Review: The Boy Who Lit Up the Sky
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2012
Ok, first I want to start with the negatives, simply because I like starting of that way so we can end on a happy note. I do like this book, but there is still so much I don't understand, I don't really understand how the two races (the Mishnese and Karupta) came to their planet, I don't understand why they've been fighting for a thousand years, and why in the world would a King allow his prince to act a fool. I mean come on real that sucker in. There is a lot that happens in this book, and maybe starting out the way I did wasn't the best way to begin this but, that really does bother me. With all that we come to know and all that we come to understand there are still so many questions. I guess that's why this is a series. This book follows Senya but never through Senya's voice, we follow all the people around him, and not always sequentially, which can be confusing. Each chapter is someone different, though not always a different voice. Sometimes we move forward and sometimes backward but the central focus is always Senya. I mean he is pretty magnificent, he is apparently great to look at and he has magical powers, and weird feet. I wouldn't say there is a lot of action in this book, there is some but mostly it's a lot of internal dialogue and interaction. We are getting to know a boy without ever getting in his head but we never really get to know him very well. He's ever-changing a dynamic, and quiet character. I think if you don't like wordy or character driven stories then you may not like this, but the author does a great job in helping us visualize this world. Overall the book is very entertaining and each voice we hear, is different and unique to that person. We span many years through this book and though it's not always fluid, it is still very entertaining. I just hope that subsequent books will help fill in some of the blanks.