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The story was fun. In a attempt to seem cool and fit in with the crowd xvi year former Tom Perkinje decides to try a joint offered to him by his new friend Reggie. Big mistake as it turns out the new weed really is a gateway drug. A gateway straight to the Completeness! The new drug cau
This was an enjoyable coming of age fantasy that lived upward to the promise of its super fun sounding blurb. This was set in a fun fantasy world and was a character driven story packed with action, sense of humor, and cracking characters.The story was fun. In a attempt to seem absurd and fit in with the crowd 16 year old Tom Perkinje decides to try a joint offered to him by his new friend Reggie. Big fault every bit it turns out the new weed really is a gateway drug. A gateway directly to the Abyss! The new drug caused Tom'south spirit to bandage into the astral plain. Which seems pretty cool at first but becomes a lot less then when wizards from the far off reality of Astlan mistake him for a demon and cut his souls cord from his regular body and bind him into the form of a demon. Every bit if being stuck every bit a demon in a globe straight out of a crazy fantasy tale was not plenty poor Tom finds that his masters intend to enslave him for all eternity and that when he is not at their beck and telephone call he is bandage back to the Abyss!
The whole book was a ton of fun. Tom was an easy guy to root for. He was mostly a expert guy merely was often left with footling choice but to take action in means that he disliked either due to wizards compelling his obedience with magic or because he had to defend himself or his friends from those who attacked him on sight! We got a mix of drama and sense of humor as Tom had to deal with how all the various characters he encountered reacted to him. Fifty-fifty the demons were not sure what to brand of him. There was also plenty of plotting as the complicated politics of both Astlan and the Abyss meant that diverse different factions and players were all causing chaos that Tom got caught up in.
The characters were neither overly good or bad. There were good and bad guys in the story for certain but all were very human in their motivations and desires, fifty-fifty those who were non actually human in appearance! I felt like that believability gave the story that bit of depth information technology needed to help me invest emotionally in the characters.
We met a lot of fun secondary characters over the form of the story and they all played a part in making this 24 hour audio an engaging listen from start to finish! J. 50. Langland's writing had a slightly simplistic and YA experience to it but the story itself had enough depth and Langland's writing was even so super engaging. All in all I was quite happy with this one.
Rating: 4.5 stars.
Audio Annotation: Stephen Bel Davies did a good job with the audio. He got the tone of the story and did a proficient job with the character voices. It took me about an 60 minutes to warm to him but once I did I enjoyed his performance a lot.
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Despite the many typos this is i of the best books I've read for some time at present in terms of story and characters. It would be good to come across some romance in the next book, but this was thoroughly entertaining and very fast paced. In that location was a good combination of humour and more serious elements. The characters were interesting and well thought through.
All in all I would definitely recommend reading this book and I am eagerly awaiting the adjacent book.
Neat StoryDespite the many typos this is one of the best books I've read for some time now in terms of story and characters. It would exist proficient to see some romance in the adjacent book, just this was thoroughly entertaining and very fast paced. There was a good combination of sense of humour and more than serious elements. The characters were interesting and well thought through.
All in all I would definitely recommend reading this book and I am eagerly awaiting the adjacent volume.
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I accept to acknowledge, there was a point at which I was because dropping the book. Information technology was one specific part where I felt like the protagonist had merely chosen to make a huge mistake about something (no spoilers here so don't carp) and he admittedly knew it would come back to seize with teeth him. It came at a bad fourth dimension, I prefer a bit of a romantic involvement in books I read and this book has very little in that regard (nearly non-existent).Just then I sort of pushed through it, I dislike leaving a book behind, and there was plenty of action. And exercise I regret reading information technology? Idk, does an ice cream addict regret going to Coldstone? Would a demon slave regret ripping his accursed chief'south heart out using tweezers? In all honesty, the book tied up amazingly with what could be termed as a... 'cliff' hanger. But I definitely cannot expect for the sequel.
