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Bezig met laden... The Thirteenth Hourdoor Joshua Blum
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"The ancient clock in the Land of Dreams struck thirteen, and the dreams, now free, soared back to Earth under first vesper's light ..."And so begins "The Thirteenth Hour," a tale about dreams and wishes, wild hearts and childhood promises, and the quest to find the unsung hero that lies in all of us.When a young boy falls asleep during school one day, he is transported into a fantasy world of wizards, dragons, quests, and the tale of Logan, who has come of age and must leave his sleepy village to be a soldier in King Darian IV's Imperial Army. Although he finds himself immediately at odds with military life, Logan's tour is surprisingly extended when he is picked by the King's wizards to be specially trained as an Imperial Ranger for a mysterious quest to find the secret to eternal life, catapulting him into an epic adventure he had previously only thought possible in books, daydreams, and fairy tales. Combining the adventure of "The Princess Bride," the irreverent humor of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy," and the feel of 1980s science fiction and fantasy films such as "The Neverending Story" and "Labyrinth" with a healthy dose of introspection surrounding the journey teens experience on the way to becoming adults, "The Thirteenth Hour" is part adventure yarn, part fairy tale, and part introspective narrative that can be enjoyed by both teenagers and teens in remission. "The Thirteenth Hour" contains over 35 illustrations, music written specifically for the story, and rich world both on and off-line that was sixteen years in the making. Check it out today, and let the adventure of "The Thirteenth Hour" become your story!Continue the quest here:* Website: http://13thhr.wordpress.com* Book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch'v=hpcIUpwTiFY Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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In a lot of ways, this book is cool and different, taking overused fantasy tropes and turning them on their heads. However, it is also quite tell-y. Some of that could just be the style, but it always rubs me the wrong way while reading something that tells me instead of showing me. The spelling and grammar are mostly smooth and well-done, with a few typos scattered throughout, however the characters don’t talk like real people. Huge sections of beautiful prose are interspersed with awkward, poorly written, sections.
Each time the POV changes, the text colour changes too. While this makes it much easier to follow than some books I’ve read that are full of annoying head jumping, I personally found the different coloured text to be distracting and affected. Also, several times pages end in the middle of a scene… or even a sentence. This tells me that whoever formatted this into an ebook needs to do a bit more work making it read smoothly.
Besides the dialogue sounding like they’re constantly quoting something, many of the conversations are very difficult to follow. With only dialogue and no ‘stage directions’ it’s hard to keep track of who’s saying what, especially if there’s more than two characters in the scene. However, there are a few lines that I really liked. For example: ‘he held up a finger as if to say, “I’m not finished yet,” which had always seemed like an asshole move to me.’ Yes, I’ve always thought that’s an asshole thing to do.
The epilogue is pretty much an elongated moral like at the end of Aesop’s fables. I think the story would be better if the epilogue was cut back a lot or trashed completely. This could be simply personal taste, though. Maybe there are people who like to read a long moral at the end of a book. I found it boring.
Overall, this was a pretty good story, though it could use a good edit to tighten it up and cut a lot of the words. It took me a lot longer to read than a book of this length usually does, and I think a good cut would make it easier and faster to read. However, if you like a fantasy but are sick of the tired old tropes, this would be a good choice.
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