Overall rating and opinion of "The Crystilleries of Echoland" by Dew Pellucid.
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Overall rating and opinion of "The Crystilleries of Echoland" by Dew Pellucid.
What is your overall opinion of the book? What do you like most about it? What do you like least? Will you recommend the book to other people? Why or why not?
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While this genre is completely out of my usual niche, I was interested in the story. I gave it a shot and I really did enjoy it. I found it to be well written, interesting, and full of action without being over the top. I absolutely loved this book. I liked that Will trusted his instincts and knew that he had to rely on the help of others, rather than try to do everything alone. I liked that the author was able to tell an entire story without any profanity or sex in it, keeping it squeaky clean and having her targeted audience in mind.
The thing I liked the least was that sometimes the author used some difficult words ("lucent" and "cupiscent,") and that the Audible narrator used the word "lucent" far too often, rather than using a synonym sometimes. These words could be challenging for older readers, and may be tough for younger readers.
I would recommend this book to everyone, except maybe young children. While the story involves adolescents, the themes still resonate for adults.While it's marketed as a YA book, it's not only for young adults. Older adults can also enjoy the imaginative story and fantastic world that the author has created.
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Like many of the reviewers, there were certain parts of the book where I got a little confused, and because it is hard to rewind audio books back a sentence or a paragraph, I didn't really go back and re-listen to those sections. But in the end, it all made enough sense that it didn't matter.
I think there could have been better character development even for Will and Peter - maybe a little more time spent on the characters and their friendship and slightly less jumping from one adventure to another.
Still, I really did enjoy the book, and I would certainly recommend it to my friends who have kids are into fantasy adventure books.
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