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I pulled this book from a recommendation thread on r/Fantasy, and the premise was entertaining. Tom, a normal boy in our world, goes to a party and gets summoned into another world–as a powerful demon. Tom's soul is effectively ripped from him, he dies, and he's bound as a demon slave in Astlan. Being a powerful demon yet a slave is a contradiction, and this story is riddled with uncomfortable moments for Tom while he comes to terms with not beingness human (yet withal
Into the Abyss by J.L. LanglandI pulled this volume from a recommendation thread on r/Fantasy, and the premise was entertaining. Tom, a normal boy in our world, goes to a political party and gets summoned into another earth–every bit a powerful demon. Tom'south soul is effectively ripped from him, he dies, and he'due south jump as a demon slave in Astlan. Being a powerful demon yet a slave is a contradiction, and this story is riddled with uncomfortable moments for Tom while he comes to terms with not existence human (yet still obviously remembering and thinking of himself as human) and with being a pawn in a magical war where both sides (there are 2 powerful wizards at state of war) are afraid of him.
The story turned out not to exist clunky, either, which was a fantastic surprise. It gets a bit unwieldy as it goes on by adding too many uninteresting POVs merely most of the characters in Into the Abyss matter (at to the lowest degree in the first 3/4 of the book…the army generals and wizards that get introduced as POV characters later are forgettable and wearisome). Tom every bit the principal character is definitely interesting, and he has to bargain with the duality of being a man and a demon, and he finds himself slotted into the default 'evil hell spawn' role rather he wants to be or non. The wizards of Astlan don't understand where demons come from (aka normal souls from other dimensions). When Tom becomes a demon, he has trouble with decision-making his master's missives and his demonic impulses. Jenn, a young magician, starts out as a more than interesting grapheme, only she becomes a less interesting character as she (a supposedly intelligent and otherwise compassionate woman) is played equally a scrap of a fool when she irrationally and instinctively distrusts Tom. This is maybe my biggest character complaint–there are characters that practice human activity irrationally For The Plot. Jenn is the biggest violator, simply even the meliorate characters like Tom and Rupert go far on the action. The maligned and traitorous magician, Gastrope, is maybe the most rational graphic symbol because he has a reason to distrust Tom (he almost murdered him and scared the shit out of him), but Gastrope is the character that makes active attempts to come to term with Tom and (spoiler) Rupert being demons.
Now, let's become to the MVP character of the story–Rupert. I would've read a story ane/2 this length that was just nearly Tom and Rupert, and their big brother/little brother human relationship is seriously sweet. Rupert was a built-in demon, and he appears to be a major exception to the 'ripping souls from other dimensions' rule of how demons are made in Astlan. Rupert disguised himself as a wizard when he started to turn into a demon, and it'due south Rupert that teaches Tom to shapeshift from demon to human. There's a truly touching scene where Rupert reveals his demonic self to Tom, who realizes he and Rupert are the just two people in Astlan who really sympathise each other. Rupert talks about how he ran away when he started to become a demon, and and so Rupert drops a bomb–he thinks Tom is his father considering they do look exactly akin. (If you call up about it, there'southward a magical in-story reason this could be, even if the book doesn't accost it.) This adds levels of questions and defoliation to the plot, and Tom, existence somewhat sympathetic and simultaneously spineless, decides to allow Rupert believe he's Tom'south son.
After a series of okay-but-sometimes-boring plot developments, Tom & Co. discover themselves in Freehold, where the political state of affairs has spiraled out of control. The two wizards are nevertheless at war, but at that place are archdemons involved, too. In that location's also a McGuffin book, which doesn't figure too much into the early plot only the wizards are really interested to open up it and control the astral planes. The most interesting evolution is that the Rod of Teirnon, a religious army of a literal warrior God, converge on Freehold to route out the demons. The Rod is led by Talerius, their Knight Rampant, and there's a truly climactic boxing at the finish of the story between Tom and Talerius. As with much of this story, there's a bit also much padding effectually the fight, but it's amazing, and unlike with some books I've read recently, the ending doesn't disappoint.
Rating: 4 stars for the story, even when it does feel a bit unpolished and a bit unwieldy.
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Note: MC is 16 yo. and while YA tin read it, it really seemed fix upward for an adult/new adult demographic (which I think allowed the author to write a better story).
