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dantastic's review against another edition
2.0
In a city of skyscrapers and bureaucrats, a young clerk named Carl finds a unicorn named Yuri and is soon dragged into the world of Unicorn Riders. Can Carl find out what really happened to his father before the same thing happens to him?
A wise man in the comment thread of this book said that with such an awesome title, the resulting book cannot hope to measure up. Sadly, he was right. On paper, it should be something I'd be all over. High weirdness level, bad-ass cyborg unicorns, dystopian setting.
Too bad it was kind of boring and felt uninspired. It's a slim book and very little happened before the 75 page mark and what happened wasn't terribly interesting. Instead of focusing on what I was reading, I continually found myself thinking of what else I could be reading.
There were some interesting bits, like the Unicorn Rider concept and the sword selection. However, I thought Kirsten Alene's previous book, [b:Love in the Time of Dinosaurs|9557231|Love in the Time of Dinosaurs|Kirsten Alene|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1288120659s/9557231.jpg|14443827], was more interesting and focused. Carl was just too passive for me to care what befell him. Not when I have a lot of other books lying around.
2 stars, sad to say.
A wise man in the comment thread of this book said that with such an awesome title, the resulting book cannot hope to measure up. Sadly, he was right. On paper, it should be something I'd be all over. High weirdness level, bad-ass cyborg unicorns, dystopian setting.
Too bad it was kind of boring and felt uninspired. It's a slim book and very little happened before the 75 page mark and what happened wasn't terribly interesting. Instead of focusing on what I was reading, I continually found myself thinking of what else I could be reading.
There were some interesting bits, like the Unicorn Rider concept and the sword selection. However, I thought Kirsten Alene's previous book, [b:Love in the Time of Dinosaurs|9557231|Love in the Time of Dinosaurs|Kirsten Alene|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1288120659s/9557231.jpg|14443827], was more interesting and focused. Carl was just too passive for me to care what befell him. Not when I have a lot of other books lying around.
2 stars, sad to say.
ghttheguy00's review against another edition
4.0
This was the second bizarro book that I've read. Although it wasn't as out there as the book I read by Carlton Mellick III, it was very good. The story wasn't at all what I expected, but it kept my interest through the whole book. This book is full of action and adventure, and the unicorns in the book definitely aren't the white, cuddly ones, I remember from my youth. I really enjoyed the book, but I hope she plans on writing a sequel because, the end left me wanting more.
azeryk's review against another edition
3.0
I was offered the chance to review this book and took up the chance as it has good reviews on various sites and it's fantasy/adventure genre is not too unlike what I normally read.
The book follow a mid-level clerk called Carl, who lives in a city of clerks which is protected by the unicorn riders, but through a twist of events ends up with a small unicorn that was meant for his father. This simple beast ends up taking him on adventures over seas and deserts to protect the city he called home. Whilst this sounds like a fairly straight forward story it is set in a varied world with plenty of eclectic characters around every turn which keeps things interesting through the story.
Whilst I enjoyed the book and it's characters throughout, the book does tend to jump around a bit which can make things a little confusing, but the main thing that annoyed me was the ending. I've read plenty of book which bad or even sudden endings, but this one just left way too many unanswered questions for my liking.
So overall, I did enjoy the book and read it at a good speed thanks to the good pace of events and colourful characters, and despite the ending slightly ruining that, it is well worth the read.
The novel was received in exchange for an honest review.
The book follow a mid-level clerk called Carl, who lives in a city of clerks which is protected by the unicorn riders, but through a twist of events ends up with a small unicorn that was meant for his father. This simple beast ends up taking him on adventures over seas and deserts to protect the city he called home. Whilst this sounds like a fairly straight forward story it is set in a varied world with plenty of eclectic characters around every turn which keeps things interesting through the story.
Whilst I enjoyed the book and it's characters throughout, the book does tend to jump around a bit which can make things a little confusing, but the main thing that annoyed me was the ending. I've read plenty of book which bad or even sudden endings, but this one just left way too many unanswered questions for my liking.
So overall, I did enjoy the book and read it at a good speed thanks to the good pace of events and colourful characters, and despite the ending slightly ruining that, it is well worth the read.
The novel was received in exchange for an honest review.
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