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A review by si0bhan
Peace of Evon by Dorothy Tinker
4.0
To begin with I would like to offer the biggest apology in history to the author. I won a copy of the book back in October yet have been away from home for the last couple of months meaning I couldn’t read and review it. I’m so sorry about this: I cannot begin to explain how disappointed I was by this fact. It was a case of counting down until I could read the book rather than counting down the days until I would be seeing people again (which probably isn’t something I should be admitting to). Nevertheless, despite the fact that it is a couple of months later than I would have preferred, I have now finished the book and I must say I am exceptionally pleased to have been given the chance to read this little gem.
Excited to read the book, I jumped right in once I had the time to do so. As I started reading it I will admit to becoming somewhat tentative: at first the story seemed almost childish, something below what I would usually read. However, after a short while it turned into so much more than a mere child’s story – turning into a book which kept me gripped from start to end. In fact, the further through the book you get the more elaborate and beautiful the story becomes, weaving in much more than I expected. I thought it to be a mere story of one character fighting for peace in the war-torn world, yet before I knew what was happening other elements – supernatural beings beyond those common in the mythical world – came into play and made things even more beautiful.
The characters are great. The world is wonderfully created. The story is brilliant.
Honestly, upon finishing the book I was questioning why I felt as I did when I started reading it. Really, what had caused me to feel such a way about the book? It was great and my original view of it probably shouldn’t have been quite so negative. Nonetheless, as the four stars show it wasn’t quite as perfect as my end state would have me believe. Whilst the writing wasn’t bad within itself it did not scream out to me in the way that certain writing styles do. Do not get me wrong, this is not a reason to avoid the book – in no way is it badly written – I merely believe that a world so beautifully crafted should come with an equally beautiful writing style. This view, however, could just be that certain books I have read in the past have shifted me into expecting such a thing more often (which, trust me, leaves me disappointed more over than it should).
Nevertheless, it is a wonderful read and I am truly grateful that the author and Goodreads allowed me the chance to read this little gem. In fact, was it not for this fact I’m fairly certain I would never have got my hands on the book. With that, I would like to point out that I am certainly looking forward to continuing the series. My only problem – which really isn’t a problem at all, or will be considered as such by most – being that I need to know where to get my hands on this book in the UK. Specifically, my OCD requires me to have a copy sent over from America, as this one was, due to the fact that the book is published in a different manner due to it coming from overseas.
Why, oh why, must the world trouble me in such a way? Is it too hard for books to be the same size no matter where they are published? As in my experience those coming from America always seem to be larger than those I’m used to. Of course, now I am just getting away with myself and running completely off topic.
As I deal with my little dilemma I very much suggest you jump on this book – as my sister plans to in the near future after I expressed my love for the book – and enter the wonderful world that the author has created. You will not regret it!
Excited to read the book, I jumped right in once I had the time to do so. As I started reading it I will admit to becoming somewhat tentative: at first the story seemed almost childish, something below what I would usually read. However, after a short while it turned into so much more than a mere child’s story – turning into a book which kept me gripped from start to end. In fact, the further through the book you get the more elaborate and beautiful the story becomes, weaving in much more than I expected. I thought it to be a mere story of one character fighting for peace in the war-torn world, yet before I knew what was happening other elements – supernatural beings beyond those common in the mythical world – came into play and made things even more beautiful.
The characters are great. The world is wonderfully created. The story is brilliant.
Honestly, upon finishing the book I was questioning why I felt as I did when I started reading it. Really, what had caused me to feel such a way about the book? It was great and my original view of it probably shouldn’t have been quite so negative. Nonetheless, as the four stars show it wasn’t quite as perfect as my end state would have me believe. Whilst the writing wasn’t bad within itself it did not scream out to me in the way that certain writing styles do. Do not get me wrong, this is not a reason to avoid the book – in no way is it badly written – I merely believe that a world so beautifully crafted should come with an equally beautiful writing style. This view, however, could just be that certain books I have read in the past have shifted me into expecting such a thing more often (which, trust me, leaves me disappointed more over than it should).
Nevertheless, it is a wonderful read and I am truly grateful that the author and Goodreads allowed me the chance to read this little gem. In fact, was it not for this fact I’m fairly certain I would never have got my hands on the book. With that, I would like to point out that I am certainly looking forward to continuing the series. My only problem – which really isn’t a problem at all, or will be considered as such by most – being that I need to know where to get my hands on this book in the UK. Specifically, my OCD requires me to have a copy sent over from America, as this one was, due to the fact that the book is published in a different manner due to it coming from overseas.
Why, oh why, must the world trouble me in such a way? Is it too hard for books to be the same size no matter where they are published? As in my experience those coming from America always seem to be larger than those I’m used to. Of course, now I am just getting away with myself and running completely off topic.
As I deal with my little dilemma I very much suggest you jump on this book – as my sister plans to in the near future after I expressed my love for the book – and enter the wonderful world that the author has created. You will not regret it!