Wow this volume was amazing. Definitely 1 of the best purchases I've made.Notation: MC is xvi yo. and while YA can read it, it really seemed fix for an developed/new adult demographic (which I think allowed the author to write a better story).
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The positives in this story are about equally frequent as the negatives. The story has a few plot holes, a few two-dimensional characters, and a tonne of useless exposition that does nothing other than make you read mountains of slow information that is completely useless to the reader. The story has an absolutely terrible showtime that will scare abroad most readers at the first chapter. Finally, the protagonist is probably one of the worst parts of the whole story.At that place's ane plot pigsty at the start of the novel. The caput mage makes mention that if the enemy regular army travelled constantly to become to his fortress without resting and then his army would exist also exhausted to fight and no sane commander would exercise information technology. Well when the enemy commander does exactly that, he benefits similar crazy and no one mentions how strange it is. No i tries to capitalize on what should be an exhausted army. They but turtle upwards and make the whole affair meaningless.
The exposition in this book is somewhat terrible. There are unabridged chapters dedicated to dryly instructing y'all in the definitions of the authors made upwards fantasy bs. I'm all for developing a detailed world, but that doesn't mean you tell every detail of it to the readers. What yous do tell them should be built into the story in such a way that y'all don't observe information technology. Yes you should find a way to drop a lot of information on the reader, but you need to practice it carefully and in a style that won't bore the readers to tears. This is what writers frequently call "testify don't tell". Where you show the reader how your globe works through the plot line rather than dryly explaining it like a schoolhouse textbook would.
The get-go chapters are truly some of the worst in the book. The author would have washed well to rewrite them. It starts getting better at chapter five. A few of the bug were the protagonists constant whining about everything. The protagonists weird personality really clashes with the fantasy elements of the story. His personality starts irresolute for the better every bit the story progresses, but information technology takes awhile. Book 2 is much meliorate in that regard.
The good on the other mitt are that a large assortment of side characters really take interesting personalities, a few of them are actually three-dimensional characters amazingly plenty. The overall plot of the story is very interesting and develops really well at a good pace. The overall concept of the story is a terrific gimmick that would actually brand up for a lot of the novels flaws past itself.
The gimmick is that the protagonist is turned into a demon. He'southward been enslaved past some crazy warlocks and he now has to run errands against his volition for them. He's incredibly whiny and his personality feels poorly written. He recovers in the 2nd half of the book, condign a decent character with a purpose, but at the commencement he was but awful. I think it's because he just spent all his time whining and doing things he didn't want to do obediently. His pushover personality actually injure him in the likability section.
There'due south this really weird country of strict laws. They see the protagonist halfway through the story, needless to say the protagonist thoroughly pissed them off. Since then, they secretly followed the protagonist and started making incredibly abrasive dialog. I think the author was trying for an interesting character, just he got carried away with it and just made an incredibly annoying one instead. Entire pages filled with descriptions of all the tedious legal terms and laws the protagonist intermission described with really big and fancy sounding legal words. I would accept been fine with a couple paragraphs of this, but they literally go on for PAGES and PAGES with it.
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Our protagonist is a footling too caught up in emotional turmoil for me. He's likewise strangely uninterested in females which is a fleck weird for a 16 twelvemonth erstwhile male.
The other characters all seem quite 1 dimensional and some are incredibly dim. a skillful example is the female person support. she seems incapable of thinking past her prejudice despite consistent exposure to opposing evidence. this is especially strange as she is a magician which involves some fairly complex theoretica
Not atrocious, merely boring.Issues;
Our protagonist is a little too defenseless upwardly in emotional turmoil for me. He's likewise strangely uninterested in females which is a bit weird for a 16 year old male.
The other characters all seem quite one dimensional and some are incredibly dim. a good example is the female support. she seems incapable of thinking past her prejudice despite consistent exposure to opposing evidence. this is specially foreign as she is a wizard which involves some fairly complex theoretical knowledge. It makes her fairly tiresome.
The fight scenes were pretty boring. There just wasn't much magic there. I think the emotion was missing from the fights more than than annihilation. We didn't experience whatsoever fear or anger or anything much. the characters simply hitting each other until they stopped.
Overall i wouldn't carp.
