Maxwell Neely-Cohen
Auteur de Echo of the Boom
Œuvres de Maxwell Neely-Cohen
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Echo of the Boom par Maxwell Neely-Cohen
So different, and wondrous, and eclectic. Hard to make complete sense of it until towards the end, at which point it's more confusing then the rest of the book put together - but I mean that in the best of ways. A fantastic voyage and living dream come true. And a "generational" story that captures us in a unique light.
An interesting read, but in the end it didn't quite deliver for me.
What I liked: reading about youth. All these kids are high school age. It's not a YA novel. I like that combination. I liked the format, and thought the symbols representing each character were interesting. I liked that sections were small, making it easier to read in the little chunks of time I carve out of a too-busy life. I was intrigued by the book; it kept my attention up until the last 70 pages or so.
My beef: the ending is flat. It gets increasingly chaotic, fractured, and weird (but not weird in a good way). The concept of the four horsemen is pretty fantastic (not a spoiler if you look at the art in the endflaps....), but it just... lacked power. The bulk of the book was good enough to set up a spectacular ending. Instead it just.... fizzled.
So. Meh. Better than my last read, thank the heavens, but still.… (plus d'informations)
What I liked: reading about youth. All these kids are high school age. It's not a YA novel. I like that combination. I liked the format, and thought the symbols representing each character were interesting. I liked that sections were small, making it easier to read in the little chunks of time I carve out of a too-busy life. I was intrigued by the book; it kept my attention up until the last 70 pages or so.
My beef: the ending is flat. It gets increasingly chaotic, fractured, and weird (but not weird in a good way). The concept of the four horsemen is pretty fantastic (not a spoiler if you look at the art in the endflaps....), but it just... lacked power. The bulk of the book was good enough to set up a spectacular ending. Instead it just.... fizzled.
So. Meh. Better than my last read, thank the heavens, but still.… (plus d'informations)
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 25
- Popularité
- #508,561
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 2