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Dissonance
by Erica O'Rourke
*This copy was provided through Goodreads First Reads*
I've probably put this review off for about a month(and this may be a bit inaccurate I am sorry) but let's give this a go.
1. Plot
I found the premise for this story rather intriguing. You have a group of people, Walkers, who can travel between parallel dimensions called Echoes that technically don't exist and the key world, which is the world where everything is 'real.'These Echoes are created every time someone is presented a decision, and they make a different one than they had in the Key World.
You have a Council that oversees the Walkers and makes sure that no one ends up messing up the Key World, and you have a school that the Walker kids go to learn how to walk through the echoes.
You could tell that the author did her research for this part of the story, however, the real plot ends up getting heavily bogged down near the end by the excessive amount of 'romance.' Romance that didn't feel completely believable to me. But we'll get to that a bit later.
2. Characters
To be honest, for every character in the book, there was a point where I wanted to smack them over the head with the very book that I was reading (except for Simon's mom, pretty much)
The main girl Del felt as if everyone was going against her, which, sometimes it really did feel like that, which was also another point that bugged me.
The best friend Eliot, which of course has an obvious crush on her that she doesn't even notice. Who also gets quite jealous over Simon, and ends up getting really mad over it.
The crush, Simon, who is literally everywhere in the book, and you run into a variety of versions of him through the parallel world, mainly because Del up there decided to get together with one of them when she thought she couldn't date the 'real.' He himself felt a bit stereotypical, but I didn't mind him too much.
And then you have the older sister, Addy who is considered by everyone as better than Del in every way, and is the parents favorite. She also tends to boss Del around a lot.
And last but not least, the grandfather; Monty. He was once really important guy, but now his mind is broken, and he tends to wander through the different worlds looking for his missing wife. He was a pre cool character, though, until the end.
3. Romance
Simply put, it felt a bit unbelievable. Whether it was because it felt as if it happened too fast, or because Del was running off with other Simons, I don't know, it just didn't feel as real as it could have.
4. Writing
Since it's been awhile, I don't have much to say here, although I do remember it being decently average.
Verdict
Despite that I had issues with some things in the book, I did enjoy it. I really liked the idea of parallel worlds, I just wished the characters had been more enjoyable.
2.5 stars
I've probably put this review off for about a month
1. Plot
I found the premise for this story rather intriguing. You have a group of people, Walkers, who can travel between parallel dimensions called Echoes that technically don't exist and the key world, which is the world where everything is 'real.'These Echoes are created every time someone is presented a decision, and they make a different one than they had in the Key World.
You have a Council that oversees the Walkers and makes sure that no one ends up messing up the Key World, and you have a school that the Walker kids go to learn how to walk through the echoes.
You could tell that the author did her research for this part of the story, however, the real plot ends up getting heavily bogged down near the end by the excessive amount of 'romance.' Romance that didn't feel completely believable to me. But we'll get to that a bit later.
2. Characters
To be honest, for every character in the book, there was a point where I wanted to smack them over the head with the very book that I was reading (except for Simon's mom, pretty much)
The main girl Del felt as if everyone was going against her, which, sometimes it really did feel like that, which was also another point that bugged me.
The best friend Eliot, which of course has an obvious crush on her that she doesn't even notice. Who also gets quite jealous over Simon, and ends up getting really mad over it.
The crush, Simon, who is literally everywhere in the book, and you run into a variety of versions of him through the parallel world, mainly because Del up there decided to get together with one of them when she thought she couldn't date the 'real.' He himself felt a bit stereotypical, but I didn't mind him too much.
And then you have the older sister, Addy who is considered by everyone as better than Del in every way, and is the parents favorite. She also tends to boss Del around a lot.
And last but not least, the grandfather; Monty. He was once really important guy, but now his mind is broken, and he tends to wander through the different worlds looking for his missing wife. He was a pre cool character, though, until the end.
3. Romance
Simply put, it felt a bit unbelievable. Whether it was because it felt as if it happened too fast, or because Del was running off with other Simons, I don't know, it just didn't feel as real as it could have.
4. Writing
Since it's been awhile, I don't have much to say here, although I do remember it being decently average.
Verdict
Despite that I had issues with some things in the book, I did enjoy it. I really liked the idea of parallel worlds, I just wished the characters had been more enjoyable.
2.5 stars