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The premise is quite unusual (and what attracts me in the first place) and we are given a story that is just as unusual. From the beginning we have a disparity of Tom being an ordinary boy and Tom existence a powerful demon. This disparity
This book hits my fancy in many ways. A really fun read with lots of humour and silly things but still have those serious weighty and memorable stuff. The characters especially our protagonist, Tom, are solid and you could sympathize. I had read it most non-stop.The premise is quite unusual (and what attracts me in the first identify) and we are given a story that is just as unusual. From the outset we have a disparity of Tom being an ordinary male child and Tom being a powerful demon. This disparity creates a level of complexity to the story that makes information technology interesting and at the same time gives ample opportunity for sense of humor that the author is able to use to the fullest.
Still, given the unusual premise and the humorous silly events, at that place are even so ample amount of serious and weighty matters abound. One is the final fight between Tom and Talarius, the knight. Hither the mater of fair play and laurels comes upward, the writer give it a proper weigh it needs and make the fight a commentary of the virtues instead of flinging information technology off for a laugh. That makes it memorable to me. It also kinda reminds me of Charlie Chaplin's works, which fifty-fifty when they are works of comedies are infused with sentimentality, of hardship and strife, of pain and suffering that makes it greater and deeper, instead of being another Tom and Jerry remake.
Tom is one of my favorite characters I ever encountered. Being a powerful demon makes him a interesting grapheme simply his ordinary young male child side, beingness moral strong and honorable, makes him memorable to me. He besides reminds me greatly of another of my favorite character: Sulley of Monster Inc. of Pixar. They share a lot of similarities similar:
> They are both 'monsters' that are imposing and strong simply are nevertheless good and softies inside. Sulley existence a top scarer and Tom a powerful demon makes them rather out of the ordinary, withal they are respectful and friendly towards their peers. And of form their object of affection, Boo for Sulley and Rupert for Tom that creates some centre warming tender moments.
> Their asexuality. Sulley doesn't have the interest towards girls similar his partner Mike has, and Tom isn't interested in sexual practice and the similar when many around him are doing it. I don't know if the author practise information technology intensionally or not, but Tom's asexuality greatly dissimilarity and compliment him. Information technology dissimilarity him from other characters, specially the villains, making him different (or you could say special) and unique amidst them. Information technology likewise compliments his personality especially his paternal human relationship with Rupert. This also works the aforementioned manner with Sully. It contrast him from Mike, who wants to get rid of Boo so that his relationship with his girlfriend won't be endangered. Sulley's lack of female interest also makes it possible Boo not to compete for amore from Sulley. The same thing happens to Tom. Imagine what would it exist with a female person demon for Tom's love involvement, Rupert won't have a chance existence young and half-demon and all. The dynamics and relationship between Tom and Rupert would all be gone.
> Their heroism. Sulley had faced obstacles, danger and adjournment to salve Boo and stop the evil plans of the villain Randal. Tom as well had also become through same challenges to assist and protect his friends. They do extraordinary things for the sake of others.
I don't know if the author is inspired my Monster Inc. in this story but it works quite well and make it both success to me.
A great and m story with interesting characters, humorous and featherbrained but still respects the weighty stuff that we all face. A volume that really speaks to me.
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This is a difficult review to write because I have alien emotions. There are aspects of this book that I idea were awesome. There are other aspects of the story that I admittedly hated. Most books are either good or bad, I am having a hard time reconciling ane book being both great and terrible at the same time.
The story mainly follows Tom, a 16 yr former who simply moved to a dissimilar boondocks. In order to make friends he went to a political party and tried a joint for the first time. So
Rating 4.0 starsThis is a difficult review to write considering I have conflicting emotions. There are aspects of this book that I thought were awesome. At that place are other aspects of the story that I absolutely hated. Near books are either good or bad, I am having a hard time reconciling one volume being both great and terrible at the same time.
