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Title: Rewritten (Fallacy, Veracity, Evasion, Defiance)
Author: Morgan Bauman
Published: Qol Press, 2012, 2013
Rating: 2 of 5
Page Count: 723 (176, 191, 160, 196)
Total Page Count: 151,909
Text Number: 445
Read Because: copy provided by the author
Review: When Ray slips under the water of her family's pool, she emerges in a lake in a distant land—where everyone has fantastic powers, and she's trapped in another woman's body. Rewritten is more intent than execution. In theory, it's fantastic: the worldbuilding and characterization are robust and unforgiving, both in scale and consequence; there's great diversity and intensity in the interpersonal relationships, and the dynamic between protagonists Ray and Laenyn is particularly creative. But that potential goes unrealized. The mystery is forced and relies on poor communication; the emotions feel repetitive and unconvincing. I believe this series would be more successful if it were compressed into a single book; a little mandatory brevity would give it some punch. As is: an admirable effort, but it never clicked for me.
Author: Morgan Bauman
Published: Qol Press, 2012, 2013
Rating: 2 of 5
Page Count: 723 (176, 191, 160, 196)
Total Page Count: 151,909
Text Number: 445
Read Because: copy provided by the author
Review: When Ray slips under the water of her family's pool, she emerges in a lake in a distant land—where everyone has fantastic powers, and she's trapped in another woman's body. Rewritten is more intent than execution. In theory, it's fantastic: the worldbuilding and characterization are robust and unforgiving, both in scale and consequence; there's great diversity and intensity in the interpersonal relationships, and the dynamic between protagonists Ray and Laenyn is particularly creative. But that potential goes unrealized. The mystery is forced and relies on poor communication; the emotions feel repetitive and unconvincing. I believe this series would be more successful if it were compressed into a single book; a little mandatory brevity would give it some punch. As is: an admirable effort, but it never clicked for me.
