Necropolis (Gatekeepers Series #4)

Intense next installment to the Gatekeepers series

I absolutely loved this book, from cover to cover i was sucked in! I didn't let anything distract me. Cellphone was off, computer was off and Horowitz had my complete attention...Then threw me right off the thrilling ride with an abrupt halt in the story. it ended so fast! It kind of took me a second to realize it was actually over, but there it was, the acknowledgments page. Though the knowledge that a fifth book of the series is already underway settled me, the ending just seemed to come too soon. Other than that, this book was excellent.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Necropolis-Thrilling Ride but a major dissapointment

Necropolis by anthony horowitz, made me keep on reading from 4pm-6pm, when i got this i ripped the box open and started reading after i got home from school. I took a few breaks to get something to eat but then continued reading it was great...a bunch of action, almost non stop. But at the very end i was just stunned, it just ended, with no explanation what happened to the gatekeepers or the old ones, i had to reread the last page like 20 times to really believe it was over, i was thought, "WHAT HOW CAN IT BE OVER?! WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!!?????" so i was greatly dissapointed with horowitz, i consider him the greatest author of all time, but he just didnt come through for me this time, if this book was 150-200pages longer he couldve gave much more action and a final battle instead of "Oh, here's the end,and stuff happens to everyone, ok i'm done." I just wish i knew why this was called necropolis they mention it about 3 times, but dont give any reason why they want to make a certain city a necropolis. In my honest opinion, this was a thrilling,good, but a greatly dissapointing book, but EVERYONE should read it because its a good book, and this is one of my favorite all time series, and this is the finale i believe, so read the whole series(Raven's gate, evil star, nightrise,) then read necropolis, and look at horowitz's other books to, because he's the best!!!

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com

The first strange event in the life of Scarlett Adams was the day she was rescued from certain death when she innocently stepped into the path of a speeding white van. She would have liked to thank the Chinese man who bravely swooped her out of harm's way, but he disappeared into the crowd.

Scarlett always knew she was adopted. Born in China, she was brought to England by Paul Adams and his wife. Her life was one of excess and privilege, but it was spent mostly with a live-in housekeeper and at her exclusive private school. Both her adoptive parents were busy with important careers, and when they announced they were divorcing, it was sad but not totally unexpected. Scarlett was content to continue attending her private school and living in the house with the housekeeper.

Another odd part of Scarlett's life was the dream she had on a fairly regular basis. Always set in a vast wasteland, it involved a familiar character named Matt. She always felt a strange connection with Matt and the feeling that they would one day meet.

Scarlett's world suddenly changes when she receives a message from her father requiring that she join him in Hong Kong. The message makes her suspicious the moment she reads it, and things become even more bizarre as she boards a plane for the other side of the world. She's met at the airport by people who tell her her father has been called away on important business, but they have been assigned to handle her care until he returns.

Readers of NECROPOLIS will immediately recognize that Scarlett is the fifth member of the Gatekeepers. Matt, Pedro, Scott, and Jamie are the other four talented teens whose duty is to save the world from destruction by The Old Ones. The five are the reincarnations of five who came before them and attempted to save the world in the past.

Anthony Horowitz uses his talent as an adventure writer to create the breathtaking world of monsters and shape-changers bent on the death and destruction of humankind. THE GATEKEEPERS adventures will satisfy even the most hard-to-please readers with bloody battles, last-minute getaways, massive insect swarms, and one double-cross after another.

Readers will now have to anxiously await Book #5 to find out how the adventure is to continue.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

perfect

I absolutely loved the ending, it was a clever twist to the series. The story was great, but may I also say frustrating? Throughout the entire book there were many chance encounters that were cut short by a few seconds and then when you think nothing else can happen Horowitz throws another hurdle into the track. Well-written series. likable characters, this author has one expanded imagination.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

AMAZING!

this book was abosolutly amazing i had just bought it yesterday and i have already read it twice. It is full of suspence and twists. I just can believe i have to wait a whole year or so for another book to come out

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Amazing and NOT THE LAST BOOK!!!!

This book is amazing like the rest of the series. But people think this is the last book, it is not! There is one more!

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Can't wait for the next one!

You can go online and read the first chapter of the next book, Oblivion. I love this whole series!

Necropolis, city of the dead. The book starts following Scarlett

Necropolis, city of the dead. The book starts following Scarlett Adams. A chinese girl who lives with her foster parents in London. In the first few chapters alone, Scarlett's life is nearly cut off. But she is saved by strangers, who disappear with no explanation. After a school field trip to an old church that leads her to be imprisoned in Ukraine, Scarlett learns she isn't a normal person. She is one of the five.

Meanwhile, Matt, Pedro, as well as the recently joined Scott and Jamie bide their time. They are in Nazca, Peru pondering the situation. They have seen the news about Scarlett, they know she is one of the five. The final piece of the puzzle. The only problem is that the Old Ones, the evil force trying to take over the world, know it too. Matt and Jamie, along with Richard who is Matt's guardian, set off to London to find Scarlett while Scott and Pedro go to Vilcabamba, a hidden Incan city to rest. Unfortunately, Jamie and Matt are a few hours too late. Scarlett has already flown out of the country to Hong Kong, to be with her father. Little does Scarlett know that her father works for the Old Ones, at the Nightrise corporation.

In Hong Kong, Scarlett is followed and spied on by the Old Ones, before she is rescued by Chinese agents and taken to a warehouse to hide. Suddenly, the warehouse is attacked by shape-changers, and this is how Scarlett finds that the necklace, given to her by the chairman of Nightrise was in fact a tracker. Scarlett attempts several times to escape Hong Kong, meanwhile, the other gatekeepers are trying to get to her without attracting attention from the Old Ones. The question is: can the five meet, or will the Old Ones capture them, allowing them to rule the world?

Action Packed, Filled with Adventure

I read every day for school so this was a great book to read. It was hard to put down.

Not the Last Book

F.Y.I.- to clear up any confusion, this isn't the last book. So far I have read all the other books in the series and they just keep getting better. I have high hopes for this book. This isn't the last book in the series. There will be one more after this. Don't even think it is the last one.

a must read book

Necropolis gives you a thrill it is a must read book and i would love to read more if there were more to read. i did not want it to end.

Good Book

My son liked this book

An Incredible Book

Just what the title says

good book

my son enjoyed this book.

a horowitz maserpiece

the fourth book in the gatekeepers series, horowitz pulls out all the stops for this one. a good read, keeps you guessing until the end, and still leaves questions unanswered, undoubtedly, to be answered in the next, and probably last book of the series. lots of action, suspense, twists,and the introduction of the last gatekeeper as she tries to figure out her power keeps you on your feet till the open-ended conclusion. There were some confusing elements to it though, that you will probably find as you read. despite them though, I highly reccomend this book to the fans of horowitz and the series.

Pretty Good Book

I thought it was a pretty good book intense the whole way through would deffinatly recommend it. Can't wait for the next book!!

Can't Wait for the next in the series

Ending leaves you hoping for more. Too long of a wait between books.

very interesting

This book tells of one gatekeepers and her jounrney on finding what her power and the other gatekeepers

I think this is the weakest story in this series. It almost seems like a set up for another story.

I had high hopes for this story, because I really like the series. This one seemed to be missing something somehow.

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