"Fata Morgana" by Ken Mitchroney and Steven R Boyett
Not sure if it was just the copy I had or how my Kindle e-reader
handled the file, but there was some formatting errors with my copy.
There would be a couple words and then it would drop the to the next
line and finish the sentence. Other than that formatting error occasionally the e-book was fine.
A story about a WW II bomber going into some sort of parallel universe, Wow! How can you go wrong with a synopsis
like that. That is what originally drew me to this story. I really
liked the sound of what the story was about. The cover art is nice, and
to be honest, I've never heard of the authors, but the story description sounded awesome.
This book had some exciting sequences throughout the story. The opening scene is an in late out early type scenario and are tossed directly into battle. It is an exciting scene though and really got me into
the mood of the story. I had a sense of being in the battle and what
would be going on around me if I had been there. The description here
was done very well.
The
characters are introduced one by one, but that is where I ran into some
issues. Many of the characters were introduced, but were called by
different names all during the same scene. I had trouble keeping up
with who was saying what because I couldn’t figure out whose name was
whose from previous scenes. I think that the character tags could have
been shored up and tightened up a bit and it would of helped the story
flow a little bit smoother for me.
One
minor thing that kind of bugged me was when a couple of the chapter
breaks happened. I think that it would have been a good transition into
a new scene, but the hard break left the story feeling weird for some
reason. One example would be the backstory of Martin on the Ill Wind.
There was a hard chapter break and then it went into the backstory. To
me it would of felt more natural to just read a scene break and keep
going.
Sometimes
the description became too much for me. I would just start skimming
through paragraphs that described in a lot of detail.
There were also a lot of military terms used and thrown around that I
didn't understand because I was never in the military. The use of so
much military terminology kind of broke the flow of reading, sort of
like a speed bump.
The
first part of the book just went on too long for my tastes. It was a
military story for the first 30% of the book. Then it started to delve
into the fantasy aspect of the book. I was hoping this book would be
much more fantasy from the get go. I understand having to build up to
the scene where they cross over, but I think it could have been done
with much less.
Overall, the story was ok. The writing was not bad, but wasn't great. It occupied some time for me, but didn't leave any lasting impressions on me.
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