Review: Horribly passive main character
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2012
First off, let's address the Harry Potter comparisons. Yes, this book is about young people fighting against an evil in a world that contains magic. However, that plot line was around long before Harry Potter. That's not why I only gave this two stars.My problem with the book was the main character's complete lack of initiative or any redeeming traits whatsoever. I assume the main character is supposed to be a scared boy in the book but generally a main character has to have something redeemable about themselves in order to be the central piece in a story. He just drifts through the entire book doing absolutely nothing except being scared and refusing to do anything of value. He wanted to be a Knight at the beginning of the book and then when he gets the chance he just comes across as lazy and largely stupid.In the latter stages of the book (and the preview for the second book), after he's finally learned to summon his power at will, he's too frightened to do anything except sit and ponder about how scared he is. This power is supposed to give him knowledge of whatever he points it at and yet he NEVER does anything with it that would make sense (except for one scene at the end of the first book that sort of felt like the author just making something happen to show the reader how powerful it really could be).Really wish that the main character had at least one redeeming quality because I enjoyed the world and the other characters in the book. Unfortunately I just can't enjoy a series that's completely centered on a character that leaves me constantly questioning why he doesn't DO anything (except point out how scared he is and think about why he doesn't do anything).