Accidental World - Libroj.org

Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 21-a de oktobro 2020 de KAGRIFFIN.

ISBN:: 979-8-9890883-0-0

(1 recenzo)

Ethan Scott thinks he is having a normal Monday evening, waiting for his grandfather, Pops, to return. Pops had left on a mysterious errand the day before, and warned Ethan that if his return is delayed, then Ethan will be in danger. Suddenly, Ethan hears creaking on the footsteps and barricades himself in his room. That’s the last thing he remembers as THE ACCIDENTAL WORLD by K. A. Griffin begins before Ethan finds himself transported to a new world that was like nothing he had ever seen.

NHHMM is a futuristic town, blighted by air pollution that is so strong everyone wears masks in order to breathe. Everything is alien to Scott: his surroundings, the buggies that people travel in, his classmates, and the headmistress who seems to know him, but who he has never seen before in his life. But there is one thing that is familiar to Scott, …

Ethan Scott thinks he is having a normal Monday evening, waiting for his grandfather, Pops, to return. Pops had left on a mysterious errand the day before, and warned Ethan that if his return is delayed, then Ethan will be in danger. Suddenly, Ethan hears creaking on the footsteps and barricades himself in his room. That’s the last thing he remembers as THE ACCIDENTAL WORLD by K. A. Griffin begins before Ethan finds himself transported to a new world that was like nothing he had ever seen.

NHHMM is a futuristic town, blighted by air pollution that is so strong everyone wears masks in order to breathe. Everything is alien to Scott: his surroundings, the buggies that people travel in, his classmates, and the headmistress who seems to know him, but who he has never seen before in his life. But there is one thing that is familiar to Scott, and that is the popular game, Conquest, that he used to play with his grandfather. Scott excels at Conquest, beating all of his classmates. He is chosen to play in the tournament that is attended by many in the town, including the Chancellor. But he soon learns his Pop has been captured and jailed by the Chancellor. Pop is part of an underground resistance that holds the secrets to a powerful technology that the corrupt Chancellor wants to obtain. Nobody is who they appear to be, and Ethan learns the truth about his parents and Pop’s true identity. The tournament is Ethan’s chance to save Pop’s life and those in the resistance who are trying to free him. Pop’s and Ethan’s fate hangs in the balance. What becomes of Pop and the resistance fighters? Will Ethan disappear forever if he wins the tournament, a fate that has befallen previous winners? Readers will have to wait until the publication of Book 2 in this riveting trilogy to find out what Ethan’s destiny is in the accidental world he has traveled to, and that pits good against evil is a world not too dissimilar from our own.

2 eldonoj

Stephanie Jane recenzis Accidental World de Keith Griffin

Enjoyable YA fantasy

4 steloj

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed reading The Accidental World. A young adult fantasy adventure novel, it has a steampunk vibe which greatly appealed to me. I found our reluctant hero, Ethan, to be both an engaging character to spend time with and also always believable in his actions and motivations. He doesn't suddenly develop magic powers to save the day, but instead works to his strengths whilst striving to learn all he can about the mysterious world, NHHMM, into which he has been flung. This world has familiar elements, but is also strikingly different. I would pitch NHHMM as somewhere between The Oddfits by Tiffany Tsao and Unbroken Truth by Lukas Lundh, with hints of The Queen's Gambit along the way.

I felt Griffin chose a good balance between describing scenes in detail to readers and keeping up his story's pace. There were times when I …

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed reading The Accidental World. A young adult fantasy adventure novel, it has a steampunk vibe which greatly appealed to me. I found our reluctant hero, Ethan, to be both an engaging character to spend time with and also always believable in his actions and motivations. He doesn't suddenly develop magic powers to save the day, but instead works to his strengths whilst striving to learn all he can about the mysterious world, NHHMM, into which he has been flung. This world has familiar elements, but is also strikingly different. I would pitch NHHMM as somewhere between The Oddfits by Tiffany Tsao and Unbroken Truth by Lukas Lundh, with hints of The Queen's Gambit along the way.

I felt Griffin chose a good balance between describing scenes in detail to readers and keeping up his story's pace. There were times when I would have liked to have known more than we were told, but that's mostly because I love to know how gadgets work! The relationships between the main characters developed convincingly, especially that between Ethan and his grandfather. The side characters were often fun too (poor Peter!) and I loved the mysterious elements such as the man known as Darkest Night. The Accidental World would make a fabulous costume drama TV series and I do hope that Griffin has ideas for a sequel novel because I'm keen to read it.

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