Review of Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga book 1)
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Review of Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga book 1)
[Following is a volunteer review of "Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga book 1)" by Janet McNulty.]
Solaris Seethes
2 out of 4
The first book in the Solaris saga starts with our main character Lanyr; an alien girl with purple body and emerald hair, being betrayed by her fiancé, Klanor, who was only using her to acquire one of the six powerful crystals in the galaxy. With the crystal stolen, Lanyr’s whole planet was deemed to destruction as it controlled the planets magnetic field. Because of this Lanyr was forced to escape in a mysterious AI ship, Solaris; together, they will fly through the galaxy to get to the other 5 crystals before Klanor does. Lanyr cannot handle this task alone and hence, unites with four humans to save the galaxy.
The plot of the book sounds interesting at first, at least fun, but the writing really didn’t work for me. First of all, the author uses parenthesis very often, this I wouldn’t mind if they weren’t completely unnecessary, here’s an example: “Absentmindedly, Rynah twirled the small (and loose) silver band on her ring finger”. In the beginning I didn’t mind, but the more I read the more obnoxious it got.
In second, and my biggest turnoff is that the writing basically represents “show not tell”, because of this, the characters don’t really make sense. In chapter one, just after being betrayed by her fiancé and escaping from her collapsing planet the only grief or sadness that we got from Lanyr was: “Emotions reeled within her at the loss of her friends and the betrayal of the man she loved. Vowing revenge, she straightened and raced down the tunnel.” This is an example of how the other characters motivations, drives and emotions are not really shown, just mentioned; and this makes an incredibly dull story in my opinion.
The story was also super rushed, in the first chapter, when we don’t even know the characters or the setting of the story , and the only piece of information is that Lanyr’s boyfriend just proposed to her, her whole planet is destroyed by her fiancé and now she’s hiding in another planet. This happened in just a couple of pages, and the story continued to be rushed throughout all the book.
What I did like of this book were some of the action scenes, they are written in a way that makes it very easy to picture everything in your head. A lot of this book is action, and although rushed is what saved this book for me and decided to give it 2 stars.
I will not say more about this book, so if you decide to read it will be the adventure it was written to be.
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Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga book 1)
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Solaris Seethes
2 out of 4
The first book in the Solaris saga starts with our main character Lanyr; an alien girl with purple body and emerald hair, being betrayed by her fiancé, Klanor, who was only using her to acquire one of the six powerful crystals in the galaxy. With the crystal stolen, Lanyr’s whole planet was deemed to destruction as it controlled the planets magnetic field. Because of this Lanyr was forced to escape in a mysterious AI ship, Solaris; together, they will fly through the galaxy to get to the other 5 crystals before Klanor does. Lanyr cannot handle this task alone and hence, unites with four humans to save the galaxy.
The plot of the book sounds interesting at first, at least fun, but the writing really didn’t work for me. First of all, the author uses parenthesis very often, this I wouldn’t mind if they weren’t completely unnecessary, here’s an example: “Absentmindedly, Rynah twirled the small (and loose) silver band on her ring finger”. In the beginning I didn’t mind, but the more I read the more obnoxious it got.
In second, and my biggest turnoff is that the writing basically represents “show not tell”, because of this, the characters don’t really make sense. In chapter one, just after being betrayed by her fiancé and escaping from her collapsing planet the only grief or sadness that we got from Lanyr was: “Emotions reeled within her at the loss of her friends and the betrayal of the man she loved. Vowing revenge, she straightened and raced down the tunnel.” This is an example of how the other characters motivations, drives and emotions are not really shown, just mentioned; and this makes an incredibly dull story in my opinion.
The story was also super rushed, in the first chapter, when we don’t even know the characters or the setting of the story , and the only piece of information is that Lanyr’s boyfriend just proposed to her, her whole planet is destroyed by her fiancé and now she’s hiding in another planet. This happened in just a couple of pages, and the story continued to be rushed throughout all the book.
What I did like of this book were some of the action scenes, they are written in a way that makes it very easy to picture everything in your head. A lot of this book is action, and although rushed is what saved this book for me and decided to give it 2 stars.
I will not say more about this book, so if you decide to read it will be the adventure it was written to be.
******
Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga book 1)
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes | on Smashwords
Latest Review: Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga book 1) by Janet McNulty
