Review: Well, well, well...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2012
Okay, I got this one for free, so no money lost for me. And I'm glad, for this was unfortunately a disappointing story.It starts out very good thought, you get right into the action, and meet all the main characters very fast. Larissya is destined to be the Crystal Warrior, and is supposed to save the world. The Triad is the Evil ones, and the race is on to find all the hidden crystals before "the other team".There is several remarks thorough the story about "the propecy", but you never get to read it.. Exept for a few sentences at the very end. Thats irritating.The characters never develop -at all! They are very one-dimensional. Exept for the evil ones, no one ever gets angry. Sometimes someone gets scared, but thats it. There's no real feelings, no good descriptions of the characters quality, motivation, thoughts, or background. Just some shallow hints about Larissya, but even here, there is little to learn. Theres a mild love-story and some hint here and there, but again - it lacks motivation and reasons why.Same goes for places, cities etc.The story itself is not original, but then again - few fantasy-stories are.What is original is the animals in this world! But sadly, they are mostly accessoiries or background-noise.I would have loved to see them described even better, and to know more about them.There's a lot of action, but this is an "all-the-good-guys-survives"-tale, almost till the end.What this book lacks is the feeling of reality, of being submerged in the story, and living it with the people you read about. It's simply not real - at all! The writing style feels very young, and immature. English is my second language, and even I caught a lot of spelling errors! The author has a lot of potential, but needs more training, and an good editor.An entertaining read, with lots of action. But, the warrior mostly loses her weapons and blacks out, the bad guys are just bad - not motivated by something, and there is way to little explanation, background and reasons for everything that happens.When I finished the book, I actually got a bit angry, because there wasn't an good ending. No reason why, or how. It feels...pointless... to have read for so many hours, and ending up with a feeling of nothing beeing resolved. And why does a ****ship suddenly appear? Too many things feel out of context, and "threwn in there".As aforementioned - the author has potential, but really need more training in making thing feel real!Well, I honestly can't recommend this. But if you like a lot of action, and don't care about good in-depth characters, backgrounds or explanations - go ahead ;)