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Review of The Fourth Kinetic
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Fourth Kinetic" by Brady Moore.]
I was looking for my next book choice, from a list of potentials, when one book stood out to me. The cover of The Fourth Kinetic: Clairvoyants By: Brady Moore was incredibly beautiful and I had to know what it was about. The plot summary drove home the reason I had to read this book. Rion Grean has a secret but let’s everyone thing he is a normal human teenage boy that is always the new kid in school. As far as he knows he is the only person in the world that has telekinesis. When he gets separated from his mom in a crazy highspeed chase, he learns his world is not as boring as he though. In search for his mom, he learns there are other clairvoyants like him with other abilities. There are Prophets that have involuntary visions of the future, Readers who can read the minds of individuals, Aurals who can transfer their consciousness to another body and take over, then Kinetics that can move objects with their minds (telekinesis). They all have to hide from Psyriin a secret military branch trying to capture them. He now has to master his abilities and learn who to trust to find his mom.
In some ways this book reminds me of I Am Number Four By: Pittacus Lore (James Frey & Jobie Hughes). The different abilities having to work together to fight evil and avoid normal human detection. The big difference between the two is no aliens, only humans. How cool would it be to not be normal? When I thought about what superpower I wanted as a kid, telekinesis was definitely my choice. Jean Grey from the X-Men (comics/movies/shows) being a role model. I keep hoping one day it will turn on.
I love books that suck me in! I laugh, cry, yell, and get mad with the characters and cannot put the book down until I reach the end. Then I want to read it again! This book didn’t do that for me. It was a good story and was entertaining, but it lacked an engaging emotional connection that I love about my book choices. When I find that connection, I have to reread the story over and over and tell everyone to read it. This book scratches the surface at potential, instead of diving for success for me. If Brady Moore had pushed the characters further, I would have loved it. For example, Rion Grean the main character. He is heartbroken and determined to find his mom, but I don’t feel the heartbreak and longing. The way Rion described their relationship was causal and weird, more like roommates. When they get separated it feels more like an obligation for him to find her instead of a need, to me at least. I guess what I am saying is there needed to be more character development, for all the characters.
I would rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. I liked the story. It never gets old reading about someone fighting evil to protect themselves and/or others. I loved the abilities the clairvoyants had and the possibilities they could accomplish with them. I just wished there had been more character development. It was exceptional well edited. There is quite a bit of profanity as a heads up.
Honestly, I would recommend this book to others but I wouldn’t say I loved it and would read it again. When Brady Moore’s other two books come out to continue the series, I would definitely read them once. I liked the abilities and how they all worked together and the evil Psyriin always in pursuit but I wish the author could have developed the characters more for me to keep my attention, instead of it feels like a chore to finish. I would say young adults would enjoy this series, especially if they enjoy special abilities that they wish they could have themselves.
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The Fourth Kinetic
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I was looking for my next book choice, from a list of potentials, when one book stood out to me. The cover of The Fourth Kinetic: Clairvoyants By: Brady Moore was incredibly beautiful and I had to know what it was about. The plot summary drove home the reason I had to read this book. Rion Grean has a secret but let’s everyone thing he is a normal human teenage boy that is always the new kid in school. As far as he knows he is the only person in the world that has telekinesis. When he gets separated from his mom in a crazy highspeed chase, he learns his world is not as boring as he though. In search for his mom, he learns there are other clairvoyants like him with other abilities. There are Prophets that have involuntary visions of the future, Readers who can read the minds of individuals, Aurals who can transfer their consciousness to another body and take over, then Kinetics that can move objects with their minds (telekinesis). They all have to hide from Psyriin a secret military branch trying to capture them. He now has to master his abilities and learn who to trust to find his mom.
In some ways this book reminds me of I Am Number Four By: Pittacus Lore (James Frey & Jobie Hughes). The different abilities having to work together to fight evil and avoid normal human detection. The big difference between the two is no aliens, only humans. How cool would it be to not be normal? When I thought about what superpower I wanted as a kid, telekinesis was definitely my choice. Jean Grey from the X-Men (comics/movies/shows) being a role model. I keep hoping one day it will turn on.
I love books that suck me in! I laugh, cry, yell, and get mad with the characters and cannot put the book down until I reach the end. Then I want to read it again! This book didn’t do that for me. It was a good story and was entertaining, but it lacked an engaging emotional connection that I love about my book choices. When I find that connection, I have to reread the story over and over and tell everyone to read it. This book scratches the surface at potential, instead of diving for success for me. If Brady Moore had pushed the characters further, I would have loved it. For example, Rion Grean the main character. He is heartbroken and determined to find his mom, but I don’t feel the heartbreak and longing. The way Rion described their relationship was causal and weird, more like roommates. When they get separated it feels more like an obligation for him to find her instead of a need, to me at least. I guess what I am saying is there needed to be more character development, for all the characters.
I would rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. I liked the story. It never gets old reading about someone fighting evil to protect themselves and/or others. I loved the abilities the clairvoyants had and the possibilities they could accomplish with them. I just wished there had been more character development. It was exceptional well edited. There is quite a bit of profanity as a heads up.
Honestly, I would recommend this book to others but I wouldn’t say I loved it and would read it again. When Brady Moore’s other two books come out to continue the series, I would definitely read them once. I liked the abilities and how they all worked together and the evil Psyriin always in pursuit but I wish the author could have developed the characters more for me to keep my attention, instead of it feels like a chore to finish. I would say young adults would enjoy this series, especially if they enjoy special abilities that they wish they could have themselves.
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The Fourth Kinetic
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes | on Smashwords
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