Review: Worth picking up
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2012
I began reading this book almost immediately upon buying it, which is a rarity for me because my Kindle is usually full of stuff I haven't got around to yet and I would rather get reviews out for the stuff that has been out for a while and maybe people aren't talking about yet. But something about the premise or perhaps the cover art just spoke to me.Once I began though it's like I hit a brick wall, this book is doubly hindered in the beginning because the protagonist doesn't know who he is and all the other characters are being intentionally vague about giving him and the audience answers until he knows who he is. This makes the book a little hard to get into and I almost set it down and started another book. But if I can give you a piece of advice "Don't do that" I managed to solder on and if you can just make it through the first 15 or 20 percent until the story shifts its primary focus away from the real world story and into the story of Irving's time at the questing academy it's well worth the wait. So I say give it a chance and if you have a similar reaction to mine in the beginning just keep in mind that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, I promise.To the nuts and bolts, this book is extremely well written and while there were some elements that I felt were slightly over used (Namely the breaks from the action as we learn about the details of the Irving's Author's life) I would put "Irving Wishbutton and the Questing Academy" up against any modern teen coming of age series including "Harry Potter". It might not win with you, but it certainly deserves to be in the argument which is why I'm giving it the 5 stars when I feel it's more of a strong 4.5 stars because of the slow start.