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Summary: Intriguing Alternate Reality Earth
Review: ...This book obviously has religious overtones, mainly Catholic, but gathered from other religions as well. The characters are quite simply drawn, but it is sometimes difficult to understand their motivation because the author drops us into the world with little or no explanations. If the reader is observant, they will pick up on little facts about famous people or events that happened in the past that will give them clues, but it is very important to pay attention or you will miss them. I found this part of the book fascinating and really enjoyed the little passing comments that the author made. The reason I gave the book 3 stars is because I felt that the world was still a little confusing, even after I had read the book. I had a hard time empathizing with the characters. They went through terrible trials and had many tests of their faith and vision, but I felt like I was doing exactly what I was doing - ready a story about something that is never going to happen to someone who is never going to exist. The plot was very original and is quite different from most of the fantasy out there, but at times it was a little too complicated to follow when you added the different world, the vast company of characters, all the different kinds of magic and power there are in this world, not to mention having no idea geographically what is going on. It is good to have mystery and suspense, but there are too many unanswered questions for me. Perhaps they will be answered in the next book...
Rating:
Summary: Intriguing Alternate Reality Earth
Review: ...This book obviously has religious overtones, mainly Catholic, but gathered from other religions as well. The characters are quite simply drawn, but it is sometimes difficult to understand their motivation because the author drops us into the world with little or no explanations. If the reader is observant, they will pick up on little facts about famous people or events that happened in the past that will give them clues, but it is very important to pay attention or you will miss them. I found this part of the book fascinating and really enjoyed the little passing comments that the author made. The reason I gave the book 3 stars is because I felt that the world was still a little confusing, even after I had read the book. I had a hard time empathizing with the characters. They went through terrible trials and had many tests of their faith and vision, but I felt like I was doing exactly what I was doing - ready a story about something that is never going to happen to someone who is never going to exist. The plot was very original and is quite different from most of the fantasy out there, but at times it was a little too complicated to follow when you added the different world, the vast company of characters, all the different kinds of magic and power there are in this world, not to mention having no idea geographically what is going on. It is good to have mystery and suspense, but there are too many unanswered questions for me. Perhaps they will be answered in the next book...
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Summary: my reason for reading
Review: Although this wasn't near the first book I read it was the first book I read over and over. This book mixes religin, magic and growing up all in a great story. I have read books from Ian Flemming, Stephen King, and many others, But Scott Ciencin is by far the greatest. He has a way of describing things that allows you to visualize what is happening. And the things you are visualizing are amazing. I loved this book and recommend it too people of all ages.
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Summary: my reason for reading
Review: Although this wasn't near the first book I read it was the first book I read over and over. This book mixes religin, magic and growing up all in a great story. I have read books from Ian Flemming, Stephen King, and many others, But Scott Ciencin is by far the greatest. He has a way of describing things that allows you to visualize what is happening. And the things you are visualizing are amazing. I loved this book and recommend it too people of all ages.
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Summary: Great Book..I cannot wait to read the sequel and third book!
Review: I think that this book holds great promise. It may not be the best fantasy ever writtem=n, but it still is a great book, and a well rounded plot.
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Summary: Great Premise
Review: If Scott Ciencin is indeed Richard Awlinson, then way to go Mr. Ciencin! The writing's much improved since "Shadowdale" and "Tantras." I couldn't bring myself to finish the "Tantras" series, but I'm actually looking foreward to the next book in the Elven Ways series. The writing's still rough and doesn't flow as smoothly as I would like, but let us focus on the good points. This book has a great premise: elves hating everything about nature; neither flora nor fauna, elves masquerading as angels, elves believing they're angels. And to spice things up, a lunatic elf who knows the truth and tries to use that knowledge to rule the world. Oh and did I mention that it is our world that they're in control of? Yup. In the early 1500s elves escaped a dying and magicless realm and came to our world. They somehow got a copy of the Bible and set themselves up as angels, and thus, destroying any hope of technology as we know it. Without our guns and fighter planes, how can we win a war against high magic? Enter Tom Keeper, humankind's only hope. They don't know it of course. They still think elves are angels. Anyway, I give this book a 6 for sheer originality
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Summary: Story of a teen with enough magic thrown in to make it fun
Review: Scott Ciencin has outdone himself, this book pales even Piers Anthony. Despite the obvious fiction it takes a suprisingly indepth look into human emotion. A good book that you wont be able to keep your hands off of.
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Summary: A beautifully written book on human emotions.
Review: Scott Ciencin has outdone himself, this book pales even Piers Anthony. Despite the obvious fiction it takes a suprisingly indepth look into human emotion. A good book that you wont be able to keep your hands off of.
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Summary: the greatest book
Review: this is one of the greates blending of fanisy in to the current dayes and the way the writer mends the elven ways in to the belives of curent riligion is amazing. the chaters are beliveble as much as many people can belive and the beliviblity of it comes from the way the chaters identy is part of what they are striving for.
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Summary: the greatest book
Review: this is one of the greates blending of fanisy in to the current dayes and the way the writer mends the elven ways in to the belives of curent riligion is amazing. the chaters are beliveble as much as many people can belive and the beliviblity of it comes from the way the chaters identy is part of what they are striving for.
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