A review by bookbelle5_17
Peace and Turmoil by Elliot Brooks
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Review of Peace and Turmoil
By: Elliot Brookes
This is Elliot Brookes’ debut and in opinion is a good book for the beginning of a series. The start of the story is slow as she introduces the characters and builds the world. It picks up half way through in part 2 as a big event takes place that has dire consequences for many of the characters. It is a multi-perspective story with each character being from different parts of the world and, as I always say, this is an easy way to world build and show us how different people feel about the situation. I do wish she had included more perspectives from citizens of these kingdoms, especially since they suffer the most and are innocents. They would provide a different point of view that is sympathetic, relatable, and understandable. I appreciated the shorter chapters that made it feel like I was reading a lot during the slower parts. She shows the good and bad parts of each character. One character who I hate, because he is a sexist pig and takes pleasure in unnecessary violence towards humans, happens to be loving towards animals. She explores how limited experiences and how not looking beyond your bubble can make you biased and prejudice to those outside of your kingdom. The characters I most enjoyed were Dravian, Dietrich, Gwenviere, and X’odia. Each of these characters try to make the best decisions, but struggle with those decisions, because they get them in trouble since not everyone agrees with them. When you make a choice there are still consequences. The magic system involves elements and a form of conjuring, but known as “calling” in this story. The characters can summon weapons or the elements to them. The fiends were a creative form of monster looking a mutated version of animal. That would be terrifying to face and defend yourself. The characters already understand their own world, but Elliot finds a way to explain things through excerpts from the books of this world and letters and conversations exchanged between various characters. I like how she included her own artwork to show what the fiends and what some characters looked like.
By: Elliot Brookes
This is Elliot Brookes’ debut and in opinion is a good book for the beginning of a series. The start of the story is slow as she introduces the characters and builds the world. It picks up half way through in part 2 as a big event takes place that has dire consequences for many of the characters. It is a multi-perspective story with each character being from different parts of the world and, as I always say, this is an easy way to world build and show us how different people feel about the situation. I do wish she had included more perspectives from citizens of these kingdoms, especially since they suffer the most and are innocents. They would provide a different point of view that is sympathetic, relatable, and understandable. I appreciated the shorter chapters that made it feel like I was reading a lot during the slower parts. She shows the good and bad parts of each character. One character who I hate, because he is a sexist pig and takes pleasure in unnecessary violence towards humans, happens to be loving towards animals. She explores how limited experiences and how not looking beyond your bubble can make you biased and prejudice to those outside of your kingdom. The characters I most enjoyed were Dravian, Dietrich, Gwenviere, and X’odia. Each of these characters try to make the best decisions, but struggle with those decisions, because they get them in trouble since not everyone agrees with them. When you make a choice there are still consequences. The magic system involves elements and a form of conjuring, but known as “calling” in this story. The characters can summon weapons or the elements to them. The fiends were a creative form of monster looking a mutated version of animal. That would be terrifying to face and defend yourself. The characters already understand their own world, but Elliot finds a way to explain things through excerpts from the books of this world and letters and conversations exchanged between various characters. I like how she included her own artwork to show what the fiends and what some characters looked like.