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A review by ravenavenue
Fireship Nascence by James M. Robinson
2.0
I won this book as part of a Goodreads Giveaway a long time ago; unfortunately, the book was buried under Book Mountain at my parents' house and I've only just found it again! My apologies for taking so long to review.
James M. Robinson is obviously a very passionate and knowledgeable author, both of which you can clearly see within the book. It is also very obvious that an inordinate amount of research has been undertaken in its creation. Unfortunately, the writing and editing of the novel made the story, which has the premise to be gripping and exciting, somewhat unengaging and hard to follow.
It is often hard to differentiate between who is speaking and the large walls of speech make it inaccessible. This, coupled with the huge amounts of information that are present, for example, the deep historical accounts of cities and the exact dimensions of vehicles, make the novel read more as a piece of non-fiction. I often struggled to make sense as to which numbers applied to which item being described, as there was that much to take in. Having said that, I've definitely increased my geographical knowledge!
However, and this is the thing that got to me most, was the sheer number of incorrect spellings and grammatical errors. For instance, one character, whose name I believe to be Jameela, had her name spelt Jemeela/Jemella at various points during the book, which I found quite frustrating, as it clearly points to a lack of editing. This is minor compared to some of the grammatical mistakes, the most prominent of which were errors in noun-verb agreements.
On the whole, it is a real shame about the writing and editing in Fireship! Nascence, as the story itself can be quite fascinating, once you get used to the style and learn to ignore the grammatical errors. I've not read anything of this genre before, and I can see why people are a fan.
Ultimately, I genuinely think a good edit of this book could turn it into a much higher-rated novel, but in its current state, it is difficult to read and hard to keep track of what is going on.
For those reasons, I gave the book 1.5/2 stars out of 5.
James M. Robinson is obviously a very passionate and knowledgeable author, both of which you can clearly see within the book. It is also very obvious that an inordinate amount of research has been undertaken in its creation. Unfortunately, the writing and editing of the novel made the story, which has the premise to be gripping and exciting, somewhat unengaging and hard to follow.
It is often hard to differentiate between who is speaking and the large walls of speech make it inaccessible. This, coupled with the huge amounts of information that are present, for example, the deep historical accounts of cities and the exact dimensions of vehicles, make the novel read more as a piece of non-fiction. I often struggled to make sense as to which numbers applied to which item being described, as there was that much to take in. Having said that, I've definitely increased my geographical knowledge!
However, and this is the thing that got to me most, was the sheer number of incorrect spellings and grammatical errors. For instance, one character, whose name I believe to be Jameela, had her name spelt Jemeela/Jemella at various points during the book, which I found quite frustrating, as it clearly points to a lack of editing. This is minor compared to some of the grammatical mistakes, the most prominent of which were errors in noun-verb agreements.
On the whole, it is a real shame about the writing and editing in Fireship! Nascence, as the story itself can be quite fascinating, once you get used to the style and learn to ignore the grammatical errors. I've not read anything of this genre before, and I can see why people are a fan.
Ultimately, I genuinely think a good edit of this book could turn it into a much higher-rated novel, but in its current state, it is difficult to read and hard to keep track of what is going on.
For those reasons, I gave the book 1.5/2 stars out of 5.