Stephan Davied
Auteur de Mozan and The Return of Magic
Œuvres de Stephan Davied
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- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Études
- Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, USA
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- Stephan Davied is a consultant for a boutique consulting company focusing on the energy industry. Mr. Davied comes from a large family being the youngest of nine very different children including a Catholic Priest / Gas Meter Reader / NFL Official / High School athletics coach and teacher / Professor and an Accountant. He is married with 3 children (Wife – Donna / Children - Sarah, Emma, and Chandler). He grew up in Bonner Springs Kansas and went to College at Pittsburg State University in Kansas where he played college golf for the university. Mr. Davied started the JV Stephan Excellence in Education Scholarship at Pittsburg State University in honor of his mother. Mr. Davied is a strong supporter of the local parks and recreation in Houston Texas where he chaired the local committee overseeing them. He supports Catholic Charities, and The United Way. Mr. Davied began writing 10 years ago when he wrote two full length movie scripts. This is his first full fiction novel. Mr. Stephan is an avid writer and greatly enjoys the creation of new concepts and ideas for books and movies.
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LeonardLinee | 6 autres critiques | Feb 5, 2011 |
LeonardLinee | 6 autres critiques | Feb 5, 2011 | 
This story leads me to a bit of a quandary; while the book is clearly YA, it doesn't necessarily fit neatly into the box of young YA or YA intended for older readers. The story, while engaging, is a bit scattered in the beginning. For the first third of the book there is a new group of characters introduced in nearly each chapter. All of these characters are important to the overall theme of the story and each will be reintroduced later (but they are reintroduced in a manner that assumes you remember the details of the first short encounter). This leads to a great deal of confusion throughout a fair amount of the story. Once it is possible to keep the characters straight the story becomes rather engaging and quite endearing. If this were intended as a stand alone novel then I would tell everyone to look elsewhere, however, that is not the case. Davied shows throughout this novel that he has great skill for narration and the overall story arc throughout the book hints to a larger plan that could very well be amazing. This book (and eventual series) is definitely worth a read through (or two) but I strongly recommend not purchasing this book for someone without the patience to stick with a story. Thank you to Fyonhaireshizer Publishing for the opportunity to review this novel.… (plus d'informations)
I enjoyed this book very much, and I can't wait to read the second book in the series. It's a page-turner with characters that have a lot of depth. The story kept my interest throughout.
I am normally a lover of fantasy books, however, I was disappointed by the lack of quality in this book. The plot line was very predicable and lacked flow. The story seemed to take sudden turns and characters seemed to make inconsistent decisions. I felt that the characters were one dimensional and lacked development. This may have been because so many were introduced at once. The language was also inconsistant and I had a difficult time discerning the setting of the novel. I believe the story has potential, but the writing was not well executed.… (plus d'informations)
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 13
- Popularité
- #774,335
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 1
- Favoris
- 2
The quality of writing was a little sketchy. The cover was catchy, but was perhaps the most exciting portion of this book. The book could have benefited from more careful editing; multiple simple errors could have been caught and eliminated before print. Pacing was a little jarring, bouncing from slow, predictable fantasy background to vibrant, comic book-like action scenes. The primary problem: the main characters were flat and almost universally irritating, causing me to dislike them almost from the start, and my opinion of them failed to change throughout the book. Supporting characters received worse treatment. The most interesting, promising premises of this book did not receive enough attention, leaving you to trudge through the book hoping for some further word of them. The villain was dastardly and evil, but not particularly interesting. The effort was sadly rather lackluster.
This book made me sad. I WANTED to like it, but there was nothing to like about it. For a young teenager, desperate for some magical sparkle, there are other, better books. Sadly, I can't recommend this one.… (plus d'informations)