Es una apasionante historia llena de enseñananza, aventura, amistad, lealtad, amor, compasión, codicia, ambición y espiritualidad.

Desarrollada alrededor del Himalaya, a un lugar encantado, en el que resalta el amor por la naturaleza de manera primordial, el respeto que se tienen unos a otros y como la codicia humana por el podee mundial y económico debasta a una comunidad trayendo destrucción, sin embargo la calidad humana de sus hábitantes y de los recién llegados lográn desenmascarar y ayudar.

Librando peligros y superando pruebas crecen como personas. AMISTAD, EQUIPO, FORTALEZA, TEMPLE Y CARÁCTER son distintivos en esta novela.

*El calendario es un invento humano, el tiempo a nivel espiritual no existe*

3.6 estrellas. ⭐

Considero este como el primer libro que leí, y a partir del cual pude llamarme "lectora".
Es el segundo de la trilogía, pero creo que si los lees independientemente -aunque es obvio que se te escaparán algunas cosas- aún así podrás entender la historia.
Es un libro que juega mucho con el karma, el aura de las personas, su animal totémico, y a pesar de que yo no 'creo' en eso no me molestó.
El giro sorpresivo del final fue genial, porque no me esperaba que esta fuera una historia que involucrara algo de misterio. Sin darme cuenta, ya me inclinaba por ese género.

Alex is fifteen the year his mother becomes gravely ill with cancer. When Alex's father, John, finds possible treatment for his mom in Texas, Alex and his two sisters are told they'll be sent to stay with their grandmothers. Alex's sisters will stay with their mom's mother, Clara, the normal grandmother, but Alex is to go to stay with Kate, his dad's mother. She is NOT a nurturer. Alex is furious with the decision, saying that Clara will cook and take care of the children, but Kate is excentric. Alex pleads to be allowed to stay with Clara, to no avail and he's sent to New York where he's to meet up with his grandmother prior to a trip to the Amazon.

Kate purposely doesn't meet Alex at the airport and leaves him to find his way to her apartment on his own in New York. His backpack, flute and other possessions are stolen as he tries to find his way o her apartment. Alex finally arrives furious with Kate. Kate says that he learned from the experience. In other words, get over it. Kate is a writer with the International Geographic magazine. Within days, Kate and Alex are part of a crew traveling into the Amazon region. The trip up the Amazon is boring. Alex hates the strange food and spends a great deal of his time hungry. Things become better for him when he meets up with the guide, Cesar Santos, and the guide's daughter, Nadia. Alex and Nadia soon become friends and spend a great deal of time together.

Alex and Nadia are taken/kidnapped by the People of the Mist, a native tribe with the ability to fade into the scenery so efficiently that they are never seen unless they choose to be. This tribe knows nothing of modern civilization. And they are content with their life. For some reason the tribe adopts Nadia and Alex. The two young people are present when the tribe's leader dies, and take on the roles of leaders with specific responsibilities, and each goes on a quest. They discover the mystical city where the beasts live, and Alex travels in search of healing waters that a shaman promises will heal Alex's mother. Nadia goes on a quest of her own. Yes, the story it's magical and exciting.

The purpose of the trip into the Amazon is to search for a Beast that has reportedly killed several people. Also invited along on the trip is a doctor, Omayra Torres who says she plans to vaccinate the natives against measles. But sometimes there are ulterior motives.

The book ends as everyone returns to their homes.
Alex has a story to tell when he gets back to school!
This is the first of a trilogy.

Isabel Allende is one of my favorite authors and I wasn't sure how I would react to a book that seemed to be written in response and on the coat-tails of the multi-series sci-fi/fantasy books such as the Harry Potter series.

This book does not disappoint, but I would not place it anywhere near
the authors more mature and sophisticated books such as "Daughter of Fortune" and "The House of the Spirits." My critisism comes from direct comparison to books that author has already written. If I had read "Kingdom of the Dragon" before anything else, I probably would have enjoyed it a lot more than I did.

