Review of The Time Stone
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Review of The Time Stone
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Time Stone" by Jeffrey Estrella.]
In Jeffery Estrella's "The Time Stone," Chronix bay is engulfed by mysterious activities. The novel starts with the tragedy surrounding an emerald green stone in the Museum of Ancient History. An ancient organization rules with its corporate face Temporo, inc. James Timewalker, a homeless man, and Tina Prescott, James' high school mate, are arrested without reason. They learn that they're being plotted against, and escape together. After this, they are immersed deeper and deeper into myths and mysteries around the time stone. James and Tina are joined by Mercedes Gonzales and Milton Drax; they form the time stone team and embark on an ultimate adventure.
The novel was an adventurous science fiction fantasy, taking the readers on a time voyage. Jeffrey's book took me along with the novel personas to Prehistoric, mediaeval and modern eras. The foursome teams' gusty trips were exhilarating, and made my heart race forth at the heat of the battle.
The novel's world has ample setting development. I was incessantly bound to the time and place of the scenes. Jeffrey has done a great job in word painting the scenes and landscapes. For instance, the damp insect filled hills were thoroughly sketched that I presumed to feel the peasty environs.
The descriptions were great, but the starting of the novel was sluggish. At the beginning, Jeffrey has taken quite a lot of time to actually go into the story; the setting up takes a lot of pages. Numerous side characters pop in and out for no important reason; I was struggling to remember all those characters, expecting important roles for them. They were like a Mr. Big, promising a lot, but leaving without a show. The needless minor characters were a huge distraction.
Like the setting up, the dialogues of the characters were sloppy; the dialogues of Tina Prescott was especially annoying with a lot of repeated sentences and ill timed humour. For instance, Tina is making a four line promise while being confronted by a fire breathing dragon, and James is listening to it, this feels completely unnatural.
The romance in the novel was, in my opinion, freakish. I couldn't enjoy it. Almost all major characters develop a spark of attraction in an instance which develops and ends just as quickly.
The novel is not "The thing," but it was still an enjoyable read. The positive and negative sides of the book compensate for each other; if the slow starting of the book is annoying, the vigorous adventure compensates for it. I am rating the book 2 out of 4 stars. I have withheld two stars because of the inconsistent nature of the book. It needs another round of editing.
I recommend it to fans of adventure and science fiction. If you love adventure, you will enjoy it just as I did.
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The Time Stone
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In Jeffery Estrella's "The Time Stone," Chronix bay is engulfed by mysterious activities. The novel starts with the tragedy surrounding an emerald green stone in the Museum of Ancient History. An ancient organization rules with its corporate face Temporo, inc. James Timewalker, a homeless man, and Tina Prescott, James' high school mate, are arrested without reason. They learn that they're being plotted against, and escape together. After this, they are immersed deeper and deeper into myths and mysteries around the time stone. James and Tina are joined by Mercedes Gonzales and Milton Drax; they form the time stone team and embark on an ultimate adventure.
The novel was an adventurous science fiction fantasy, taking the readers on a time voyage. Jeffrey's book took me along with the novel personas to Prehistoric, mediaeval and modern eras. The foursome teams' gusty trips were exhilarating, and made my heart race forth at the heat of the battle.
The novel's world has ample setting development. I was incessantly bound to the time and place of the scenes. Jeffrey has done a great job in word painting the scenes and landscapes. For instance, the damp insect filled hills were thoroughly sketched that I presumed to feel the peasty environs.
The descriptions were great, but the starting of the novel was sluggish. At the beginning, Jeffrey has taken quite a lot of time to actually go into the story; the setting up takes a lot of pages. Numerous side characters pop in and out for no important reason; I was struggling to remember all those characters, expecting important roles for them. They were like a Mr. Big, promising a lot, but leaving without a show. The needless minor characters were a huge distraction.
Like the setting up, the dialogues of the characters were sloppy; the dialogues of Tina Prescott was especially annoying with a lot of repeated sentences and ill timed humour. For instance, Tina is making a four line promise while being confronted by a fire breathing dragon, and James is listening to it, this feels completely unnatural.
The romance in the novel was, in my opinion, freakish. I couldn't enjoy it. Almost all major characters develop a spark of attraction in an instance which develops and ends just as quickly.
The novel is not "The thing," but it was still an enjoyable read. The positive and negative sides of the book compensate for each other; if the slow starting of the book is annoying, the vigorous adventure compensates for it. I am rating the book 2 out of 4 stars. I have withheld two stars because of the inconsistent nature of the book. It needs another round of editing.
I recommend it to fans of adventure and science fiction. If you love adventure, you will enjoy it just as I did.
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The Time Stone
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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