Review of Doomsday
Posted: 17 Sep 2021, 11:43
[Following is a volunteer review of "Doomsday" by R. L. Gemmill.]
Have you ever wondered how it would be like if demons ascended on earth from the world below? What will be the cause of their ascension? How will humans react? Will some heroes show up and save the world from a catastrophic incident? Well, these are questions that might thrill young adults. R. L. Gemmill tries to answer these questions in this enthralling work of fiction — Doomsday. This book is the first installment of the Doomsday series.
Jon, Kelly, and Travis are three siblings who become orphans at a young age after their parents die in a road accident. They get separated as they end up in different foster homes. They are passed from one foster home to another for seven years. Finally, they get reunited when Chris and Angie McCormick decide to foster all three of them together. Their new foster parents loved and cherished them. One day, Chris and his friends decided to take the kids on an adventure trip to Pandora's cave. While in the cave, they witnessed a meeting between petrifying demons and a businessman. They were plotting about how they will conquer the world. The kids recorded everything during the whole incident. Will they make it out of the cave? Will they be able to alert everyone about this ominous plan?
The author wrote the story from multiple points of view. This format enabled me to know the real emotions, thoughts, and motivations of the characters. It made it easy to develop deeper relationships with the characters and the whole world in general. The author wrote the names of characters before their section; hence, providing clarity during narrative transitions. This format also dictated tension, suspense, and pacing. The major part of the story was from Kelly's point of view.
The characters in this book were fully fleshed out; they were three-dimensional and completely relatable. They were perfectly crafted, and they felt like real people. The author did a fantastic job telling us about the struggles the three siblings went through before they felt the warmth of a family filled with love and bliss. The kids had never let go of the memories of their birth parents. They had never entirely accepted their foster parents until they met the McCormicks. Gemmill also did an extraordinary job with the descriptions. He made me feel like I was right there — where the scenes were taking place. It was easy to create the right mental picture out of his descriptions.
The book was well-written and easy to comprehend. There was nothing about it that irked me. The author did an exceptional job with the editing. I did not come across any grammatical while reading this book. I award this book a rating of 4 out of 4 stars. Fans of fiction will enjoy reading this book.
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Doomsday
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Have you ever wondered how it would be like if demons ascended on earth from the world below? What will be the cause of their ascension? How will humans react? Will some heroes show up and save the world from a catastrophic incident? Well, these are questions that might thrill young adults. R. L. Gemmill tries to answer these questions in this enthralling work of fiction — Doomsday. This book is the first installment of the Doomsday series.
Jon, Kelly, and Travis are three siblings who become orphans at a young age after their parents die in a road accident. They get separated as they end up in different foster homes. They are passed from one foster home to another for seven years. Finally, they get reunited when Chris and Angie McCormick decide to foster all three of them together. Their new foster parents loved and cherished them. One day, Chris and his friends decided to take the kids on an adventure trip to Pandora's cave. While in the cave, they witnessed a meeting between petrifying demons and a businessman. They were plotting about how they will conquer the world. The kids recorded everything during the whole incident. Will they make it out of the cave? Will they be able to alert everyone about this ominous plan?
The author wrote the story from multiple points of view. This format enabled me to know the real emotions, thoughts, and motivations of the characters. It made it easy to develop deeper relationships with the characters and the whole world in general. The author wrote the names of characters before their section; hence, providing clarity during narrative transitions. This format also dictated tension, suspense, and pacing. The major part of the story was from Kelly's point of view.
The characters in this book were fully fleshed out; they were three-dimensional and completely relatable. They were perfectly crafted, and they felt like real people. The author did a fantastic job telling us about the struggles the three siblings went through before they felt the warmth of a family filled with love and bliss. The kids had never let go of the memories of their birth parents. They had never entirely accepted their foster parents until they met the McCormicks. Gemmill also did an extraordinary job with the descriptions. He made me feel like I was right there — where the scenes were taking place. It was easy to create the right mental picture out of his descriptions.
The book was well-written and easy to comprehend. There was nothing about it that irked me. The author did an exceptional job with the editing. I did not come across any grammatical while reading this book. I award this book a rating of 4 out of 4 stars. Fans of fiction will enjoy reading this book.
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Doomsday
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes