Review: Pretty good story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2013
I found the story a little hard to get into at first (translation issues), but quite enjoyed the various plots and was eventually able to ignore the less than perfect flow of monologue/dialogue. I hope there will be further works available.The main character (Thomas Tangor) is a university student in a world where both magic and technology (engines, electricity,..) are in use. There are two forms of magic, 'white' and 'black' (not a good/evil dichotomy but more of the organic/inorganic, natural/technological, emotion/intelligence), and Thomas is 'black'. The story begins with him trying to make a living in an unusual, illegal, and dangerous occupation while attending classes and trying to avoid entanglements with the law.The translation is a little rough and I frequently found it hard to determine whether various statements were intended as humour, sarcasm, or something else. Either I got use to it or the translation improved as the story progressed. I think this story would really shine in English with a bit more work.