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katetownsend 's review for:
To the Sky Kingdom
by Tang Qi
So lets talk about To the Sky Kingdom.
First, my reading experience. I'll be honest. I didn't finish this one. It took some time to get into the writing style of the opening section. The language used was rather old fashioned for lack of a better term, something which normally doesn't bother me, but did in this particular case. I found it more difficult to read on a kindle than as regular print, which was odd. (Or maybe I just like borrowing my brother's older titles because he adds in notes and commentary in the margins). The opening section was a bit long and had a good conclusion. It felt like its own story and I had no ambition to read further at all. When I finally did start at chapter one, I found it just as hard to get into the story a second time. All of a sudden the point of view changes from third to first. I always find this unnecessary and aggravating, another strike against a book I wasn't enjoying.
At this point I put the book down again. Then when I was going to pick up the book a third time to see if I could finish the entire thing I hear that the book is plagiarized. Nope. That's more than enough strikes for me. Sorry, but I'm not going to be finishing this one. Author's plagiarizing from another author's work is juvenile, disheartening, and unforgivable.
*I received a copy of this book from the publishers in exchange for an honest review.*
First, my reading experience. I'll be honest. I didn't finish this one. It took some time to get into the writing style of the opening section. The language used was rather old fashioned for lack of a better term, something which normally doesn't bother me, but did in this particular case. I found it more difficult to read on a kindle than as regular print, which was odd. (Or maybe I just like borrowing my brother's older titles because he adds in notes and commentary in the margins). The opening section was a bit long and had a good conclusion. It felt like its own story and I had no ambition to read further at all. When I finally did start at chapter one, I found it just as hard to get into the story a second time. All of a sudden the point of view changes from third to first. I always find this unnecessary and aggravating, another strike against a book I wasn't enjoying.
At this point I put the book down again. Then when I was going to pick up the book a third time to see if I could finish the entire thing I hear that the book is plagiarized. Nope. That's more than enough strikes for me. Sorry, but I'm not going to be finishing this one. Author's plagiarizing from another author's work is juvenile, disheartening, and unforgivable.
*I received a copy of this book from the publishers in exchange for an honest review.*