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by T.M. Doran (Goodreads Author)

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I get the impression that the author is a Tolkien/Lewis wannabe, but I don't think he's pulling it off. The characters are pretty flat, and there's over-explanation of the dynamic between Hill and the villain. And I think he tries to get credit by inserting famous people like GK Chesterton instead of inventing his own interesting people. Does this get better?

T.M. Doran Rachel, if I wanted to be another Tolkien/Lewis (too high an aspiration for me), I'd have written a fantasy story, not this story. As for the characte…moreRachel, if I wanted to be another Tolkien/Lewis (too high an aspiration for me), I'd have written a fantasy story, not this story. As for the characters, I found them harder (not easier) to write than characters in other books I've composed because of the limitations I had to observe, fewer dimensions of freedom if you will. Cheers!(less)

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