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A Red Sun Also Rises (2012)

by Mark Hodder(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

161614694X (ISBN13: 9781616146948)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Pyr

review 1: Aiden is a young minister, a quiet bookish man who becomes involved in an adventure beyond belief when he goes to a missionary post. Not only is he faced with monsters and freakish creatures, but he is transported to another world. By his side is the crippled and disfigured Clarissa who is brilliant and acts as his sextant. Together, the two are subjected to multiple dangers and they must fight and help each other to survive. The world-building of Hodder is intricate and complex. There are multiple lands in this world and each has creatures remarkably different from the other. While some creatures appear monstrous, they may have a civility to them that belies their appearance. Others act as horrific as they appear. The complexity of philosophy and the true connection betwe... moreen the worlds is confusing and somewhat convoluted. This is a difficult story to follow but the ingenuity of the author is apparent. Making correlations to our own misguided beliefs is an undercurrent that may fascinate those looking for a deeper meaning.
review 2: I saw this at the library and thought it sounded interesting. I was not disappointed. My biggest beef with books has to be central characters that I find unlikable. I like the characters in this book and enjoy the changes in them as the story progresses. Love the worlds he creates, England, remote island and especially Ptallaya. He vividly describes the world without getting mired down in the descriptions. The inhabitants of Ptallaya are as wonderful as the world they live in, and while the description of them at first appears monstrous, it takes humans to make something monstrous of their world. I can't help but smile at the Yatsill and their English, as well as the funny names they give themselves. The pace of the story never lags and my only complaint is that it has ended far to soon. I hope their is another adventure with Aiden, Clarissa and the world of Ptallaya, or more... less

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