Review: A very unique plot, worthy of a reading, but written graphically and at a young adult reading level
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2013
Its OK.that is what the 3 star review designates, It is OK, not great, not bad.The storyline as you can read about in other reviews is fairly unique, I too enjoyed the battles, mostly, and I thought the plot as a whole was well thought out and presented pretty well too. no complaints there.the 2 star rating review I read said it was for middle school kids, and while I don't completely agree with that review, since the plot is pretty original and distinctive; space and time travelling super warriors acting as servants of the gods?? that's a pretty neat idea to have much less pull off, the author has a tip of my hat for that, credit is due where credit is due, I do agree the language is childlike.because the language falls flat, I honestly thought this was a first book by a young person, the polished perfection of the language is missing. The beauty of some  works comes through because of the mastery of the word....Robert parker, a wordsmith of the first order.....this is not that......, this is not to say it will not be a major hit and end up as a movie. Keep in mind the Beatles music and lyrics is childish, simplistic and unimaginative---yet in spite of, or because of that, everyone knows the tunes and can sing you a tune of theirs today. If you delight in brilliant word play, this will feel very unimaginative to you and undercut the brilliance of the storyline.the review complaining of 'big words' and having to look them up, that is simply a sad statement on the education system today.It is a good first book. the idea  is really something great, but the book falls into the quotidian  level due to the vapid, insipid dialogue.