The story mainly follows Tom, a 16 yr old who just moved to a different town. In order to make friends he went to a party and tried a joint for the beginning time. Something was funny with the joint and he ended up in an out of trunk experience. While he is "out of body" he hears/feels a call and is compelled to check it out. Worst mistake of his life. The people calling are wizards and they are trying to subjugate Tom. He fights back and tries to escape but the more than he fights the harder they attempt to go on him. He tries to become dorsum to his own trunk but the wizards sever the link. Next thing Tom knows he is 12 feet tall and looks similar a demon. He is at present a bound demon! (view spoiler)[ Wizards in this world have a hard time identifying anything on the astral airplane, and then when they find something, they always assume it is a demon. Since Tom fought dorsum, the wizards thought that he was stronger than initially idea and used stronger magic to demark Tom. The magic used and the wizards own mental thought of what Tom should be is what made Tom into what he was. If he would not accept fought back, they would have thought he was weak and he would accept ended up in a weak body. Considering he fought back though, they idea of him equally extremely powerful, which in plow made him extremely powerful. (hide spoiler)] There is a good debate on the concept of evil and demons. Since the demons are bound and accept to follow their master's orders which is more evil? The one who performs the act or the one that orders information technology? It is a fun ride with Tom while he tries to understand what it ways to be a demon, having everyone terrified by his presence while at the same time knowing he is/was a xvi yr old child. He is treated with so much distrust even when he helps people.
My favorite function of the story is post-obit the exploits of Tom, Jen, Rupert and Tom's demon friend Tizzy. When the story is told from Tom'south, Jen's or Ruperts point of view I was very engaged. My biggest problem with the story is the other points-of-views.
There is also a political war going on in the back ground (or foreground depending on your betoken of view). The Wizard who enslaved Tom is named Lenamare. He is a major asshole and is being attacked by another Wizard named Exador. Exador is attacking Lenamare's schoolhouse, with the hopes of getting a magical book that Lenamare has in his possession. The school is destroyed but Lenamare and some of his students escape. The book is accidentally left in the hands of a journeyman wizard student named Jen. She is one of the few survivors of the set on along with a 10 year old boy named Rupert. (view spoiler)[ There were definite signs something was off with Rupert right from the beginning. The fact he could not get close to a horse, his existence so comfy with Tom, his being able to survive in the Abyss with no issues and his knowing how Tom could shape change. It was kind of obvious he was a demon, i simply didn't know what kind or how. (hide spoiler)] With the help of Tom, Jen and Rupert are brought to a far away city to be safe. They now demand to travel a long distance to become back to a Town chosen Freehold to meet up with Lenamare. Forth the way fifty-fifty more political issues come up. They make enemies of a group called the Rod of Tiernon. They make enemies with another group called Oorstemoth. Then there is the quango of Wizards and the other demons. There is and so much distrust betwixt the groups there ends up being a one-act of errors. (view spoiler)[ Tom is just trying to help his friends just anybody thinks he is upwards to something and is convinced that he is leading a political party of demons to subjugate the globe. A lot of decision are made based on that false premise (hide spoiler)]
I hated all the political talk. I hated everything with the Rod and with Oorstemoth. I especially hated the talk about that Damn volume. It was talked nigh throughout the entire story and even at the end I have no thought what it does or why it was and then of import. By the fourth dimension I found out Exador's hole-and-corner I didn't care anymore (view spoiler)[ Exador is a arch demon and has been working with two other Arch demons Rhamases and Bess. They were sporadically in the story simply it wasn't until the end that the relationship was explained. (hide spoiler)] In that location were too many moving parts in the political drama that weren't explained until near the finish and by that time I was very frustrated because I didn't know what was happening. The ending was awesome and it made me remember about getting the next book. That is, until I read some of the reviews for the next book. All the things I loved in this book it seems are nowhere to be found in the next book. Tom, Jen, and Rupert are given a backseat in the next story so the author could focus on the political aspect of the story ( You know, the role that I absolutely hated!) So while I really similar Tom and want to read more than about him, I don't think it is worth information technology based on the reviews I have read.
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The problem with this book is information technology's length. I don't run across how people can continue stuffing upwardly the uncomplicated fact that merely because you stuff a lot of pages together they think it makes for a more than enjoyable book. Information technology does not piece of work that way Langland.
