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rigel 's review for:
The Thirteenth Guardian
by K.M. Lewis
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for giving me a copy in exchange for an honest review.
Solid 3.5 stars.
Woah okay hold on, I have very mixed feelings about this. At first I was annoyed about how preachy everything was and I truly believed it would become a fully-fledged christian-lit which I am not into because I am not religious in the slightest and get aggravated when it drags on.
But... It all pulled together and turned out not to be religious. I think?
Although the inaccuracy of the science ground my nerves, I was able to accept that this is fiction and science doesn't actually have to be real (the whole mind-wipe neuroscience bit did lead to the docking of a few points though because I find it hard to accept inaccuracies in my field of study even if I know it's fiction, and I HATE to be that person but I really can't help it).
The main six characters were all way too perfect to be believable which some people may not like but I didn't mind.
I liked that we actually saw the apocalypse going down (unlike most books where we just see the aftermath) and we were told exactly why it was happening before the end of book one.
Oh, also another thing that lead to me docking some points, was that I think the author considers the USA to be way more important than it actually is? Like when shit was getting real grim it's said that everyone (and I mean it's said that everyone in the world) turned to the president of the US for reassurance instead of their own leaders. There was also a lot of "the US is the most advanced country in the world" (um okay) and "the world will only survive the apocalypse if the US is there to guide them through it" and all that american-centric crap that I (and I'm sure many non-americans just have to roll their eyes at).
Also, now that I think about it, what happened to the main antagonists? They hit one of their marks and then they're done? I don't know it just seemed like Lewis may not have been fully committed to writing them in to the story apart from a few mentions.
Overall, yeah I enjoyed it and I'd pick up the sequel.
Solid 3.5 stars.
Solid 3.5 stars.
Woah okay hold on, I have very mixed feelings about this. At first I was annoyed about how preachy everything was and I truly believed it would become a fully-fledged christian-lit which I am not into because I am not religious in the slightest and get aggravated when it drags on.
But... It all pulled together and turned out not to be religious. I think?
Although the inaccuracy of the science ground my nerves, I was able to accept that this is fiction and science doesn't actually have to be real (the whole mind-wipe neuroscience bit did lead to the docking of a few points though because I find it hard to accept inaccuracies in my field of study even if I know it's fiction, and I HATE to be that person but I really can't help it).
The main six characters were all way too perfect to be believable which some people may not like but I didn't mind.
I liked that we actually saw the apocalypse going down (unlike most books where we just see the aftermath) and we were told exactly why it was happening before the end of book one.
Oh, also another thing that lead to me docking some points, was that I think the author considers the USA to be way more important than it actually is? Like when shit was getting real grim it's said that everyone (and I mean it's said that everyone in the world) turned to the president of the US for reassurance instead of their own leaders. There was also a lot of "the US is the most advanced country in the world" (um okay) and "the world will only survive the apocalypse if the US is there to guide them through it" and all that american-centric crap that I (and I'm sure many non-americans just have to roll their eyes at).
Also, now that I think about it, what happened to the main antagonists? They hit one of their marks and then they're done? I don't know it just seemed like Lewis may not have been fully committed to writing them in to the story apart from a few mentions.
Overall, yeah I enjoyed it and I'd pick up the sequel.
Solid 3.5 stars.