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Dissonance
by Erica O'Rourke
I loved this world. I love the idea of the multiverse and it's fun. This world and Walkers though is too much for me and my not so deep reading. I still don't quite understand what it looks like to go from the Key World to an Echo.
I wasn't planning on writing a review so below is probably just going to be a jumble of thoughts that could potentially contain spoilers.
As characters go, Del is too different from me to truly relate to. I don't truly understand her life to put it simply. Obviously a book is going to ignore parts where she doesn't do things. But how often was she ditching classes to Walk? Maybe I'm too used to fanfiction where I'm used to extra details built on existing known ones that I just want more knowledge about characters. Maybe I read too shallowly to pick up deeper hints of what more there is to her.
Another thing is that as books go, this could be kind of considered a slow read. All the action seems to lie in the last 50 pages of the book. It escalates quickly to end up a read the next book for more ending. Her grandfather's story seemed to wrap up a bit too quickly to me.
I feel baited by the inside summary. The big secret that was revealed in this book was likely the Free Walkers. Honestly I was expecting more than that. While I'm not one to truly think of resistance, learning about one doesn't surprise me. Having Del's grandfather know Simon's mother wasn't shocking either. We know something's weird with Simon so for that sort of thing to happen, it's not that odd.
What I'm more curious of is Simon's status as a half Walker. I don't believe in a pure bloodline idea. If there's anything I've learned from reading Harry Potter fanfiction, that can't end well. Also at some point they'd get to over interbreeding and go crazy. Which brings me to wondering if is Simon a pivot because he's half Walker or because of how half Walkers are regarded that he is a pivot. It makes me believe that the Counsel's actions are the reason that Simon has such an impact. His ability to Walk lies in him and he potentially could have been trained. But the Counsel's belief of "pure" Walkers results in his existence to increase in importance of the worlds. Obviously there are flaws with that idea, but who's here to argue with me over a book published 3 years ago?
I wasn't planning on writing a review so below is probably just going to be a jumble of thoughts that could potentially contain spoilers.
As characters go, Del is too different from me to truly relate to. I don't truly understand her life to put it simply. Obviously a book is going to ignore parts where she doesn't do things. But how often was she ditching classes to Walk? Maybe I'm too used to fanfiction where I'm used to extra details built on existing known ones that I just want more knowledge about characters. Maybe I read too shallowly to pick up deeper hints of what more there is to her.
Another thing is that as books go, this could be kind of considered a slow read. All the action seems to lie in the last 50 pages of the book. It escalates quickly to end up a read the next book for more ending. Her grandfather's story seemed to wrap up a bit too quickly to me.
I feel baited by the inside summary. The big secret that was revealed in this book was likely the Free Walkers. Honestly I was expecting more than that. While I'm not one to truly think of resistance, learning about one doesn't surprise me. Having Del's grandfather know Simon's mother wasn't shocking either. We know something's weird with Simon so for that sort of thing to happen, it's not that odd.
What I'm more curious of is Simon's status as a half Walker. I don't believe in a pure bloodline idea. If there's anything I've learned from reading Harry Potter fanfiction, that can't end well. Also at some point they'd get to over interbreeding and go crazy. Which brings me to wondering if is Simon a pivot because he's half Walker or because of how half Walkers are regarded that he is a pivot. It makes me believe that the Counsel's actions are the reason that Simon has such an impact. His ability to Walk lies in him and he potentially could have been trained. But the Counsel's belief of "pure" Walkers results in his existence to increase in importance of the worlds. Obviously there are flaws with that idea, but who's here to argue with me over a book published 3 years ago?