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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
It's not amazing. But, it's not bad either. The plot was pretty gripping even though there were parts that were predictable as the heroes have fallen into the pattern of being caught by the enemies or retreating after being fatally wounded or weakened by the usage of their manna. It could be a good read for people who are into RPGs, manga and anime as the characters are quite similar to those you will find in these genres. Since the first book is free on Amazon Kindle, it's still worth a try....
Review:
http://pagestoexplore.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-book-of-deacon-joseph-r-lallo.html
http://pagestoexplore.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-book-of-deacon-joseph-r-lallo.html
The Book of Deacon doesn't break much in the way of new ground, but it's a solid fantasy novel in a nicely imagined and described world from the mind of Joseph Lallo. Pre-industrial era, magic, elves/dwarves/dragons, humble origins for the protagonist, an evil empire to hide from/fight against...all the standard pieces are here. I still enjoyed the story, though, since Lallo tells it well and has enough different irons in the fire at once to keep it interesting. The storyline is fairly predictable, but again, it's still fun to read.
Note: This review is just for the first book. See my review on The Battle of Verril, the third book, for the whole trilogy.
Note: This review is just for the first book. See my review on The Battle of Verril, the third book, for the whole trilogy.
The book wasn't bad but I remember it was S L O W and felt like a slog to get through which is why I didn't continue the series.
It’s not a bad book, merely...dull.
Considering we meet about four different factions, and within them quite a few individual groups, I still have no sense of what the world is like or even what it looks like.
There’s random exposition, but none of it serves a purpose to further character development or do more than cheat at explaining why factions are even there.
The characters don’t develop so much as randomly shift personality, and the dialogue is boring.
It has some cool ideas, but I dob’t plan on picking up the other books as I doubt they’ll be developed.
Considering we meet about four different factions, and within them quite a few individual groups, I still have no sense of what the world is like or even what it looks like.
There’s random exposition, but none of it serves a purpose to further character development or do more than cheat at explaining why factions are even there.
The characters don’t develop so much as randomly shift personality, and the dialogue is boring.
It has some cool ideas, but I dob’t plan on picking up the other books as I doubt they’ll be developed.
Good plot and story, characters were great. There were a lot of grammar and missing words that took away from the story because it makes you pause in the reading and pulls you from the story.
This book is a good start for a new author. There are skills he needs to develop and work on but, as a whole, it's a really good story.
Reasonable brain-off light reading until they reach the hidden village. Then it turns Mary-Sue-tastic to the point of complete loss of suspension of disbelief.