Is Zona believable?

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Re: Is Zona believable?

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I thinks its left up to fantasy, the it could be real it could be all fiction, reading along I will say I do believe I could be real with the author's description. Maybe I just want to believe its real it sounds fascinating. Like most fiction it could come from a true place just taken to exaggeration
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The author did state that it's forbidden because of the number of people who had gone into Zona and never returned. Also, there were rumors of extremely dangerous and unknown species of animals in Zona. It was portrayed as an unfamiliar and dangerous territory, and because of the death it had previously caused, the government sealed it off. I feel Zona was as believable as could be, aside from the talking animals, given that it is a fictional novel.
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Well, I had to believe it for the story's purpose. It would be awesome if there exists a real place like Zona in our world.
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Well, this book being a fictional one suits the description given to Zona. I loved it.
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Post by kensgarment odogwu »

Personally, I think the author did an excellent job with the description of Zona. This is a science fiction book hence, the reading imaginative mind has to be very active to flow with the story contained in this book. However I disagree with your thought concerning the beginning of this book. I found it very suspense filled and captivating.
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As the author wrote that this book is a fiction, so I think it was just the author's imagination.
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Now that I think about it, I just imagined Zona as a plain landscape beyond some mountains followed by a jungle of sorts. Why that area would be forbidden was not clearly mentioned, or even if it was, it wasn’t an easily retainable information.
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Zona is believable, and I believe the author gave Zona just the right amount of detail in her depiction. The remaining space had to be filled in by me using my imagination because it gave me ownership of the area. The author's attempt to create a story would have been undermined by too much information or detail. After all, what first drew me in was the journey. The book is plausible and thrilling.
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Well, with the author's description it could be real, because I believe that such a place can still exist, even though it is a science fiction story.
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I can not say, because I was okay with the author's description of Zona. So in the book context, Zona is believable not in reality I doubt it.
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In my opinion, the author's description of Zona made it seems real and believable, if this wasn't a fictional story, I would have considered Zona to be a real-life location.
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It does no appear to be a real location even though the author tried to make it believable. But who knows! The earth is big and most places have not yet been explored. As far as we know, there might be a place or places with such dangers but with a different name and location.
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It does no appear to be a real location even though the author tried to make it believable. But who knows! The earth is big and most places have not yet been explored. As far as we know, there might be a place or places with such dangers but with a different name and location.
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Why? Zona as a land is very much believable. I mean, despite being a fictional story, the author included maps of the land and Eve as the group went on expedition the land was well described and the author gave the type of animals, plant and habitat that characterise Zona.
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I believe the author's description of zona was flawless. But that doesn't change the fact that the book is fictional and a place like zona can never be real.
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