devanth 's review for:

Sea of Sorrows by James A. Moore

1.0

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This one was interesting and was my least favorite out of all the alien books I have read. I don't know, I believe that the whole empathy power threw me off from the story. Once a supernatural aspect is added to a story, it can either enhance the story or take away from the original concept. For me, this book was the latter, it took away from the horror of normal humans trying to escape this biological weapon in an unnatural environment. This is disappointing since the first book in the series was a great start and had me hopeful for the whole series. Another point that made this book harder to read was that there were way too many characters to focus on. Other Alien books traditionally have a smaller cast of characters to focus on. Are there side characters, yes, but they don't take from the main characters of the story. In this story, there is a large set of characters that each chapter focuses on and takes away from the main character.