Pros & Cons
Pros
Great storytelling without getting bogged down in super complex realm, magic, multi personalities or history. It is on a fictional world with a fictional reality. World-building is excellent and i love how organic it all feels, as nothing is rushed bu... Read More
It contains a prequel, then a pair of books followed by a volume containing additional information. Repeating for three more pairs with a separating volume each, for a total of four cycles so far. I am extremely excited to get my mits on the next one ... Read More
Theirs is more than a novel, it is a wonderful word-building omnibus. The story flows smoothly throughout the book.
Sergeant gerald matheson is the main character in this book. He is the son of lord richard fitzwilliam, the baron of bodden. The book follows gerald's life from a young boy to an exiled soldier.
The series is entertaining, but it does unwind a bit slowly to establish the important early history between the first two characters we meet. The plot was set at a brisk pace. While i don't always like to wait till the tenth chapter for a story to st... Read More
Cons
Almost every situation is grossly over contrived in the plot. Not occasionally, always. The description of a mob riot with glass bottles to throw in 953 ad is ridiculous.
Highlights
Quality
Loved anna and gerald having adventures together with the dog temus
Will follow up with the next book
The omniscient narration of this book was detrimental to my ability to connect with the characters
I must say i enjoyed this book although at times it seems disjointed especially with the sudden introduction of fairy tale characters
Competitiveness
The only things keeping him from a 5star performance are the lack of tempo variations and the fact that his voices dont change ... Read More
Rip marley january 20 2014 july 24 2018
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
first, written, little, great and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 1,080 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 22 2022.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I feel compelled to comment on one of the other reviews for this book
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It is not written about earth’s later years in 900ad
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It was at about 70 through reading it that i started dreading the end
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On a harry potter level but not as edge of your seat exciting
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
K so theres a little fantasy touch here and there but its not a fantasy so much
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I just hate waiting for the next book in a series and prefer to wait until the story line is complete before reading them all one after another
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Be warned though this is the 1st book of a series
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had to buy the other 8 books