Isabell Allende is a great story teller, but I found this story to be too over the top. Rather than containing the plot and exploring the story, the story seems to unravel itself too quickly taking on the components of a typical Hollywood Action Movie. It almost seems overproduced in a way. The story starts off strong, but as more characters are introduced the plot seems to start spinning out of control to the point that I got drawn out of the story. Obviously, this is a work of fiction, but the story would have been a much better read if the author would have kept control of the story instead of letting the story exaggerate itself on its own; particularly towards the end where everything lines up in perfect symetry like the ending of aa Indiana Jones flick.

I finished the book in a day, but it was like eating a Big Mac. I was full, but not very satisfied.

Genial aventura de este par

deze was ook echt leuk, lekker naar de himalaya’s, chillen met de yeti’s, mooi man.

7.5

Sentí que repitiendo el primer libro de la trilogía.
Si bien el escenario cambio y algunos de los personajes también, la situación entre los libros (mas allá de los personajes principales) son similares.
La chica mas linda es la "malvada", algunos de los personajes son secuestrados y un pueblo escondido es descubierto.
No puedo negar que me divertí leyendo la historia, si le falto algún giro diferentes y fue en extremo predecible.

Nada espectacular. Realismo mágico? Bueno.

#ELREINODELDRAGONDEORO by Isabel Allende is the book that follows The City of Beasts, in which Alex and Nadia embark on a new adventure with grandmother Kate, in a kingdom in the peaks of the Himalayas. This kingdom has a statue in the shape of a dragon, which protects the kingdom, and when Alex and Nadia find out that some people are planning to steal it, they do not hesitate for a second to do everything possible to prevent it.

This story seemed even more focused on young people than City of Beasts, but no less good for that reason. Full of a lot of magical realism, innocence and adventure, it is a story that reads very quickly and is incredible to get out of your routine for a little while and distract yourself with a simple but great story

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#ELREINODELDRAGONDEORO de Isabel Allende es el libro que le sigue a La Ciudad de las Bestias, en el que Alex y Nadia emprenden una nueva aventura con la abuela Kate, en un reino por los picos del Himalaya. Este reino tiene una estatua en forma de dragón, la cual protege al reino, y cuando Alex y Nadia se enteran de que unas personas planean robarlo, no dudan un segundo en hacer todo lo posible para evitarlo

Esta historia me pareció todavía más enfocada a jóvenes que la Ciudad de las Bestias, pero no por eso menos buena. Llena de mucho realismo mágico, inocencia y aventuras, es una historia que se lee muy rápido y es increíble para salirte un ratito de tu rutina y distraerte con una sencilla pero gran historia

This was worse than the first book. It made no sense to me, and my favorite character was a monkey. I’m giving it the benefit of the doubt with two stars, and saying that the Spanish version might’ve better, though I doubt it. Too many times did I hear about how Nadia was so tiny, and how everything was ‘ethereal’. Don’t recommend.

Full of stereotypes, racism and clichés. The book reads like a book from 200 years ago - full of noble savage characters.
The German audio book even tops that with an unbelivably bad and most of all racist voice for the translater.

3,75 estrellitas ★

"- Somos lo que pensamos. Todo lo que somos surge de nuestros pensamientos. Nuestros pensamientos construyen el mundo"

Seguimos las aventuras de Nadia y Alex, los cuales siguen creciendo en esta aventura.
Sigo enamorada de la forma en que Allende nos describe los lugares y las cosas: Nueva York y Nueva Delhi, parece que viajas junto a ellos en cada hoja. Me fascinó leer sobre Nueva Delhi porque la autora nos va contando sobre el lugar, la cultura y no hay algo más lindo y enriquecedor que conocer otras culturas. Toca también un tema delicado como la trata de niñas (situación que viven Nadia y Pema)
Nadia y Alex en este libro tienen algunos choques por sus personalidades. Los dos pasaron y viven cosas diferentes, y esto se puede ver cuando los dos se cuestionan o cambian opiniones sobre una situación o una experiencia vivida. Esto no opaca para nada la hermosa relación de compañerismo y amistad que ellos tienen. Es perfecta tal cual es. Los amé demasiado de nuevo.

Puntos en contra esta vuelta es que, pude prever muy fácil quienes eran los villanos esta vuelta. Sentí que la autora volvió a utilizar la misma fórmula que en el primer libro. Y personalmente lo sentí un poco más lento que su antecesor.
Lo mejor del libro: sus últimas 100 hojas son geniales.