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A review by lanko
The Stone Road by G.R. Matthews
5.0
This was read in Fantasy-Faction's Book Club and I really enjoyed it.
The story is told from two characters, each one hailing from a different province that are at war for decades. This worked really well, actually better than I expected and both characters were pretty good and had some great moments.
The pace of the book is really fast. The initial chapters and a long prologue may give the opposite reaction but this goes roller-coaster mode after that and only real life stuff that couldn't wait prevented me of plowing through the book in two days.
There's also interesting magic involving spirits and Ki and although both characters are only beginning to grasp at it, there are really cool moments involving the world and some other characters, like an hermit in a mountain village and a certain serving girl.
Sometimes you will find some typos, some very contemporary wording now and then (the story is based on ancient China) and some parts, mostly in the beginning, the writing may feel a bit rough, but the story kept me engaged enough that I really didn't care much for this as I kept flipping pages, something I certainly couldn't say about most of other self-published material I came across.
It certainly got me curious to know what the heck happens next and since the author is active in the community, so for me these two factors counterbalances the little thing above.
The story is told from two characters, each one hailing from a different province that are at war for decades. This worked really well, actually better than I expected and both characters were pretty good and had some great moments.
The pace of the book is really fast. The initial chapters and a long prologue may give the opposite reaction but this goes roller-coaster mode after that and only real life stuff that couldn't wait prevented me of plowing through the book in two days.
There's also interesting magic involving spirits and Ki and although both characters are only beginning to grasp at it, there are really cool moments involving the world and some other characters, like an hermit in a mountain village and a certain serving girl.
Sometimes you will find some typos, some very contemporary wording now and then (the story is based on ancient China) and some parts, mostly in the beginning, the writing may feel a bit rough, but the story kept me engaged enough that I really didn't care much for this as I kept flipping pages, something I certainly couldn't say about most of other self-published material I came across.
It certainly got me curious to know what the heck happens next and since the author is active in the community, so for me these two factors counterbalances the little thing above.