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A review by sindri_inn_arsaeli
The Guardians of Kawts by Weston Fields
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
2.75
High on potential, but in need of closer editing.
As a debut novel, there's definitely some unique ideas going into this story. I think it suffers most from an overabundance of those ideas, and an occasional lack of basic plot outlining. The timeline often seems entirely unsure of itself, dragging what should be breakneck action into far too long an execution, and then whipping through events that feel like they should take weeks or months to evolve in what sounds like days. But the more jarring parts of the story are the sudden introduction of characters, backstory, or other details that are vastly important to one scene, and then they are either forgotten or ignored for long chapters before returning.
The dialogue shows marked improvement from the start of the book to the end, becoming more natural, so I feel like future endeavors by Weston Fields should only get better from here, but it does feel like a freshman work at this point.
As a debut novel, there's definitely some unique ideas going into this story. I think it suffers most from an overabundance of those ideas, and an occasional lack of basic plot outlining. The timeline often seems entirely unsure of itself, dragging what should be breakneck action into far too long an execution, and then whipping through events that feel like they should take weeks or months to evolve in what sounds like days. But the more jarring parts of the story are the sudden introduction of characters, backstory, or other details that are vastly important to one scene, and then they are either forgotten or ignored for long chapters before returning.
The dialogue shows marked improvement from the start of the book to the end, becoming more natural, so I feel like future endeavors by Weston Fields should only get better from here, but it does feel like a freshman work at this point.