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beeboisourgod 's review for:
The Colossus Rises
by Peter Lerangis
I was disappointed when I read this book. It had an interesting premise and back page teaser, but it falls flat. The author is trying too hard to give his characters dialogue quirks and unique interests that are completely forced and even start to get on your nerves.
For example, one character speaks words backwards, interesting in theory, but gets tiring fast. One refers to everyone as brother or sister and says dude, which would be okay, if he didn't say it in EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE. The dialogue is forced. The descriptions are forced. The plot is lost in bad writing.
It seems Lerangis has actually ignored all of the guides and tips writers are given. The characters have quirks, but no personality, his misunderstood view of children's dialogue makes them sound stupid to an actual teen, he gives the main characters thoughts that don't sound anywhere near that of a 13yr old, he uses dialogue tags rather than showing actions in many cases and the characters seem to travel so much, half the book is just setting described with all the wrong details, not sensory ones, just bland ones.
This book is also just filled to the brim with unneeded similes of which, as it is written from a 13yr old's point of view, most of the time don't make much sense and do a poor job of replacing actual descriptions. He must have used the word sinewy to describe something in almost every chapter...Plus what kid knows exactly what a 'vromaski' is, but does not know what a griffin is? I would definitely not hold this book up next to Percy Jackson to compare. I don't reccomend it. Maybe if you're 8?
For example, one character speaks words backwards, interesting in theory, but gets tiring fast. One refers to everyone as brother or sister and says dude, which would be okay, if he didn't say it in EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE. The dialogue is forced. The descriptions are forced. The plot is lost in bad writing.
It seems Lerangis has actually ignored all of the guides and tips writers are given. The characters have quirks, but no personality, his misunderstood view of children's dialogue makes them sound stupid to an actual teen, he gives the main characters thoughts that don't sound anywhere near that of a 13yr old, he uses dialogue tags rather than showing actions in many cases and the characters seem to travel so much, half the book is just setting described with all the wrong details, not sensory ones, just bland ones.
This book is also just filled to the brim with unneeded similes of which, as it is written from a 13yr old's point of view, most of the time don't make much sense and do a poor job of replacing actual descriptions. He must have used the word sinewy to describe something in almost every chapter...Plus what kid knows exactly what a 'vromaski' is, but does not know what a griffin is? I would definitely not hold this book up next to Percy Jackson to compare. I don't reccomend it. Maybe if you're 8?