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A review by greendragonauthor
The Rising by Ryan Troske
4.0
It’s every young person’s dream to discover they are something special, something different. When Ethan gets involved in a horrible accident, he discovers he has some previously unknown powers. These new-found powers give him a mandate to work with other teens in a Professor-X style team. However, not everything is how it seems at first.
The author creates long, complex battle scenes, but some of them seem a bit repetitive. Ethan is a great character with a believable voice. Dialogue and character interaction was natural and easy to follow. There were twists in the plot which kept it from being predictable. However, most of the female characters are rather one-dimensional. There were many characters which flew through in a somewhat confusing manner (sometimes literally). I felt like the book would benefit from a character index at the end, like Anne McCaffrey does with her Pern series.
Overall, it was definitely an enjoyable read, but nothing outrageous or new.
The author creates long, complex battle scenes, but some of them seem a bit repetitive. Ethan is a great character with a believable voice. Dialogue and character interaction was natural and easy to follow. There were twists in the plot which kept it from being predictable. However, most of the female characters are rather one-dimensional. There were many characters which flew through in a somewhat confusing manner (sometimes literally). I felt like the book would benefit from a character index at the end, like Anne McCaffrey does with her Pern series.
Overall, it was definitely an enjoyable read, but nothing outrageous or new.