The Boy with the Porcelain Blade (The Erebus Sequence, Book#1)
Author: Den Patrick
Introduction: I have thought of updating this as a live blog. So I will pen down my thoughts as I read the novel, and include an overall review at the end.
15th May 2015: Chapter 1
The story grips you right at the get-go.
Protagonist introduced in exciting circumstances.
16th May 2015: Chapter 2-7
The level of English vocabulary is good. Found many words that I see rarely outside of the GRE Word Lists. :P
There is no background narrative, but the background is inter-meshed into the main story itself as alternating chapters with time jumps.
The advantage of using flash backs do tell prior history is that the story may be kick-started right from the beginning, but the disadvantage is that there is a regular breakage of flow when the flash back happens. Clever writers gradually tend to reduce number of flashbacks as the story builds up so that the crescendo build up with a great climax and/or cliff hanger in the end.
15th May 2015: Chapter 1
The story grips you right at the get-go.
Protagonist introduced in exciting circumstances.
16th May 2015: Chapter 2-7
The level of English vocabulary is good. Found many words that I see rarely outside of the GRE Word Lists. :P
There is no background narrative, but the background is inter-meshed into the main story itself as alternating chapters with time jumps.
The advantage of using flash backs do tell prior history is that the story may be kick-started right from the beginning, but the disadvantage is that there is a regular breakage of flow when the flash back happens. Clever writers gradually tend to reduce number of flashbacks as the story builds up so that the crescendo build up with a great climax and/or cliff hanger in the end.
Rest Coming Soon....
