Review of The Great Migration

[Nzube Chizoba Okeke]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Great Migration" by Steve Ramirez.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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Luta was the lead Zuni guide for his team as they went on an adventure through the Thunder Valley for the great migration. After harrowing encounters with the barong and brontothere, they made it back to Hawikah village with most of their team members. The team, consisting of Luta, Bellona, and others, made their way to the country's capital, Crystal City, for the Cabochon festival. Before then, they received honors for their adventure. They were blissfully unaware that their fate may have been sealed, as the country may have to battle an old enemy from a hundred and fifty years before.

Steve Ramirez, in The Great Migration, presented a complex plot with robust storytelling. The plot was richly imaginative and reeked of extreme dedication on the author's part. He created entirely new worlds, cities, languages, and religions with peculiar cultures. These creations were so well developed that they were easy to believe; it was indeed commendable.

One could detect some familiar religious concepts from the author's created religious sects. For instance, Ramirez's idea of 'ascendance' could have been taken from the idea of transition to eternal life in Christianity. Although his representation of religion was not of any known religious group, he still captured the religious rivalry and discrimination in our modern world. With his creative delineations of religion (the True, the Chosen, and the Faithful), readers would be confronted with the unsavory reality of faith and belief.

There was no character shortage in this book, as almost every chapter introduced a new set, which was intricately connected to the central plot. With each set came a different aspect of the story. Steve effectively used his characters to reveal major background stories for his narrative. For instance, through Luta, I understood more about their country's enemy. The characters had 'character.' They formed one of the most intriguing features of The Great Migration.

To say this book was an exciting read would be an understatement. It seemed like Ramirez took characteristic features from usual sci-fi narratives, tweaked, repackaged, and merged them into this masterpiece. The Great Migration could easily be a sensational sci-fi television series. The characters, layout, imagery, action, and plot development would sustain conversion to the big screen. If you ever watched a zombie movie, you would have added imagery of the frantic action in some parts of the book. The thrill and danger the author reproduced were very real, and readers may feel their hearts pound in tune with the characters' ricocheting fear.

In all of the action and thrill, readers would also find life-encouraging tips from this book. One of the characters, Bellona Stanick, gave readers a powerful nugget to meditate on: "...all living things suffer and that we should not allow the pain of life to make us unkind."

This book was a modern-day alien invasion cum tweaked zombie incursion narrative, where courage and strength were put to the test. There wasn't a thing I didn't like about The Great Migration. Additionally, the editors did exceptional work, as I couldn't find a single error. I'd recommend this book to all science fiction lovers; they would not want to miss out on this sensation. Finally, I'd rate this sensational narrative four out of four stars.

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[Katarina Radovcic]

Every sentence of this review convinced me to read the book. It sounds like it would be a lot of fun!

[Review Writer]

The book does sound very intriguing and got some religious facets to ponder on. Welldone, thanks for the recommendations.

[marta baglioni]

I loved this review, and I am sure I will love this book! Thank you

[Shivansh_Reviews]

This seems like a book I'd love to add to my shelf. Thanks for the amazing review.

[kittykat6132]

This is such a detailed review, however I'll pass on this one.

[NancyDrew12]

The author put a lot of work into this novel. The plot has intrigued me so now ill have to give it a read. Nicely done review.

[Luchris_klaus]

This is a nice piece of adventure story. Luta is an interesting character and the plot of the book is awesome. Thanks for your review.

[Immaculate06]

Luta's character is quite intriguing. The book is filled with adventures and challenges, I would love to read the book. Thanks for your review.

[NetMassimo]

This seems like a novel with an engaging plot that also offers some food for thought about important issues. Thank you for your great review!

[Sou Hi]

Thanks for your review. The summary didn't state clearly, but I guess Luta's team was attacked by aliens and zombies?

[Nofia123]

It's amazing story
If I got a chance to live in that place I loved to and i love fightings too

[Kelsey Roy]

I honestly was thoroughly convinced to read this book from this review. It sounds like the author put a ton of work into making fantasy sound believable and relatable. It’s not often that I am enticed to read a fantasy/science fiction novel, so well done on your review!

[AntonelaMaria]

A high fantasy novel with a lot of characters doesn't sound like a book for me and addition of aliens in the storyline seals that decision. Great job with the review.

[Brenda Creech]

I am not a sci-fi fan. I have difficulty keeping up with all the world-building and different characters in any sci-fi book, but this one sounds like the story is very deep, and as you said complex so I will have to pass on this one! Thanks for the great review!