Review of Rise of the Savior
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Review of Rise of the Savior
[Following is a volunteer review of "Rise of the Savior" by Antoine Bonner.]
Rise of the Savior is a contemporary sci-fi/comedy/fantasy by Antoine Bonner. A family made up of two daughters, Amanda and Saira; their parents, Logan and Jean, and some family friends, enter a razzmatazz in this high-octane shocker of a story. They come in contact with demons and celestial beings. Strange beasts, demon-like creatures, and the Russian mob, all play a major role in this haunt of a story. In a world that looks like two different realities exist at the same time— quite realistic in truth, the two sisters, Amanda and Saira, must understand this metaphysical sovereign reality and desiderate to find the good among so many evils. While they battle both external and internal forces, they acquire the help of others to triumph. Things get bad very quickly and they find themselves in a series of abductions and imprisonments; eventually they would have to challenge the great spiritual evil that dwells within them, and the ones that are abound. While they practice to increase the potencies of their chakras, they are made aware of a pending doom.
The writer is truly skilled and very expressive in writing. I liked the emergency response or the instinctive response from the characters during action— only while reading do you realize how easy it is to get zapped into the story. I liked the characterization the most— these characters are so well rounded, and detailed, that none of them appear ambiguous to the storyline by any means, nor do they fall out of place in the plot. I liked the Asian-American manga theme to it. I enjoyed the Chino-Japanese Chakra, Indian chakra/kundalini spirit world idea; I think it sells well. During my read, I noticed the writer did not over-repeat vocabulary. I like the book cover as well— very artistic, and represents the book's riveting scene and story.
I did not like the fact that a reader would find this book so high-octane, that it is had to keep up with previous plots. The book doesn't do justice to the imagination— it is very colorful and hyperactive. I believe it is very good for young adults and teenagers alike; however, it is very diabolic and contains sinister creatures. Also, I have no problem with a violent fictionalized story, but for young adults and teens, I think this book is ultraviolet; which leaves me wondering if it is even for minors. I did not find the idea of juju, magic, sorcery, and voodoo being made to look so innocent.
Honestly, the book was well organized and properly written. I see it fit for a 4 out of 4 stars because it was true to its genre. The book was professionally edited as well.
I recommend this piece to fictional Sci-fi genre readers. Contemporary fantasy readers also have a good read here. I recommend this book strictly to people of 16years and above.
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Rise of the Savior
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Rise of the Savior is a contemporary sci-fi/comedy/fantasy by Antoine Bonner. A family made up of two daughters, Amanda and Saira; their parents, Logan and Jean, and some family friends, enter a razzmatazz in this high-octane shocker of a story. They come in contact with demons and celestial beings. Strange beasts, demon-like creatures, and the Russian mob, all play a major role in this haunt of a story. In a world that looks like two different realities exist at the same time— quite realistic in truth, the two sisters, Amanda and Saira, must understand this metaphysical sovereign reality and desiderate to find the good among so many evils. While they battle both external and internal forces, they acquire the help of others to triumph. Things get bad very quickly and they find themselves in a series of abductions and imprisonments; eventually they would have to challenge the great spiritual evil that dwells within them, and the ones that are abound. While they practice to increase the potencies of their chakras, they are made aware of a pending doom.
The writer is truly skilled and very expressive in writing. I liked the emergency response or the instinctive response from the characters during action— only while reading do you realize how easy it is to get zapped into the story. I liked the characterization the most— these characters are so well rounded, and detailed, that none of them appear ambiguous to the storyline by any means, nor do they fall out of place in the plot. I liked the Asian-American manga theme to it. I enjoyed the Chino-Japanese Chakra, Indian chakra/kundalini spirit world idea; I think it sells well. During my read, I noticed the writer did not over-repeat vocabulary. I like the book cover as well— very artistic, and represents the book's riveting scene and story.
I did not like the fact that a reader would find this book so high-octane, that it is had to keep up with previous plots. The book doesn't do justice to the imagination— it is very colorful and hyperactive. I believe it is very good for young adults and teenagers alike; however, it is very diabolic and contains sinister creatures. Also, I have no problem with a violent fictionalized story, but for young adults and teens, I think this book is ultraviolet; which leaves me wondering if it is even for minors. I did not find the idea of juju, magic, sorcery, and voodoo being made to look so innocent.
Honestly, the book was well organized and properly written. I see it fit for a 4 out of 4 stars because it was true to its genre. The book was professionally edited as well.
I recommend this piece to fictional Sci-fi genre readers. Contemporary fantasy readers also have a good read here. I recommend this book strictly to people of 16years and above.
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Rise of the Savior
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