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Catching On Fire (2012)

by Sue Knott(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1477450491 (ISBN13: 9781477450499)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

CreateSpace

review 1: I received this book in a giveaway, and found it quite entertaining in a superficial, basic kind of way. The main character is one of those reluctant, average style protagonists who appear to fall into 'complex' situations with a number of attractive men and in this case, orphaned children as well. The concept of glyphs is strangely introduced and doesn't seem to make a lot of sense except to make me feel that the author is propagating her own, original creationist theory. While a novel concept in itself, it was too strange for me to really want to get behind - the main character 'sees' them in her head, it eventuates that allegedly many others do as well, and this in itself becomes the focal point of strange covert government actions, which luckily the protagonist manages... more to avoid by virtue of the fact that she is of a suspicious nature. An interesting concept, and not a bad reading experience, however at times I felt some of the phrases used were strange and could benefit from a more thorough editing experience. If the sequel managed to avail itself to me I would read it but I don't feel a desperate longing to know what happens next.
review 2: I'm going to start this review off by saying I'm probably not the demographic this book is intended for. I found this book to be a bit weak for the reasons I was reading it. I was hoping to get more of a feel of the central plot of the book but it was very clouded, and not very well explained. It seemed that the author was more interested on telling the story of the main character's life more than the plot, adding trivial and very unimportant details. There was no mystery to the book, but it wasn't exactly to-the-point either. The whole book edged around the main problem, but never got in depth about it. Maybe more will be explained in books to come. The characters in this book were very 2-dimensional. They had no depth, and were not entirely believable. When the book switched characters for a short while, I had my hopes up, thinking that it would be an amazing way to explain a plot mechanic. I was disappointed when the chapters only talked about the history of the character, rather than adding anything important to the story. Overall, this book had potential, but the way the story was told made it really boring and drab. There was no feel of adventure, of excitement. The parts that I thought were going to be worth reading disappointed me every time. I am grateful for having read this book, but I cannot say that I would read the rest of the series.Also, there were some spelling and grammatical errors, but those do not contribute to the rating I gave this book. less

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