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vailynst's review
1.0
Notes:
DNF @ 12%
Narration is fine but the story is not written well and not fun to listen to. It's distracting. Next!
DNF @ 12%
Narration is fine but the story is not written well and not fun to listen to. It's distracting. Next!
jessica_sim's review
4.0
This was a pleasant surprise. I read it in one day almost one sitting even. It offered a much appreciated escape for a day.
I knew nothing about this series, and started it as part of a challenge only. Amazon had it listed as litRPG and offered it for free. Even though I know nothing of that genre it became clear very quickly that this was a more conventional story. Oh, but such a gripping one! My heart was pounding in my chest for the first third, and after that many times again.
Bonus points for the loyal dog.
I knew nothing about this series, and started it as part of a challenge only. Amazon had it listed as litRPG and offered it for free. Even though I know nothing of that genre it became clear very quickly that this was a more conventional story. Oh, but such a gripping one! My heart was pounding in my chest for the first third, and after that many times again.
Bonus points for the loyal dog.
lacunaboo's review
1.0
The story in this book is a sort of thriller with heavy science fiction and fantasy elements. There is a nefarious organization of people with special powers, plus a rebel group that broke away from the others and works in the best interests of the plain old humans. A man and his family get unsuspectingly tangled up in all that business. A dash of time travel spices things up.
The author has some good ideas and a degree of talent with the written word (although he is rather fond of some cliche phrases), but has yet to learn how to string it all together into a cohesive novel in a way that works.
The book would tell the same piece of information over and over again as we read from different character points of view. I understand that one person is just learning of it, but since the reader already knows, you have to find a better way than just repeating the same things to us. And then again. And again. This was especially tiresome when the entire first scene was repeated from different perspectives at least 4 times. I struggled to keep reading at that point.
I developed no connection to any of the characters, and found some of the characterization laughable.
As I said, though, the author has some good ideas, he just needs some more experience on how to piece the story together in a more compelling way.
The author has some good ideas and a degree of talent with the written word (although he is rather fond of some cliche phrases), but has yet to learn how to string it all together into a cohesive novel in a way that works.
The book would tell the same piece of information over and over again as we read from different character points of view. I understand that one person is just learning of it, but since the reader already knows, you have to find a better way than just repeating the same things to us. And then again. And again. This was especially tiresome when the entire first scene was repeated from different perspectives at least 4 times. I struggled to keep reading at that point.
I developed no connection to any of the characters, and found some of the characterization laughable.
As I said, though, the author has some good ideas, he just needs some more experience on how to piece the story together in a more compelling way.
joseperth's review
3.0
I'm ambivalent about this book. I almost gave up half way through it, luckily I didn't and things came together towards the end. I then realized that the whole thing was the set up for the series (I hope). I may look for part 2 and give it a go.
judyh's review
4.0
Couldn't wait to finish.
From the first chapter, I was engaged in the story. I downloaded the book for free and will be purchasing the sequels. I only gave a four star because there were a few places that words were missing.
From the first chapter, I was engaged in the story. I downloaded the book for free and will be purchasing the sequels. I only gave a four star because there were a few places that words were missing.
bookmage's review
2.0
There's a lot of POV switches in this, and I understand it's mostly for suspense, and then you find out new information from someone else's point of view. But the beginning was mostly just rehashing what we already knew from the first couple chapters, so it got a little slow. Then it started picking up, but not enough to where I wanted to continue with the series. I thought the ending was good, saw most of it coming, but I don't feel like more books will make this more interesting to me.
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