One main trouble is that Langland is constantly repeating the same scene multiple times from several This book could accept been terrific. It had a skillful concept, the author had a good commencement, he could accept made a proficient fantasy seller. But he screwed up on the editing.
The trouble with this book is it'due south length. I don't come across how people tin can continue stuffing upwardly the simple fact that just because yous stuff a lot of pages together they think information technology makes for a more enjoyable book. It does not piece of work that way Langland.
One main problem is that Langland is constantly repeating the same scene multiple times from several points of view. Skillful for a mystery, non fantasy.
I'm not kidding hither. Half the book is repeating itself. Langland, I know it is painful just you need to cut the fatty out of this thing and sell it for a smaller version.
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Events are often told multiple times through multiple viewpoints which creates very funny situations when we, equally readers, empathise that these outrageous events are all results of misunderstandings.
These books are worth reading, merely they have one big flaw. They don't tell stories. When I finished book 1 I was a bit confused- the book was long enough that it was time for the book to end. And so I realized the writer didn't resolve any story lines. Information technology felt a fiddling like at that place was some resolution because the book ended later a large fight but a moment's reflection reveals that the event of that fi
I just blew through the first three books of this series so I'one thousand giving them yet review.These books are worth reading, only they have 1 big flaw. They don't tell stories. When I finished volume one I was a bit confused- the book was long enough that information technology was time for the volume to end. Then I realized the author didn't resolve whatsoever story lines. Information technology felt a little like in that location was some resolution because the book ended subsequently a big fight but a moment's reflection reveals that the event of that fight raised more questions than it answered. The author then goes on to repeat this process for books 2 and 3. Which leads me to the two master points of this review:
1. IF Yous ARE INTERESTED IN READING THESE BOOKS WAIT FOR Book iv TO Come OUT. I have to believe there will be a volume iv since nothing is resolved in book 3 only then information technology has too been iii years (at the fourth dimension of writing) since book 3 was published. DON'T READ IF THERE IS NO Volume 4- I was able to enjoy these books but if there is no book 4 this is but a long walk to nowhere for no purpose.
2. YOU ARE 100% JUSTIFIED IN MOVING ON At present. After all, story resolution is pretty much task i for an author and whatever author that fails that test does non deserve to be read. Still, the writer tells a good, if incomplete, story.
The MC in this book is pulled from Globe by a spell that also turns him into a demon. Fortunately he is a powerful demon and he manages to makes friends and have amazing adventures along the fashion. The MC also gets caught up in the reincarnation of a demon prince (or god, depending on who yous ask) who was murdered four,000 years earlier past a conspiracy demons and gods. Along the manner the author throws in the occasional pop culture reference and turns some standard story lines on their heads. For example, orcs may be brutish simply they also say what they mean and stick to it unlike the conniving elves who leave what they mean unsaid, use words to distract so wage a PR war to claim their poo don't stink.
Bottom line: These books would hands be worth the read if the author provided any amount of resolution. As is they are well written and imaginative reads with zero resolution.
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My biggest picayune problem with this book, which maybe it gets explained in the subsequently half, is that nobody in Astlan is enlightened of where demons come up from, or atleast enlightened of the story they tell. You lot'd think
Total disclaimer I only read half-mode through before I lost intrest. I wanted to finish information technology, if only so I could add information technology to my reading challenge, but sunk cost but goes so far. This book suffers from death past a thousand cuts with a lot of little things that add up for me. Besides, mild spoilers ahoy.My biggest little trouble with this book, which maybe it gets explained in the subsequently one-half, is that nobody in Astlan is aware of where demons come from, or atleast aware of the story they tell. You lot'd think every new binding of a "demon" would tell a similar story. "Hey, I'm a human from some other globe. What's going on?", but patently it doesn't happen or its and then rare, it never gets mentioned.
Second, the magic organisation is non that interesting. That'southward fine, the you could make up for it in other ways, but the book spends an inordinate corporeality of time going on about how information technology works, with interludes every couple chapters detail one aspect or another, that I don't care nearly and doesn't add together to the story. Paticularly in the early chapters, a lot of the dialouge is magic blubbering or psudeo latin spells.
