Review: Incredibly Ridiculous
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2014
So I found the pacing to be plodding and pretty slow. I thought a lot could have been edited out to create a sharper novel. And I found most of the plot points in the novel to be utterly ridiculous, implausible, and downright stupid. For the most part.Word Choice: Muttered. Muttered was used to describe how the characters talked constantly. Whenever I think of someone muttering its because they're a little upset or even sullen. However, someone who is suppose to be respected shouldn't be muttering. Kings, elders, and prodigies shouldn't be muttering ALL THE TIME. And seeing the word over and over again is just annoying.Plot holes galore: [SPOILERS AHEAD]Seriously one girl managed to bring down an entire magical community? One person was able to circumvent every other intelligence officer working at their agency? None of them had any hints or whispers of this MASSIVE, WIDESPREAD, AND COORDINATED ATTACK? Seriously? That's just nonsense.Also why do the people in power continuously shout in public at each other or at their prodigies? It makes you look foolish and out of control, but that never stopped them from having incredibly public arguments or discussing personal matters. Why would anyone want to follow rulers like that?One of my serious problems with this book was the lackadaisical approach to the war/violent attack they had suffered. It was like it was a minor detail in the background that was used as a convenient means of gathering everyone together for meetings, instead of being a major plot point. No one seemed to care. They kept talking about how a war may be coming, but they were still trying to achieve peace. Are you kidding me? There were hundreds, maybe thousands of casualties in the first, unprovoked attack and you want to talk about peace? Really?And finally, Ezra and Lily trying to leave everyone behind to avoid some shadowy, catastrophic suffering that had been predicted. You are the leaders of your people. They are your responsibility. You can't just take a vacation because you're feeling scared. Power doesn't work like that. People were depending on them, and they made a snap decision to just leave. I can't even describe my level of disgust at their decision. It made me pretty much hate them.