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Weight Of The Worlds: Book One
For his fourteenth birthday, Atlas Sterling celebrated with his family at his favorite pizza restaurant. Three days later, he was abducted from his bed and taken to the planet Titan, 9,000 light years away.
Forcibly conscripted into the Titan Academy, Atlas and fourteen other fourteen-year-olds must train to fulfill an ancient, interstellar prophecy by discovering and securing a legendary relic of incomprehensible power, the Celestial Sphere.
Shrouded in myth and mystery, the Celestial Sphere holds the power to bring peace to the Galaxy. Whole civilizations have annihilated themselves and others seeking for it.
Atlas has no choice. Uncovering the secrets of the Sphere is the only path that brings him and his friends home alive.
Forcibly conscripted into the Titan Academy, Atlas and fourteen other fourteen-year-olds must train to fulfill an ancient, interstellar prophecy by discovering and securing a legendary relic of incomprehensible power, the Celestial Sphere.
Shrouded in myth and mystery, the Celestial Sphere holds the power to bring peace to the Galaxy. Whole civilizations have annihilated themselves and others seeking for it.
Atlas has no choice. Uncovering the secrets of the Sphere is the only path that brings him and his friends home alive.
- GenresScience Fiction
402 pages, Paperback
Published February 18, 2021
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July 21, 2022
I really enjoyed this book. In my opinion, this is better than any Percy Jackson book or almost any other YA sci-fi/fantasy I’ve read. The characters are distinct and interesting. The story is really exciting and clever. The wordplay is great. I really look forward to more from this author. It blows my mind that he’s not been published by Tor or Dragonsteel or another big publisher.
June 28, 2021
Alright, so. The. Story. Line.
Weight of the Worlds blended so incredibly well. The story not only flowed but ebbed and flowed, allowing some setbacks and casualties to what could have been a very familiar plotline.
With a plotline like this- young Philadelphians (Earthlings) with a mission to save the worlds in space- it’s easy to assume you know how it’s all going to play out. I thought I had a few predictions that would be easy to untangle as the story progressed, but boy, was I wrong. Greenhalgh really put some deep thought into this book series, and it shows.
There was plenty of unexpected plot development found in the book that progressed at a consistent pace.
I honestly can’t tell you if I ever felt a lag in the storyline. I was busy enough trying to catch up with the constant changes in drastic scenery.
One thing that I was very happy to see, was that instead of allowing the characters to get out of hairy situations unscathed, Greenhalgh almost always orchestrated an opportunity for our protagonists to suffer a setback. I really don’t like when authors write a story that is 2 dimensional- like an arrow that only goes straight. Weight of the Worlds really took you down some interesting roads that were not predictable in the slightest (at least, by my standards) but still interesting and unique, and come to find, desired.
I was pleased to find believable dialogue that goes back and forth well between the characters. However, when you aren’t as focused as you could be while reading, the dialogue can see choppy and sometimes robotic and unrelatable (for example, if you were doing calls while reading). A lot of phrases like, “I cannot” and “Of course, sir.” were used, which didn’t always seem to fit the age and experience of the young characters or even the older characters.
But when you really immerse yourself in the novel and read it in an environment that allows you to create your own world, the dialogue will be spectacular to experience. I highly recommend making the space and time this novel deserves to be truly enjoyed in.
And last but not least, lack of sappy romance. Yet another quality I really enjoyed about this novel. The fact that romance is not the main vein in what is obviously a YA novel is AMAZING TO ME. I love YA books that show that life isn’t always meaningful or full of life when it’s all about romance, all the time, in every circumstance. These characters are self-motivated and strong.
Read my full review here: https://darlingexpose.com/2021/06/10/...
Weight of the Worlds blended so incredibly well. The story not only flowed but ebbed and flowed, allowing some setbacks and casualties to what could have been a very familiar plotline.
With a plotline like this- young Philadelphians (Earthlings) with a mission to save the worlds in space- it’s easy to assume you know how it’s all going to play out. I thought I had a few predictions that would be easy to untangle as the story progressed, but boy, was I wrong. Greenhalgh really put some deep thought into this book series, and it shows.
There was plenty of unexpected plot development found in the book that progressed at a consistent pace.
I honestly can’t tell you if I ever felt a lag in the storyline. I was busy enough trying to catch up with the constant changes in drastic scenery.
One thing that I was very happy to see, was that instead of allowing the characters to get out of hairy situations unscathed, Greenhalgh almost always orchestrated an opportunity for our protagonists to suffer a setback. I really don’t like when authors write a story that is 2 dimensional- like an arrow that only goes straight. Weight of the Worlds really took you down some interesting roads that were not predictable in the slightest (at least, by my standards) but still interesting and unique, and come to find, desired.
I was pleased to find believable dialogue that goes back and forth well between the characters. However, when you aren’t as focused as you could be while reading, the dialogue can see choppy and sometimes robotic and unrelatable (for example, if you were doing calls while reading). A lot of phrases like, “I cannot” and “Of course, sir.” were used, which didn’t always seem to fit the age and experience of the young characters or even the older characters.
But when you really immerse yourself in the novel and read it in an environment that allows you to create your own world, the dialogue will be spectacular to experience. I highly recommend making the space and time this novel deserves to be truly enjoyed in.
And last but not least, lack of sappy romance. Yet another quality I really enjoyed about this novel. The fact that romance is not the main vein in what is obviously a YA novel is AMAZING TO ME. I love YA books that show that life isn’t always meaningful or full of life when it’s all about romance, all the time, in every circumstance. These characters are self-motivated and strong.
Read my full review here: https://darlingexpose.com/2021/06/10/...
August 11, 2024
Not in 9,000 light years did I think I would enjoy a book about made up worlds and aliens, but here we are, loving every page and eager to read the rest of the series.
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