes that Hergé develops in this particular epic is the respect Europeans should have for other cultures and ways of life. This point has been implicit in many of Tintin's adventures, but it is a dominant element this time around. Assisted by his good friend Captain Haddock, Tintin becomes embroiled in the mystery, which takes a more personal and urgent turn when Professor Calculus is kidnapped. One interesting twist in this story is that Snowy actually ends up causing more trouble than the Thom(p)sons this time around. There is a seriousness to what happens in "The Seven Crystal Balls" and "Prisoners of the Sun" that reflects a significant turning point in Hergé's work, laying the ground work for his greatest tales, the two-part Moon story and "Tintin in Tibet." The ability of Hergé to grow as a storyteller over the course of his distinguished career is impressive and these stories deserve the accolades they have received and the affection with which they have been embraced by generations of readers. The simply drawn characters contrasted against more deailed backgrounds has an infectious charm, as does the way our hero retains his sanity despite the collection of oddball characters who are his friends.
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A mysterious Incan curse (part 1 of 2),
By Gagewyn - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Seven Crystal Balls (Hardcover)
Tintin and Captain Haddock go to a psychic show. There an Indian fakir puts his assistant into a trance. She forsees a mysterious illness striking a photographer on a recent expedition to recover Incan artifacts. One by one the researchers on the expedition fall into mysterious comas. Near each lies a shattered crystal ball...For some comic relief here Captain Haddock tries hard to be oh so proper (he has recently aquired his ancestral estate and title). He is fixated on wearing a monocle at all times. This is an involved mystery with many clever bits of detective work and technology used by the characters. This particular book is definitely the first of two parts and doesn't stand alone. At the end of this one Tintin and the Captain are off in pursuit of a potential villain. But we still don't know what was in the crystal balls or how it connects to the Incan curse, and a major character has been kidnapped and not reunited with the heros. So you will have to read Prisoners of the Sun to not be left hanging after this one. |
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