Second post, same as the first. Not that much shorter if at all shorter, and full of similar complaints and comments to the last one. The last fifth of this book fell under ye old typical action-and-explosion filled ending. It flowed well, what with the pacing going at a decent clip with the different scenarios but still finishing up all the kinda loose ends that were there. So, good for the book in that case!
Other cases, not so much.
I could spend a good time listing out all the tropes that happened in the last fifth, but that'd be no fun whatsoever. Just know that there's a lot of them, but they're all the standard adventure book tropes so they fit in pretty well. The dragon is still freaking cool, as are all the other dragons that show up in totally-not-a-collective-unconsciousness-realm. And yeah, there were a few moments and things like that but they were surprisingly underplayed. I think they could have been touched on just a bit more then what they were, but eh.
Alright I'll put some of the tropes to digital paper. There's the heart-tearing reunion, the former-antagonist-of-sorts-debating-his-morals, the beast of chaos that learns to restrain itself, and the ever-used this-shall-be-a-series ending. There's quite a few besides these, though.
I do wish that this went on a bit longer in the end, if only because it seemed a bit rushed. The first few sections dragged on a bit too long, so why not cut out those not really needed pages (the romance scenes, obviously.) and add them on to the ending so things can slow down a bit and have some more detail. The scene where Trin was being beat down by the other potentials needed to go on just a bit longer instead of being cut where it was.
So, Scorched is a decent book. It ain't the new Harry Potter, but it certainly ain't the next Twilight. And thank gods for that. Sometimes it's just nice to read a book that's there, and if you're in the mood for that, I'd definitely recommend Scorched as a good read to pass the time if you like dragons and adventure and you can tolerate/ignore/like the seemingly obligatory love triangle.
I probably won't read this book again, though as I said earlier, it's just a giant meh to me.
...Snrk. Oh yeah, the lead villain's main hench-person has a name I seriously can't help but to chuckle at. Her name's Mara, and since I play a lot of SMT (Shin Megami Tensei) games, well, let's just say that Mara is a demon who happens to look a lot like something rude riding on a golden chariot. Viewer discretion is recommended, so be a bit warned if you want to look that demon up. It's a bit not safe for work.
Interesting. It seems like you have a love/hate relationship with this novel. I have yet to read it, so my opinions can be overlooked since I don't know the context. Speaking of not knowing context, I think it would be nice in the future if you defined some of the words you used like, what is a "Shin Megami Tensei" game? The post felt very conversational which was good.
ReplyDeleteI do disagree that with you on the love scene part, I think they help break the monotony of action and give books a more human vibe, that being said, I agree the Twilight overdoes it, of course. What specifically did you not like about them? Were they overplayed? Did they ruin the flow of action? Maybe elaborating on that will be beneficial, as well as the references you made to other books and things that the common person may not know. I'm sure there very interesting, but without context the comparisons leave the reader confused.
All in all, I enjoy the casual and conversational aspect, and I feel much more informed about Scorched!