Review: Fun Retelling of Some Old Yarns - End is a Bit High on Exposition
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2013
This is a prequel, told mostly in flashback form right after the events inUnicorn Western.  The first third or so of the book is also available asa standalone title, and that does stand on it's own pretty well, but I don't think that reading the full Unicorn Genesis would  make much sense without first reading Unicorn Western.I enjoyed their take on the biblical stories, and the storybook adaptations that appear throughout were good to read as well. That covered a good 2/3 to 3/4 of the book.  The last 1/4 to 1/3 of the book, however, was too much in the way of telling information rather than providing a story and in those sections it could get a little boring.In the story adaptation areas, there was good action and forward momentum for the characters, and it kept me vested in what was going on, especially the scenes of the great flood with Noah and the retelling of David and Goliath.Once the Seven Nation Army appeared, though, the book delved into cramming a lot of the lore that was hinted or described in Unicorn Western into a very short space and that could easily be over the heads even of the folks that did read Unicorn Western.For fans of the series, well worth the read and it does make me look forward to Unicorn Apocalypse, which will hopefully be more in the vein of Unicorn Western and the story-telling parts of Unicorn Genesis.If you are new to the series, I recommend starting from the beginning withUnicorn Western (Part 1)which is currently free here at Amazon as I write this review.