Jon Cronshaw
Auteur de Wizard of the Wasteland
A propos de l'auteur
Séries
Œuvres de Jon Cronshaw
The Ravenglass Chronicles: Episodes one to eleven of the coming-of-age epic fantasy serial (The Collected Chronicles… (2019) 5 exemplaires
The Little Thief 2 exemplaires
Black Death London 2 exemplaires
The Ravenglass Chronicles: episodes one to four of the coming-of-age high fantasy serial (2019) 2 exemplaires
The Magician: Book 1 of the coming-of-age epic fantasy serial (The Ravenglass Chronicles) (2018) 2 exemplaires
The Hanged Man: Book 12 of the coming-of-age epic fantasy serial (The Ravenglass Chronicles) (2019) 1 exemplaire
Blades of Wolfsbane 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
- Études
- University of Leeds (Ph.D.|History of Art|2011)
- Professions
- writer
political reporter - Courte biographie
- Jon Cronshaw is a British science fiction and fantasy author based in Morecambe, England.
As a freelance features writer, he has had work published in local and national newspapers across the UK, including the Metro, Yorkshire Post and the Guardian.
He earned his PhD in the history of art from the University of Leeds in 2011, focusing on the life and work of Anglo-American sculptor, Jacob Epstein (1880-1959).
He's a voracious reader, guide dog owner, ex-gamer, and certified geek. [retrieved 2020-04-12 from Amazon.com Author Page]
Membres
Critiques
My thanks to the Author for providing me with a Kindle version of this book to read and honestly review.
This is the first book I have read by this Author but it certainly won't be the last, and I look forward to the continuation of this good start in this series. Completely engaging and entertaining from first to last page, Well written with excellent characterisation, atmospheric clever and descriptive. Several reviewers have suggested a Charles Dickens Oliver Twist feel to the story, and while I agree there is in some ways an Artful Dodger Fagin and Oliver feel to the main trio of characters, we are definitely not in Dickensian London. As someone who turned sixty five reading this book, I am probably not the Author's target audience, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Completely recommended.… (plus d'informations)
This is the first book I have read by this Author but it certainly won't be the last, and I look forward to the continuation of this good start in this series. Completely engaging and entertaining from first to last page, Well written with excellent characterisation, atmospheric clever and descriptive. Several reviewers have suggested a Charles Dickens Oliver Twist feel to the story, and while I agree there is in some ways an Artful Dodger Fagin and Oliver feel to the main trio of characters, we are definitely not in Dickensian London. As someone who turned sixty five reading this book, I am probably not the Author's target audience, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Completely recommended.… (plus d'informations)
This was a well written and edited book which was just not my style. The main character is well drawn and the minor ones are very clear as well. The world is depressing, the attitudes of the people are depressing and this book will not take you on an adventure you will enjoy. I read for entertainment and no matter how outrageous the premise, I am happy to give it a try if it promises to take you somewhere else for a while. The problems in this book are too similar to what's happening today to do that.
Abel is a trader, scavenging for anything useful or unique from the before times. He is an ex addict who makes his living wandering the nuclear world, trading his finds in the small community's that have sprung up. The people keep to themselves, seemingly no contact with other groups, just traders and outlaws who hunt for slave labor. The people cannot read, have no medicine, few try to improve their lot. Very dark book.… (plus d'informations)
Abel is a trader, scavenging for anything useful or unique from the before times. He is an ex addict who makes his living wandering the nuclear world, trading his finds in the small community's that have sprung up. The people keep to themselves, seemingly no contact with other groups, just traders and outlaws who hunt for slave labor. The people cannot read, have no medicine, few try to improve their lot. Very dark book.… (plus d'informations)
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 29
- Membres
- 97
- Popularité
- #194,532
- Évaluation
- 4.3
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 9
- Langues
- 1
The main character is a whiny brat, but I assume that is the point, so she can make a full circle growth. The best characters are built from uninformed people. Her temperament also explains the low world build, as she doesn't have a clue about the world outside her privileged life. Very well set up, character wise.
I don't think I would have been down for this book had someone told me it was going to be a lot of period talk. lol But Jon did a great job of capturing the unwillingness to accept the advancement that change brings.
The ceremony was lackluster, I don't know what I was expecting but with all the build to it, and fear of it, it was kind of a let down scene.
I love the tarot theme, it was an added intrigue to discover the influences from the card, that themed this book. Can't wait to see how other cards influence other books within this world.… (plus d'informations)