A review by mks
Sourcethief by J.S. Morin
4.0
I completed the series (1-3), but I will focus my review on this specific book.
I think the concepts were great, and overall I liked the book and the series. I do think that many of the concepts were really underdeveloped - the Immortals for instance, and at the end, there really wasn't a villain. Both of the "potential" villains were really just morally grey. They were relatable and somewhat sympathetic characters and I feel like there should have been a way for them to resolve the conflict without it having gone so far, but I guess that was the tragedy of the situation.
There were some very obvious puzzles which I think the main character (Kyrus/Brannis) should have figured out much sooner. I surely did with even the limited exposure of information that Kyrus had.
I am looking forward to future books in the series though, and I enjoy JS Morin generally so I will be future reader. He seems prolific but maybe he should slow down a bit and spend more time in editing and rewriting.
I think the concepts were great, and overall I liked the book and the series. I do think that many of the concepts were really underdeveloped - the Immortals for instance, and at the end, there really wasn't a villain. Both of the "potential" villains were really just morally grey. They were relatable and somewhat sympathetic characters and I feel like there should have been a way for them to resolve the conflict without it having gone so far, but I guess that was the tragedy of the situation.
There were some very obvious puzzles which I think the main character (Kyrus/Brannis) should have figured out much sooner. I surely did with even the limited exposure of information that Kyrus had.
I am looking forward to future books in the series though, and I enjoy JS Morin generally so I will be future reader. He seems prolific but maybe he should slow down a bit and spend more time in editing and rewriting.