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Showing posts with label 1 1/2 stars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1 1/2 stars. Show all posts
Friday, August 24, 2012
Book Review - Fatal Intentions: Sin of the Siren II - Curtis L Alcutt
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Book Review - Brandon Marlowe:And the Alpha in the Omega - Eric Livingston
Title: Brandon Marlow and the Alpha in
the Omega
Review: I don’t really know how to write
this review. I read the first of the
series and the review of that book can be found here. This book left me confused in the beginning
with what was going on…I’m still not completely sure about why a jacket? The middle became more clear and interesting enough that I read more than half in one sitting. The end?
What can I say about the end? I
really do not have a clue. I’m not sure
where the author was going with this book…Banned Book Lists…maybe? I am one of the brainwashed human enslaved by
the Demigod Alpha….I guess? Am I
insulted? No…I’m just extremely confused
what the heck!
I don’t want to ruin the book for anyone reading it or planning to in the
future so *SPOILER ALERT – Christ is the son of Zeus and he enslaved the
human race with illusion and demigod magic…Brandon and his buddies must bring
him down and rescue the followers from him and the Apostle John(maybe it was
Peter….I wasn’t really paying attention at this point.) So Banned Book List…most likely….do I care….NO….disjointed
by this story and the way the characters are developing…YES and not just
the weird twist with Christ…the weird twist with the whole story line.
I wish I could tell you that the story has redeeming values worth overlooking
the rest….I didn’t find any…but you might.
Finding out what Brandon was up to after the last book was worthy of the ½ star.
Publisher: EDL Epic Designs (January 26, 2012)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 296
ISBN: 978-0984829606
Quick Review: 1 1/2 Stars out of 5.
Where Did I Read the Book:
Sent by the author
for review.
Synopsis: The war between Humans
and Gods threatened the existence of both races when the powerful half-human,
half-god offspring of the Gods known as Demigods brought their powers into the
struggle. The Gods knew that for their way of life to continue, they had to
fade into Humanity's memory. To do so, Zeus unleashed one of his most powerful
weapons as a distraction - his own son, Alpha, the most powerful Demigod in
history. Alpha's incredible powers had soon enslaved the Human race, so Zeus
locked his son away forever before Alpha could use his Followers to challenge
the Gods of Olympus. At the School in Tartarus where students learn the skills
to continue to wage the war on the Gods, Brandon Marlowe is back, continuing his
second year. Having attained a ranking as the 10th best student in the School,
Brandon is finally granted access to the restricted Omega library. Driven there
by his relentless desire to learn the truth about his older brother's death,
Brandon will also discover the carefully guarded secret of Alpha's existence.
As more about the terrible threat he posed to the Human world is revealed, the
top students in the school learn an even more terrible truth. Alpha's Followers
are poised to release him into the world once again, and unless Brandon and the
other ranked students can stop them, Humanity will fall.
Author Biography: Eric Livingston is a University of Tulsa graduate, with a
degree in biochemistry. He married his college sweetheart, an English major who
encouraged him to pursue his writing career. They currently reside in Houston,
Texas, where Livingston was born.
Other Reviews: Smashword Review, Amazon Review
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Book Review - Love Me - Danger Slater
Title: Love Me
Author: Danger Slater
Review: I read this book and after I finished it I wondered why I had wasted my time. I didn’t understand what was going on and it seemed disjoined and strange with lots of foul language and potty humor. If you enjoy potty humor this may be the book for you, but it wasn’t for me.
I have decided after finishing this book that I am no longer finishing books I don’t care for after a few chapters. I cannot really tell you anything positive about this book except that a few times the author hit a funny bone, it was rare and far between. I read a book similar to this called, The Fool(except that book had an actual story that I could follow) and maybe that is what the author was going for. I really don’t know…I still am not sure what the book was about or what it was trying to tell the reader.
Publisher: Published July 26th 2011 by Jersey Devil Press
ISBN: 9780984612741
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 168
Quick Review: 1 1/2 stars (out of 5) the ½ star for those few funny moments.
Why I Read It: Sent by the author for review.
Synopsis: Do you like tales of Cold War espionage? Taut psychological thrillers? Science fiction as a metaphor for U.S. foreign policy? How about cute angst-filled teenage vampire toyboys?
Well, too bad. None of those things are in this book.
Instead you’ll join a guy in a Viking suit on an absurdly epic quest to figure out the meaning of life. There will be obstacles, of course: rabid gangs of disgruntled grannies, rival cults of pie-enthusiasts, toasters, anti-matter conversion do-hickeys, Shadow Men, bandits, hippies, annoying celestial bodies, the Department of Internationally Sexy Affairs, and probably way too many dick jokes for this book to ever be considered for any serious academic curriculum. You know, the usual.
Author Biography: Danger_Slater is the world’s most flammable writer! He likes to use a lot of exclamation points when he writes! Read his crap! You'll like it!
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