Reviews

Harmony by Keith Brooke

djwudi's review against another edition

3.0

Three and a half stars would be more accurate. There's a lot of fascinating worldbuilding here, presented very much in the "sink or swim" style where you're simply dropped into the world and must figure it out as you go. Neat stuff, but the pacing felt a little off...there's a lot of time spent setting the board, only to have the endgame sprung upon you faster than you expect. I'm not sure if I'd have preferred less setup (at the possible expense of less comprehension of the world) or more climax/denouement (which might remove some of the power of the "aha!" moment at the end), but it felt somewhat off-balance.

woodsyowl's review against another edition

2.0

This book disappointed me a lot. I wasn't as put off by the writing style as some may be, once you get used to it, it's not a big deal.

What really upset me about this book was the fact that there was so much that could have been done with the story that simply was not. There was SO much material that the author had but never branched off of. There could have been so much more detail and story but instead I felt that after about halfway through, the author seemed rushed to end it.

I think that had the author had any interest in the story at all, it could have been made into an epic, long book or broken up into two books. I think the story, the setting and the characters had real potential and the author dropped the ball and what could have been a great book/series.