Terry Persun
Auteur van Cathedral of Dreams
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The story was almost unbelievable and too many pieces of information were just skimmed over. By the end of it, I still wasn't sure of what was going on. The novel is supposed to involve the matter of choice, but I feel like this was just thrown in at the end and wasn't really explored at all. The characters, the vast majority of them that all seemed to run together, they were so little developed, understood so little of what was going on both within and outside of Newcity that the fact that they could have destroyed part of it seems completely unbelievable. How were they to know if they wouldn't complete screw up millions of lives in order to get rid of a few and rescue one? There was just too much that needed to be explained that just wasn't and I was left having no idea of how the society both in and out of Newcity
worked. The people were ghosts and the ghosts were probably the most imaginative, interesting, and notable characters. There was just so much that could have been explored and better developed. The story moved at a running pace with the characters seemingly running like chickens with their heads cut off, not allowing anyone, even the reader, to understand what was going on. Too much was skimmed over and I felt forced to reread unclear passages just to try to figure out what was going on. Too much was disjointed and left me wanting more.
The poor editing was also a major issue for me. For a relatively short novel (I tend to gravitate towards 500 page novels, but just can't resist a dystopian novel!), the mass amount of grammatical mistakes is unforgiveable and there were so many instances where words were missing or the wrong word was used instead. Better editing would have also picked up all the holes in the story and made this into a more believable and entertaining novel.
In the end, I feel this novel could have used more and better editing, the story could have probably been comprised of more than just running and being captured to make a better story, the setting could have been elaborated on much more, and less characters probably would have made the novel just as good. The novel left me wanting for more and I feel disappointed in what could have been a truly amazing novel.… (meer)