Dragon Forged by Dan MichaelsonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Indie Author?
Genre: Fantasy
Subgenres: High Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
Solid 3 Stars
eBookCategories rated on a 10 point scale. Averaged and then translated into Star Rating. See CAWPILE by Book Roast.
I read this book as an ebook via Kindle Unlimited.
Interesting concept
The characters in this book were not hard to keep straight at all. While everyone but Rob and his grandmother seemed to be assholes, there was a bit of light and hope for Gasal that was repeatedly dashed. I did enjoy how the world was revealed as Rob came across it, including how the magic system worked. As Rob learned more about firewater and essence, so did we the readers. Backstory was not relayed in chunks, which worked really well for this story. We discovered the world through Rob’s eyes.
That being said, the writing was very hard to get through. I’m not sure if English is a second language, if the main author is really young, or just didn’t
T have the funds to afford an editor who would have caught the repetitious phrasings. I started to mark all the glaringly obvious ones that distracted me from the story, but eventually stopped because of how much was highlighted. The writing style of repeated phrases is why I will not be continuing with this rapid release series. It leads me to believe that these issues were not addressed in later entries.
On the other hand, I was torn in continuing because the premise and the story itself were fascinating. The level of enjoyment was really brought down by the fixable grammar issues.
Characters: 7.3
Atmosphere: 6.8
Writing: 4.2
Plot: 6.4
Intrigue: 7.8
Logic: 5.8
Enjoyment: 5.5
Points: 43.8/70.0
Stars: 3
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I read this book as an ebook via Kindle Unlimited.
Interesting concept
The characters in this book were not hard to keep straight at all. While everyone but Rob and his grandmother seemed to be assholes, there was a bit of light and hope for Gasal that was repeatedly dashed. I did enjoy how the world was revealed as Rob came across it, including how the magic system worked. As Rob learned more about firewater and essence, so did we the readers. Backstory was not relayed in chunks, which worked really well for this story. We discovered the world through Rob’s eyes.
That being said, the writing was very hard to get through. I’m not sure if English is a second language, if the main author is really young, or just didn’t
T have the funds to afford an editor who would have caught the repetitious phrasings. I started to mark all the glaringly obvious ones that distracted me from the story, but eventually stopped because of how much was highlighted. The writing style of repeated phrases is why I will not be continuing with this rapid release series. It leads me to believe that these issues were not addressed in later entries.
On the other hand, I was torn in continuing because the premise and the story itself were fascinating. The level of enjoyment was really brought down by the fixable grammar issues.
Characters: 7.3
Atmosphere: 6.8
Writing: 4.2
Plot: 6.4
Intrigue: 7.8
Logic: 5.8
Enjoyment: 5.5
Points: 43.8/70.0
Stars: 3
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