Official Review: World of Myth II: The Forest of Angor
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Official Review: World of Myth II: The Forest of Angor
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Before I get into this review, I'd like to say something. The amount of creativity that went into the book is pretty outstanding. The author created a vivid new world that could almost be perceived as a real place. Now, to get to the actual review:
To give a brief summary, or at least an introduction so I don't happen to spoil the book, the story takes place in a period of time that I considered similar to Middle Earth from the Hobbit. The main character, Emily Stout, is a young woman that is traveling with the Amazons, a fierce group of female warriors. In the previous book, Emily had just joined the group after leaving a repetitive life on the plains. They traveled to the city of Lucifan, a great yet dangerous city. Emily helped the group kill a samurai that had been working with a traitor among the Amazons. In this book, the group travels through the Forest of Angor, a monstrosity of massive trees that creates an eery environment for the lethal creatures inside. They have two reasons for traveling through Angor: to get to their home in the jungles of Themiscyra and to capture a treant for it's wood. Their journey is already hard enough, but Emily is also facing some problems fitting in with the Amazons, and has trouble matcher her skill set with theirs. However, Throughout their quest Emily faces many dangers and solves some of her problems as well.
I thought that the author did a good job explaining the back story of each part that might of caused confusion otherwise. Because I have not read the previous book, I really didn't know what had already happened, and the author filled in what I needed to know about the first book to thoroughly enjoy the second. He also did a good job with word choice, as he made sure words weren't repeated and were as descriptive as possible without making reading the book confusing.
As much as I don't want to criticize you, I believe I have some constructive criticism that might help to better your writing. As with many independently published books, another run-through would be helpful to fix some of the awkwardly written sentences and comma errors. Another thing that might help is to not over-explain. In some portions of the book, like when the Amazons were avoiding the centaurs, I got what their plan was the first time it was explained, and thought the explanation of every jump to the next tree “shield” wasn't needed.
All in all, I enjoyed the book. It took me back to when I actually did read some fantasy books, and I think it could compete with some major titles after a little bit of revision. I rate this book a 3 out of 4 stars due to the minor errors. After reading this, I might stay around to finish the reading, and I know you will too after you read this book.
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To give a brief summary, or at least an introduction so I don't happen to spoil the book, the story takes place in a period of time that I considered similar to Middle Earth from the Hobbit. The main character, Emily Stout, is a young woman that is traveling with the Amazons, a fierce group of female warriors. In the previous book, Emily had just joined the group after leaving a repetitive life on the plains. They traveled to the city of Lucifan, a great yet dangerous city. Emily helped the group kill a samurai that had been working with a traitor among the Amazons. In this book, the group travels through the Forest of Angor, a monstrosity of massive trees that creates an eery environment for the lethal creatures inside. They have two reasons for traveling through Angor: to get to their home in the jungles of Themiscyra and to capture a treant for it's wood. Their journey is already hard enough, but Emily is also facing some problems fitting in with the Amazons, and has trouble matcher her skill set with theirs. However, Throughout their quest Emily faces many dangers and solves some of her problems as well.
I thought that the author did a good job explaining the back story of each part that might of caused confusion otherwise. Because I have not read the previous book, I really didn't know what had already happened, and the author filled in what I needed to know about the first book to thoroughly enjoy the second. He also did a good job with word choice, as he made sure words weren't repeated and were as descriptive as possible without making reading the book confusing.
As much as I don't want to criticize you, I believe I have some constructive criticism that might help to better your writing. As with many independently published books, another run-through would be helpful to fix some of the awkwardly written sentences and comma errors. Another thing that might help is to not over-explain. In some portions of the book, like when the Amazons were avoiding the centaurs, I got what their plan was the first time it was explained, and thought the explanation of every jump to the next tree “shield” wasn't needed.
All in all, I enjoyed the book. It took me back to when I actually did read some fantasy books, and I think it could compete with some major titles after a little bit of revision. I rate this book a 3 out of 4 stars due to the minor errors. After reading this, I might stay around to finish the reading, and I know you will too after you read this book.
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― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
Latest Review: "World of Myth II" by Travis Bughi