Tom, also isn't specially bright. At to the lowest degree upwards to where I read, he hadn't figured out that obviosuly not human being Rupert, isn't human. To exist fair, no ane else seemed to have either.
He besides for also for piddling reason decided to play the part of an evil demon to the hilt for the get-go hundred or so pages. He doesn't even try to explicate himself, fifty-fifty afterward he stops interim the part, the closest he gets is beating around the bush. Seems like the book would be a lot shorter is he stopped and explained his situation at whatsoever indicate.
Likewise, Tom, you know that if someone learns your truthful name they have power over you lot and can enslave yous for life. Possibly saying going by Tom is alright, just when you needed to a pseudonym, going by your middle proper noun isn't a great idea. Patently he isn't the only demon to practice this though and so, maybe its a common problem.
Tonally, it jumps around a bit. One moment they are making a fourth wall joke, the side by side Tom is trying to deal with his sudden inability to feel bad near murdering all dozens of people, the next Lenny is making innudeno with his his girlfriend
The side by side ii are knit picks bu they bothered me.
"Trisfelt pulled off the cork, snapped his fingers to conjure a wine goblet (actually information technology had been up his sleeve), and poured." Why would y'all keep a goblet in your sleeve? Just for a parlor trick? Seems pretty uncomfotable.
"Maelen cursed his luck to be on this send. Luck, no—he cursed fate. He knew the merely luck was that which he made for himself." That feels contradictory.
I couold go along, only suffice to say there were a lot of small problems I had with the volume that started to add together upward.
Things I liked.
I liked the idea, beingness thrown out of your world and being enslaved in a demonic body is an interesting concept? What'due south the psychology of someone who is enslaved more truly than anyone in our world could ever without fifty-fifty death to costless you lot from their bonds? Maybe these questions go a satifying answer later on in the book.
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This one has an interesting twist on an sometime idea, what if Demons were actually people just ones from a dissimilar plane. their souls got twist not past evil or torture in hell but by what they idea demons should wait and act like and had this conformed by the thoughts of those effectually them.
I such example is our MC who is a 16 year former kid that got high on a bad patch of weed and died.
The book is activeness filled with an interesting perspective on things, is information technology the demon that is bad
A demon named TomThis one has an interesting twist on an one-time idea, what if Demons were actually people just ones from a different aeroplane. their souls got twist not past evil or torture in hell but past what they thought demons should expect and human activity like and had this conformed by the thoughts of those around them.
Ane such case is our MC who is a 16 year old kid that got loftier on a bad patch of weed and died.
The book is action filled with an interesting perspective on things, is information technology the demon that is bad or the person ordering him to practise evil? later on all, how long tin can you lot use the excuse "I'1000 just following orders"
The book kept my attention throughout and I found it creative and visual.
The con is that the side characters tin be ii dimensional equally if stuck in a loop and the MC acts more than like a centre anile man than a teen, this i would take benefited from aging him up a bit.
The Dialogue tin can be a flake too philosophical at times simply information technology never tried to shove anything down your throat, just asked questions (leading ones admittedly)
It didn't and then much as cease as all of a sudden cease at the climax battle... a good way to get me to buy book 2 simply the author DOES owe he'due south readers an apology for doing that!
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I cannot remember the final time I saw volume this good with these elements in it. It has demons, it has angels, information technology has pipe smoking crazy demons. It has several Laughing out loud moments where y'all can't help yourself. It has such an amazing narrative and pl
Astonishing just amazing standing ovation!!! This is a solid five star book information technology was a great kickoff installment. This book had it all. A lot of globe building while simultaneously, being packed with action without sacrificing whatever of the plot development.I cannot call up the last fourth dimension I saw book this proficient with these elements in it. It has demons, it has angels, it has pipage smoking crazy demons. It has several Laughing out loud moments where y'all tin can't aid yourself. Information technology has such an astonishing narrative and plot.
Information technology is a feat of wonder how everything merely flows naturally, information technology'southward near similar magic XD. Yous get too see things from both perspective not it'south non one sided and things aren't as black and white every bit some people may recollect. Yous won't encountered any characters yous don't like, mainly because they are all and then well written. Y'all can totaly relate too how the characters must be feeling. There are moral debates and heated arguments about good and evil. Information technology has everything you tin can ask for and more than.
