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Starfinder: Book One Of The Skylords (2009)

by John Marco(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0756405513 (ISBN13: 9780756405519)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

DAW Hardcover

series

Skylords

review 1: Moth was raised by a retired Eldrin knignt, Leroux, who was always telling him stories of the magical and dangerous land across the Reach. Just before Leroux dies, he makes Moth promise to return Esme, his pet bird, across the Reach, becasue, according to Leroux, she is actually a cursed Skylord woman. After Leroux's death the govenor comes to their apartment demanding that Moth give him Esme. Confused and frightened, Moth flees to his friend Fiona. Fiona is lonely and unhappy, so when they find Esme, they decide to leave the city and cross the Reach hoping to fullfill Leroux's wish and figure out what is going on. Unfortunately for them, the Reach is often fatal for humans.[return] I kept waiting for the story to pick up, but it just kind of meandered along. Even ... morethe few action scenes didn't feel intense and then they were very brief and so many of the storylines were not answered that it really just felt like a big introduction for the next book. We only get very superficial information about most of the characters and I found myself lost as to their motivations. Are the bad guys actually bad or just misguided? So by the end of the story I just kept finding myself thinking, "I don't understand why he (or she) did that." Especially since every other action switched between good and bad, or cruel and kind. I managed to finish this book, but I don't think I will bother picking up the next one, I didn't get attached enough to any of the characters to care what happens next.
review 2: Starfinder is a book that is filled with action and mythical creatures. Mermaids, centaurs, dragons, just to name a few.The plot itself is quite interesting and very different than what I have been reading. It twists and turns and is sometimes downright confusing. There were many times when following it was difficult and very puzzling.The characters were quite appealing. I enjoyed reading about Moth and his imagination and determination to fly in the sky as a Skyknight. Though, because of his age, I found him extremely innocent and naive. However, it is because of that naivety that allows him to work the Starfinder and become part of the ancient fight between humans and the Skylords.It was also interesting to see how Fiona changed from a stubborn little girl to a more mature young lady. Like Moth, she is extremely naive and believes that the world revolves around her in some way. She's mad at her grandfather because he doesn't like to bother her but she never takes the time to understand why. I liked seeing her change for the better when she finally took the time to believe in others and herself.The mythical creatures were introduced in a very shabby, awkward manner. I felt as if they just popped up all of a sudden and that was what made the plot quite baffling and hard to follow. However, despite their hast introductions, I could sympathize with their plight.The Skylords, the obvious "enemies" here, didn't seem much like an enemy. Yes, they wanted no one else to fly and wanted dictatorial rule over the people but that's their only negative part. If you overlooked that, you can see that they're actually really nice and really pretty people. I just couldn't see how horrible they were.Marco's writing style was easy to follow with no real mundane details. It definitely wasn't exceptional or anything, however, his plot and characters make up for it.Overall, Starfinder is an attractive novel that dwells with coming-of-age and the innocence of our childhood. less

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