There is something alluring about Meyer’s text that keeps me wanting to keep reading. The mysterious nature to the story and the fantasy, often riding the fence between the dark and the mystical continually draws the reader deeper into the world. However, as is often with original or semi-original fantasies, there is not enough emphasis on the description of the various elements that Meyer is naming to create an accurate picture of this world and how it appears. As a reader, I find it confusing and difficult to follow some of the action because I have no context for what’s going on in the story.
Overall, I was expecting a little more from the read, but the new and recreated elements of the mythology, especially the obsidian lion named Vermithrax, are engaging and make it fun to see what new creature or fantasy element may pop up. It is refreshing to see something that’s out of the vampire and magic vein, but the world needs more description and explanation to really take hold.
Critique
There is something alluring about Meyer’s text that keeps me wanting to keep reading. The mysterious nature to the story and the fantasy, often riding the fence between the dark and the mystical continually draws the reader deeper into the world. However, as is often with original or semi-original fantasies, there is not enough emphasis on the description of the various elements that Meyer is naming to create an accurate picture of this world and how it appears. As a reader, I find it confusing and difficult to follow some of the action because I have no context for what’s going on in the story.
Overall, I was expecting a little more from the read, but the new and recreated elements of the mythology, especially the obsidian lion named Vermithrax, are engaging and make it fun to see what new creature or fantasy element may pop up. It is refreshing to see something that’s out of the vampire and magic vein, but the world needs more description and explanation to really take hold.
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