Official Review: The Eternal: Guardian of Light

aparsons · Post by **aparsons** » 01 Feb 2016, 17:54

[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Eternal: Guardian of Light" by Guy Lozier.]

2 out of 4 stars

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The Eternal Guardian of Light
By: Guy Lozier

This is a book that spans time, space and the evolution of man. It is a science fiction story with fantastic themes incorporated into it. This story explores dimensional travel, relationships, time travel and the evolution of humans and aliens within different situations.

This story opens on our future Earth, right when humankind is at the cusp of ascending to a higher state of being. The author gives a unique perspective on how our brains and souls work together and our potential to become more than what we are. The story continues by taking us deep into the past, where we learn about a very powerful shaman who feels a powerful need to prove himself to his family. While the shaman goes about his duties in the forest, he discovers the existence of a fairy community. He and the daughter of the king fall in love and make a family together. The rest of the story deals with the struggles the shaman went through when he came face to face with an alien entity who took over his brother’s body and killed his family. The shaman traveled to our near future where he struggled against bigotry, new technology and grief over his family. He meets people who help him, and they struggle against the community’s aversion to a possible alien invasion.

This book intrigued me when I began reading it, and it was easy to continue to read. The exploration of the alien evolutionary processes and the future of the human race was interesting and something I had not read about before. I enjoyed reading about the development of the antagonist and I thought the names given for the alien race was interesting.

I gave this book 2 out of 4 stars because of how it is written. The grammar is bad almost to the point of incomprehension. The story started out with a run-on sentence and continued in that vein with fragments, typos, and incorrect or missing punctuation. The story has interest to it, but it is written so poorly it is difficult to understand. The author tries to show us different perspectives, which is a useful tool. However, there is no clear differentiation between characters except for a line break, so it can be very confusing. The language used within the story and the dialogue is slightly off-kilter. In some instances it seems like the author knew which word to use, but did not know the correct spelling, which turned it into a completely different word and meaning. Lastly, the relationship development in the story was shallow and superficial. They all seem to depend on passion and a type of magical, magnetic attraction, there seems to be no substance.

This book is indeed memorable. It made me think about space, time travel and elemental beings. However, the way it is written is a huge drawback, and makes it difficult to want to read more by this author. With some editing and re-writing, this has the potential to be an amazing story or series.

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kimmyschemy06 · Post by **kimmyschemy06** » 09 Feb 2016, 07:08

That was a very honest review. The premise sounds very promising. Too bad about the errors, though. Good job on the review!

aparsons · Post by **aparsons** » 09 Feb 2016, 12:22

kimmyschemy06 wrote:That was a very honest review. The premise sounds very promising. Too bad about the errors, though. Good job on the review!

Thank you so much! Its my first review and I tried really hard to do it well. I think the book really has potential, and I look forward to seeing him grow as an author.

anonanemone · Post by **anonanemone** » 10 Feb 2016, 22:17

Great job for your first review! This story sounds a bit all over the place with a shaman, fairies, and aliens. Maybe it will pull together with some editing and fleshing out of characters. It sounds like you liked the basic premise of the book.

aparsons · Post by **aparsons** » 10 Feb 2016, 22:23

I did like the basic premise, it hit all my favorite genres. It also spanned a few thousand years of time, so he probably connected the older world to more magic, and less with the modern world with the advent of technolgy. It could be he simply considers the fairies as another higher state of existence.