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A review by linglynz
The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes
2.0
DNF 35%
This book was not for me.
The characters felt flat and uninteresting. While the narrative very specifically set up scenes to evoke certain feelings out of me, none of it came across as authentic. Too much tell, not enough show. I couldn’t find it in me to care about the inevitable awakening of Ah-Puch and the subsequent plunging of the world into chaos and destruction.
Conversations between characters were very stilted, which made for an awkward reading experience, and the few instances of info-dumping hard to swallow. Zane and Brooks met as complete strangers and nearly right off the bat find themselves in a life and death situation. However, their instant trust in one another (not helped by Zane’s immediate infatuation with Brooks) did not seem natural. Rather it felt more like a necessary byproduct of moving the plot along to the next point.
I was really looking forward to a story about the Maya gods and stories, as I know next to nothing about these myths. However, the few tidbits of lore I got from what little I read was not as informative as I’d hoped for. Every time some aspect of Maya lore began to be explained, it gets cut off by some external reason or it’s obvious information is being withheld for Plot Reasons. This for me was extremely frustrating as it didn’t feel as though the myths integrated as well as it could have into the story itself.
This book was not for me.
The characters felt flat and uninteresting. While the narrative very specifically set up scenes to evoke certain feelings out of me, none of it came across as authentic. Too much tell, not enough show. I couldn’t find it in me to care about the inevitable awakening of Ah-Puch and the subsequent plunging of the world into chaos and destruction.
Conversations between characters were very stilted, which made for an awkward reading experience, and the few instances of info-dumping hard to swallow. Zane and Brooks met as complete strangers and nearly right off the bat find themselves in a life and death situation. However, their instant trust in one another (not helped by Zane’s immediate infatuation with Brooks) did not seem natural. Rather it felt more like a necessary byproduct of moving the plot along to the next point.
I was really looking forward to a story about the Maya gods and stories, as I know next to nothing about these myths. However, the few tidbits of lore I got from what little I read was not as informative as I’d hoped for. Every time some aspect of Maya lore began to be explained, it gets cut off by some external reason or it’s obvious information is being withheld for Plot Reasons. This for me was extremely frustrating as it didn’t feel as though the myths integrated as well as it could have into the story itself.