Review: Multi-dimensional Sci-Fi
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2014
“Birthright” is one of those books that started a bit shaky but got better once I managed to understand the plot and the characters. There was a lot of technical jargon that I found confusing, since I have very little background in government space programs, and that kept me from truly enjoying the book.  I kept having to re-read specific paragraphs to understand conversations, and that disrupted the flow of the book. But again, once I figured out the writer and the overall feel of the book, it got so much better.Various things about this book make it unique: the initial setting of the island kingdom Mayat, the entire character of the protagonist Adam, and author Valerie Parv’s writing style.  While there were a few hiccups here and there (such as the jargon mentioned before), she has a real vividness to her writing that works very well for sci-fi.  I can definitely see why she is regarded as one of Australia’s top writers, because the story seemed to form naturally and wasn’t too forced.When writing a book about outer space and other worlds, it becomes especially important to describe it in such detail that the reader and the author see the same place, as there is no history to go off of.  Parv does this in the most amazing manner, since there is nothing superfluous in her details and I was able to imagine all of the different settings and foreign lands.Filled with multi-dimensional characters, this book was intense, romantic, and extra-terrestrial all at the same time.  By combining these genres, Parv has created a wonderful book that will definitely entertain you.