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A review by evilcallie
Ascendant by Craig Alanson
1.0
I marked this as "read" even though I'm not finishing it, because I've lost 11 hours of my listening life to this story and I just cannot do it for the last 7 hours.
I have no problem with young adult fantasy being more full of contrived coincidences and young characters with young voices. I have no problem with adult fantasy with the same. But... this is just lazy writing. In 11 hours, more than half the book, still nothing of import has happened. It feels like every conversation the main wizard has is about how he/no one can tell Koren that he's a wizard and the mysterious enemy both won't and will know about him. I've lost track of how many times he says this. Koren gets the blame for everything bad that happens around him. I do not understand why the hell the "adults" of this book who think Koren will save them from their enemy don't tell him who he is. Why do they think waiting 3 more years will do anything but leave them with an untrained wizard pissed at them for lying to him, when they also have an enemy who is acting against them now.
I just... can't do it anymore. After 3 hours, I didn't really care about this book, but I forged on. And yet... Nothing has changed. I give up. I don't care.
I have no problem with young adult fantasy being more full of contrived coincidences and young characters with young voices. I have no problem with adult fantasy with the same. But... this is just lazy writing. In 11 hours, more than half the book, still nothing of import has happened. It feels like every conversation the main wizard has is about how he/no one can tell Koren that he's a wizard and the mysterious enemy both won't and will know about him. I've lost track of how many times he says this. Koren gets the blame for everything bad that happens around him. I do not understand why the hell the "adults" of this book who think Koren will save them from their enemy don't tell him who he is. Why do they think waiting 3 more years will do anything but leave them with an untrained wizard pissed at them for lying to him, when they also have an enemy who is acting against them now.
I just... can't do it anymore. After 3 hours, I didn't really care about this book, but I forged on. And yet... Nothing has changed. I give up. I don't care.