Review: Interesting
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2012
So here we have the old tried and true a common boy growing in a village who is destined to change the world with his mighty powers. The main character follows the path of nobody until he discovers his powers. Evil wizards come to take him and he must flee or be taken captive. With him flee a girl "of course" his father" nice touch", and his fathers apprentice.Bad- The world needs fleshing out the kingdoms have nothing to distinguish them and the places in the book are not flavored enough to give you anything but a feel of a generic run of the mill village or city. You never really have a sense of place.- Characters need work to really shine I liked them but felt they were shallow with no real dynamic to them. I mean what are the like how do they talk, hobbies, aspirations.- Dialogue is spotty with a lot happening off page and the only dialogue you get is when something needs to happen. This leads the feeling of not really knowing the people even the main character and you are in his head.- Realizes his great power and then loses it again when the confrontation goes away. I hate this it is the one thing that makes me mad about this book when the author uses the hidden reserves to pull through the day and then loses them when they are not needed. Either have him have the power and deal with the repercussions to the story or don't. Pulling things like that are sloppy writing and are never looked favorably by the readers.Good- The story all thou used often is still done well with the expected plot twists it feels like an old blanket you know what is probably going to happen and are still looking forward to it.- Characters are mature enough not to put off more adult readers.- I like the fact that the father went along and has his own story it adds to the overall story and is a nice twist.OverallFun read that could of been great with a little more fleshing out and some time. I will read the next one and hope that the world gets fleshed out and that the character gets a stable power level. If however it end like this one with another sudden power spike at the end then I am out.