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A review by barb4ry1
Branding of a Heretic by Kal S. Davian
3.0
As it's just a short novella it gives no more than a glimpse in the Nihilian Effect Universe. I read it today in the motning in the commute.
The story follows a calm and composed historical scholar Claradina that tries to reveal a recently uncovered document that could change the world forever. As can be guessed not everyone is happy with possible life changing reveal so she has to gain allies.
We can't expect a lot to happen throughout 35 pages and we're proved right. There's some twist in the end and the novella gives us some picture of what we can expect in the future works. I'll try them.
Having said that I'll have to add that the story didn't manage to engage me. I think Claradina was rather bland and flat character. The pacing wasn't as good as I would expect. The first half of the story felt slow and uninspiring. There was just too much of information - amount of races, race names, personal names being packed in this short format. It felt overloaded.
On the other hand it's interesting that the author made an effort to create some new races that may turn out to be intriguing in his future works. The world is barely sketched but the glimpses we get draw interesting picture.
I'll try his next works out of curiosity. Based on this novella though I frankly don't know what to expect and if I'll enjoy what awaits me.
The story follows a calm and composed historical scholar Claradina that tries to reveal a recently uncovered document that could change the world forever. As can be guessed not everyone is happy with possible life changing reveal so she has to gain allies.
We can't expect a lot to happen throughout 35 pages and we're proved right. There's some twist in the end and the novella gives us some picture of what we can expect in the future works. I'll try them.
Having said that I'll have to add that the story didn't manage to engage me. I think Claradina was rather bland and flat character. The pacing wasn't as good as I would expect. The first half of the story felt slow and uninspiring. There was just too much of information - amount of races, race names, personal names being packed in this short format. It felt overloaded.
On the other hand it's interesting that the author made an effort to create some new races that may turn out to be intriguing in his future works. The world is barely sketched but the glimpses we get draw interesting picture.
I'll try his next works out of curiosity. Based on this novella though I frankly don't know what to expect and if I'll enjoy what awaits me.