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The premise seemed cheesy, and the start of the story a scrap tiresome, merely after a while I was smiling and enjoying it a lot. The turning point for me was when the protagonist is summoned by the priest, I was laughing out loud. Action and mystery also started to actually go interesting.
There are a lot of clues (Heward ?!) hinting at what will happen in the following sequels, a bit too obvious to me just I will gladly purchase the second in the ser
I was surprised... This was really quite practiced fantasy.The premise seemed cheesy, and the showtime of the story a bit boring, only afterwards a while I was smiling and enjoying it a lot. The turning point for me was when the protagonist is summoned past the priest, I was laughing out loud. Action and mystery besides started to really get interesting.
There are a lot of clues (Heward ?!) hinting at what will happen in the post-obit sequels, a bit too obvious to me only I will gladly purchase the second in the serial despite that.
My rating : three.5. I actually hesitated and virtually gave information technology a 4 for originality, simply the writing still feels a chip too amateurish to deserve that I recollect.
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Master character is nice but doesn't come off as being 16.
Anybody in the book keeps assuming and assuming incorrect and in nearly cases it turns out humorous.
What this novel lacks is a dainty romantic interest for Tom, I thought it would be Jenn just information technology wasn't developed that way. Hope information technology changes in the second volume. Interesting volume and a fun read simply there are things that didn't sit correct with me and too many unnecessary PoV's.
Main graphic symbol is dainty just doesn't come off as being sixteen.
Anybody in the book keeps assuming and bold wrong and in nearly cases it turns out humorous.
What this novel lacks is a dainty romantic interest for Tom, I idea information technology would be Jenn but it wasn't developed that fashion. Hope information technology changes in the 2d volume. ...more than
The author has created a wonderfully detailed universe here. it was besides much detail to take in on the starting time read. The characters were well fleshed out, the unlike magical elements well described. I was on pins and needles reading the terminal scene! All and all, I highly recommend this.
Amazing book -- I tin can't wait for the next one!The author has created a wonderfully detailed universe here. it was too much particular to take in on the first read. The characters were well fleshed out, the different magical elements well described. I was on pins and needles reading the final scene! All and all, I highly recommend this.
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stopped at folio 100
500 pages is a smashing sacrifice to give .the story it cocky can't exist taken seriously with shallow and weak writing .information technology becomes impossible to continuestopped at folio 100
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Full of "Deus ex machina" moments, characters whose description constantly conflicts with their actions" and incredible stupid deportment from these characters. Utter trash.
Full of "Deus ex machina" moments, characters whose description constantly conflicts with their actions" and incredible stupid actions from these characters. ...more
OK, well, he got a B.Due south. in Astrophysics, then his M.S. and Ph.D. i
J. L. Langland has been obsessed with science fiction and fantasy since Inferior High. Upon hearing the chore description "High Energy Astrophysicist" in 8th Grade Concrete Science, he set out to become i. His express goal to develop trans-warp capability, patent information technology, license patent rights, make coin, build spaceship, go to the stars.OK, well, he got a B.Due south. in Astrophysics, and then his One thousand.S. and Ph.D. in Experimental High Energy Physics. But by that point, he'd realized that there were probably easier ways to make a living than developing warp drives. Turns out, it was rather more difficult than he'd thought in 8th Class.
And so, conspicuously, the better culling was to employ his noesis of Multiversal Quantum Topology to create a gateway to other planes of being.
OK, that was tricky too and took many years of work, but eventually he perfected Astral Projection and was able to travel the multiverse using the ability of his mind.
Now he brings to you, the reader, true stories and historical accounts from his adventures on other planes of existence.
J.L. "Dr." Langland was raised on Heinlein, Zelazny, Blish, Herbert, Azimov, Chalker, East.E. "Doc" Smith, Katherine Kurtz, MZB, Paul Edwin Zimmer, Anne McCaffrey, Piers Anthony, Anne Rice, Robert Hashemite kingdom of jordan and thousands of others. He began writing for himself in ages past and has published numerous net fiction curt stories nether various aliases.
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