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A review by bottomofthebookshelf
Solace by Kevin Tomaszewski
3.0
*Thank you to the author for asking me to honestly review this book*
Full rating: 3.5 stars
“Nothing in this world is immortal, no man, no myths, not even the stars above.”
This was an enjoyable read! This is the authors debut novel and I was pretty impressed. This fantasy tale follows a man named Alexander who leaps from his world in the sky to come to earth in order to bring back a woman from the afterlife who saved his life in the past. This books is full of action scenes as well as some pretty creepy scenes as well. The whole time I was reading this, I could picture it being a great movie.
First, let’s talk about the writing. At first there were a few hiccups, especially with dialog. But as the story went on, the writing became better and better. The descriptions of battles and creepy scenes were especially good. I just wish this book was longer because I felt like there was so much more to be learned about the world and characters. I could have read a 500 page book about this story and thoroughly enjoyed it. I just felt like there was so much going on in a short span of time with a ton of characters, and I would have liked to see the story stretched out a bit. Especially since the end felt a little rushed to me and wasn’t as satisfying as I thought it would be.
Now let’s talk about the characters. I found the main character to be likeable and I was really rooting for him throughout the story. I liked the side characters too, I just felt like the ones I liked the most were in one scene and then never heard from again. There were a bit too many characters in this book that ended up not mattering in my opinion. I would have also liked to see a bit more character development within the main cast of characters, as they had backstories but I still felt like I didn’t know much about them by the end.
Overall, this was a good debut novel from this author. I thought the writing style was enjoyable to read and I really wanted to know what was going to happen in the story. I had a few issues with the book, like the amount of characters and the end of the story, but as a whole this was an entertaining read. I recommend this book to anyone looking for an action packed dark fantasy story!
Full rating: 3.5 stars
“Nothing in this world is immortal, no man, no myths, not even the stars above.”
This was an enjoyable read! This is the authors debut novel and I was pretty impressed. This fantasy tale follows a man named Alexander who leaps from his world in the sky to come to earth in order to bring back a woman from the afterlife who saved his life in the past. This books is full of action scenes as well as some pretty creepy scenes as well. The whole time I was reading this, I could picture it being a great movie.
First, let’s talk about the writing. At first there were a few hiccups, especially with dialog. But as the story went on, the writing became better and better. The descriptions of battles and creepy scenes were especially good. I just wish this book was longer because I felt like there was so much more to be learned about the world and characters. I could have read a 500 page book about this story and thoroughly enjoyed it. I just felt like there was so much going on in a short span of time with a ton of characters, and I would have liked to see the story stretched out a bit. Especially since the end felt a little rushed to me and wasn’t as satisfying as I thought it would be.
Now let’s talk about the characters. I found the main character to be likeable and I was really rooting for him throughout the story. I liked the side characters too, I just felt like the ones I liked the most were in one scene and then never heard from again. There were a bit too many characters in this book that ended up not mattering in my opinion. I would have also liked to see a bit more character development within the main cast of characters, as they had backstories but I still felt like I didn’t know much about them by the end.
Overall, this was a good debut novel from this author. I thought the writing style was enjoyable to read and I really wanted to know what was going to happen in the story. I had a few issues with the book, like the amount of characters and the end of the story, but as a whole this was an entertaining read. I recommend this book to anyone looking for an action packed dark fantasy story!