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A review by leonidskies
Colliding Forces by Niranjan K
hopeful
fast-paced
1.25
I read a copy of this book as a judge for the Self Published Sci Fi Competition - these are my personal thoughts rather than an indication of the book's overall performance in the competition.
Colliding Forces is juggling a lot of balls. I think, if you're a really huge fan of all the balls - characters in a secret service, magic in family bloodlines, hidden identities and heritage, soulmates, and chosen family - then this book could work really well for you. I like quite a few of those things, but didn't enjoy the execution in this book.
The prose is very straightforward and made for a quick read. I had a pretty good idea of what was going on at all times, mostly because the approach was very much for telling over showing - sometimes to the extent that the most major events simply happened between chapters.
I didn't enjoy this book, however. While I understood what the plot and characters was going for, I didn't find it compelling as the characters were flat and seemed to just change to get the fastest route to the end of the book. There was no tension and everything resolved itself very easily, despite repeated insistence from every character that it was going to be nearly impossible.
This book likely has an audience, but I'm not that audience.
Colliding Forces is juggling a lot of balls. I think, if you're a really huge fan of all the balls - characters in a secret service, magic in family bloodlines, hidden identities and heritage, soulmates, and chosen family - then this book could work really well for you. I like quite a few of those things, but didn't enjoy the execution in this book.
The prose is very straightforward and made for a quick read. I had a pretty good idea of what was going on at all times, mostly because the approach was very much for telling over showing - sometimes to the extent that the most major events simply happened between chapters.
I didn't enjoy this book, however. While I understood what the plot and characters was going for, I didn't find it compelling as the characters were flat and seemed to just change to get the fastest route to the end of the book. There was no tension and everything resolved itself very easily, despite repeated insistence from every character that it was going to be nearly impossible.
This book likely has an audience, but I'm not that audience.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest and Rape
Moderate: Torture