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toriwatson's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
helpfulsnowman's review
3.0
You know what's weird about fleshing out characters in flashback?
We have typical high school students, and then they're thrown into a pretty wild situation they're totally unprepared for. But then we get their backstories, and I have to wonder whether the backstories matter?
When your school gets picked up and thrown onto another planet or whatever, do you, at some point, abandon aspects of your personality or identity? In other words, if you're the uptight student council president, do you remain the uptight student council president, or do you YOLO that shit and just start, I don't know, breaking everything made of glass you can find just for funsies?
The characters have to be sort of static when you tell the story this way, because we have to see them, get their flashback, and then, once we've seen the flashback, they're able to change. But only after. If the change comes before the flashback, we won't understand the change.
It creates a sort of artificial time bubble that preserves the character as very similar, at least until their backstory is spooled out. THEN they can change.
Why is writing stuff hard?
We have typical high school students, and then they're thrown into a pretty wild situation they're totally unprepared for. But then we get their backstories, and I have to wonder whether the backstories matter?
When your school gets picked up and thrown onto another planet or whatever, do you, at some point, abandon aspects of your personality or identity? In other words, if you're the uptight student council president, do you remain the uptight student council president, or do you YOLO that shit and just start, I don't know, breaking everything made of glass you can find just for funsies?
The characters have to be sort of static when you tell the story this way, because we have to see them, get their flashback, and then, once we've seen the flashback, they're able to change. But only after. If the change comes before the flashback, we won't understand the change.
It creates a sort of artificial time bubble that preserves the character as very similar, at least until their backstory is spooled out. THEN they can change.
Why is writing stuff hard?
empty0ne's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
ruminations_reverie's review
4.0
I finished both books 2 & 3 last night. This is a solidly done YA comic. It has everything you want. Plenty of action, an intriguing storyline, and good characters. I am looking forward to continuing on in the series to find out more about what lies ahead for the students and staff at Bay Point Academy.
jennifermreads's review
4.0
Enjoyed the flashbacks so I was able to learn a bit more about the characters. In “present day” with the dragons and then the ending? Where exactly is this headed?! Talk about a genre mash-up!!