How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


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This is one of the best books I've read in some time and I particularly recommend it to authors or would-be authors. Ms. Eason is a university lecturer in writing and I believe it is probably creative writing. Therefore it makes sense for her to have a pretty good idea of what is commonly believed sacrosanct in literature - namely, showing not telling. Nevertheless, she tells a great deal and even presents the reader with a number of information dumps. While one might think this would destroy the pacing she makes the content so interesting one just has to read on. On occasion I felt as if I were in a lecture hall listening to her explain some topic regarding the world she created. It was fascinating. The plot was fairly simple and the characters well developed. Once again she didn't attempt to psychoanalyze them but presented them in clean coherent thoughts and actions. Her protagonist is only 16 years old and was a little annoying but still consistent with what one might expect from someone of that age. There was plenty of action, intrigue and a satisfying ending although some loose ends remained thereby providing the author with something to start with in her next book. I definitely will keep reading the series although to the best of my knowledge 'the series' consists of only two books at this time.



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