Review of The Great Migration
Posted: 08 Dec 2021, 02:56
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Great Migration" by Steve Ramirez.]
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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The Great Migration
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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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The Great Migration
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
