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A review by rjlee89
Escaping Ordinary by Scott Reintgen
5.0
The thing with series is now I have to wait, impatiently, for the third book to release next month... All that to say, highly recommend this sequel to a cute, fun, clever, and original series about the world of Imagination where the characters of stories that Authors (of the Real World) use/create are from. It's such a fascinating premise and I just want to be there more, but of course I read it so fast because I just need to know what will happen and then, the dreaded feeling of oh, it's already over.
This time the story follows Indira and she learns to be a hero includes working together as a team, which includes helping others out, or moving aside so others can share or have the spotlight too. It's remarkably well done, especially with new threats, which were just so clever - both the Hero's Journey story tutorial and the "villain" that turns the world into a video-game and how the team approaches taking down this villain (the second time around). Even how the "true" villain and how he enters into play because of some "innocent" tinkering in the beginning (which, by the way, Beginning, Middle, and End were SO cool as this Trinity-esque ruler over Plot, 3 separate entities and yet one). Phoenix's reveal, was quite awesome - although, I will admit I was confused between the tutorial and the reality of the story plot until the end when I was like, oh this wasn't just part of the tutorial, but the real deal for his character. I felt like the author (as in Scott Reintgen, just to clarify) did a fantastic job of giving the characters more depth. Old ones from the first book and new ones. I could go on, but I'd basically be revealing the entire book, so just read it!
Based on a scene in the beginning, I did hope and think that there would be more of David, Indira's brother, involved in the plot, but maybe next time. This is being described at the "next Land of Stories", which I only hope will mean LOTS AND LOTS more stories. Yes, please, and thank you. For now, looking forward to the release of the third one next month (and for my local library to acquire it haha).
This time the story follows Indira and she learns to be a hero includes working together as a team, which includes helping others out, or moving aside so others can share or have the spotlight too. It's remarkably well done, especially with new threats, which were just so clever - both the Hero's Journey story tutorial and the "villain" that turns the world into a video-game and how the team approaches taking down this villain (the second time around). Even how the "true" villain and how he enters into play because of some "innocent" tinkering in the beginning (which, by the way, Beginning, Middle, and End were SO cool as this Trinity-esque ruler over Plot, 3 separate entities and yet one). Phoenix's reveal, was quite awesome - although, I will admit I was confused between the tutorial and the reality of the story plot until the end when I was like, oh this wasn't just part of the tutorial, but the real deal for his character. I felt like the author (as in Scott Reintgen, just to clarify) did a fantastic job of giving the characters more depth. Old ones from the first book and new ones. I could go on, but I'd basically be revealing the entire book, so just read it!
Based on a scene in the beginning, I did hope and think that there would be more of David, Indira's brother, involved in the plot, but maybe next time. This is being described at the "next Land of Stories", which I only hope will mean LOTS AND LOTS more stories. Yes, please, and thank you. For now, looking forward to the release of the third one next month (and for my local library to acquire it haha).