
Gathering Mage
Fledgling God, Book 3
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Narrated by:
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Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey
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By:
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Michael Taggart
Jason is getting ready to have the adventure of his life!
He and Sandy are heading to the Gathering, which is a conference where the Heads of the Households of the supernatural world network, talk about problems and solutions facing the Houses, and learn a few things.
Jason is going just to support Sandy, and figures he’ll have a mildly interesting time and be home soon. Instead, he gets poisoned, fights for his life, meets a whole new nation, learns the history and secrets of runes, has a cosmic encounter, makes many new friends, and finally gets in touch with his godhood.
It’s a wild ride, so make sure you have snacks, a comfy blanket, hot chocolate, a lap cat/dog/bunny of choice, and get ready for some fun!
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Just great
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Loved it!
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I so get your humor!
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Fun action packed story
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I loved it!!
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Amazing
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Best series ever
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Not my cup of tea
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Occasionally, Jason addresses the reader, and it feels out of place. The author then proceeds to tell us how funny the pun or joke that Jason made was. It felt forced and I never laughed at any of them because it felt like I was being told to laugh. While this is probably nit-picky, I would think giving a hug to someone you just met would be a significantly more unwelcome than it was. Jason was really the only one that had anything happen to them, and I never felt there were any real stakes. Jason is so overpowered, that its hard to believe that anything bad could happen to him.
In the overall story, I think the author forgot one of the most important rules of writing; show, don't tell. instead of telling us how sad someone is, describe it and let us infer how sad the man is, or how happy, or how sad. its much more impactful. For the plot, you can smell a hint of one wafting through the text, but its conclusion was obvious and its premise was boring. it boils down to "This man is bad and misogynistic and hates the MC" and resolved in a completely unsatisfactory way.
Here are a few other things I found to be insufferable:
- The power comparisons were inconstant and vague. Don't just tell us that Jason is different than other young mages, give us an example so we can compare the two.
- I don't think that anyone is so horny they ignore all their other friends to go have sex. At least not any good people
- The author tells us that the centaurs are treated terribly, but everyone Jason meets are incredibly kind and respectful to them.
- The only person of consequence who wasn't kind to Jason and Sandy was the main antagonist, who wasn't introduced until like half way through the book.
- Half of the sentences started with the same pronoun did or pronoun looked like and it made the narrator's job hard, since it doesn't matter how you read writing. if the flow is choppy, then its hard to make it sound interesting.
Overall, I'm deeply disappointed with this book. I think the editor should have taken a much harder look at it before it was published. Maybe then, it wouldn't sound like a 3rd grader's writing homework.
Insufferably boring and sometimes cringworthy
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Anyways, other than that I would say I wish the main intriguing reveal of the book wasn’t spoiled by the series title.
Ok for getting chores done
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