by: Jason Pratt
Hardcover: 444 pages
Publisher: Bittersea Publications (September 14, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0977888401
ISBN-13: 978-0977888405
Publisher: Bittersea Publications (September 14, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0977888401
ISBN-13: 978-0977888405
Cry of Justice is the first in a new fantasy trilogy by Jason Pratt. His story shows the premise of action, adventure and complex web of characters. While Mr. Pratt has a wonderful writing voice - his writing was very poetic to me and style quite different than what I have read previously.
With that being said, I just could not get into this story. I honestly don't know why and I really wanted to. I tried a handful of times and just found my mind wondering. Perhaps it was simply a matter of wrong genre reading at the wrong time. I don't know - one of those crux of being a bit of a "mood" reader. Cry of Justice is told in a rather unique perspective. It is told largely through the character's journel entries. Which, in itself, was a nice way to get into the character's heads and "see" more of what was going on within the story. However, the journal entries were in quite a bit smaller font size than the rest of the story. So I think that switch back and forth was a bit distracting to me. I do think that lovers of fantasy will enjoy this novel and I fully intend to pick it up down the road - so I'm not giving up on it! Mr. Pratt seems like a wonderful person and I look forward to seeing what comes from him in the future!
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Product Description:
HOPE AND LOVE - PRIDE AND HONOR. Monsters wander the world of Mikon. Caught in the aftermath of a vicious international war, thousands of refugees have fled the Coastal States, bringing their dangers with them into the wilderness near the untamed Middlelands. Castaways from an imploding civilization- fighting to find and to understand the most dangerous of treasures ... Portunista: innovative, ambitious, intemperate; a maga seeking her path to Imperial glory ... Seifas: dark and lethal, alienating, poetic; a hunter whose words are his tears ... Gaekwar: lanky, laconic, sardonic; 'only a cowherd', yet wielding exotic weaponry ... Othon: the Implacable One; a quiet, quick-thinking giant of a man ... Dagon: arrogant, insecure, buffoonish; a miserable commander with a knack for solving puzzles ... Pooralay: ruthless and compassionate, loud and brusque- when he wants to be; a thug on a mystical quest ... Bomas: renegade killer planning a subtle genocide; Artabanus: self-proclaimed Arbiter, drawing every power to himself; Praxiteles: incompetent madman, possessing and possessed by the Roguent Gamin ... In their increasingly desperate struggles- for food, for knowledge, for life itself- what will make the difference between brigades and bands of brigands?2007 Novel of the Year (CSPA retailer poll)
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Excerpt:
Portunista needed light, but dared not jott.
"LIGHT!" she roared. " I need a torch! - blast your bleeding eyes!" She cursed and shouted, concentration strained and failing...
She might run now...through the door...run away, and escape and live...
-no-she refused - Jian was still in this room, where she had killed him with her pride
-and she-was going- to win-!
-and she-was going- to win-!
Portunista stood in place, bearing the pain that he had borne, defying the room's defenses to kill her, crying out for light...
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About the author:
Jason Pratt is a native of West Tennessee, and the systems manager for Dyer Fiberglass, Inc. He holds a bachelor of communications degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
When he isn't freelance editing other people's books or writing philosophical treatises as a respected guest on various Internet sites, he can be found pondering tactics and strategies in the lates war game or studying metaphysics and world history. Occasionally he finds the time to instruct, judge and compete in the art of fencing; and has been known to write cinematic epic fantasies when people aren't looking. Cry of Justice is the first book of an initial trilogy, the third book of which he is currently composing.
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6 comments:
That would be... a 1, then. (Or a 0, maybe... {lol!})
Not a problem. I still appreciated the review. {s!}
Readers can find more details about CoJ (presented in the format of the "Fantasy Novelist's Exam") at this CafoDream article, by the way!
Incidentally, a good portion of the admittedly-rather-confusing opening section of the book can be found read aloud on-line for free here at Rebecca's Reads. It's roughly the first full nine pages of text, up through the end of chapter 2, and ends right before the narrative begins switching over to a more conventional style (also right before the first major action scene. {g})
JRP
Hi Jason! Thanks so much for stopping by! No, actually I was thinking more of a 2 - 3. Honestly, it was not your writing or the story (that's the reason that I wanted to read this, the story line sounded/s awesome! I honestly do intend to pick it up again and see if I can get into it better. That's the reason I didn't put down an actual rating, because I don't think it would be fair to you to do that, since it was my own fault that I could not get into the story. Now, if I thought the writing was bad and the premise of the story bad and not going anywhere, I would have put down a rating, that was not the case here. I decided to hold off on the rating until a later time when I feel I can give it a more precise rating.
I am so thrilled to have had the opportunity to host you on this stop!
Thanks for the clarification!
I've been wondering, though, if people would have an easier time getting into the book if they just listened to the first part rather than trying to read it. But then, how much should they listen to? The first 20 minutes, i.e. up through chp 2? Up through chp 6? (Past the next set of direct-journal entries.) Up through chp 10? (The first of Section Two, after which the narrative stays traditional for a long time.)
JRP
The premise of Cry of Justice is certainly intriguing. It does sound like something I would like, even the writing format.
I've had that happen too, April, where I just can't get into a book, even knowing I probably would like it if circumstances were different. And I know it has nothing to do with the book and everything to do with me and where I am in that moment. At least I know I can come back to it when I'm ready. And I just mind end up loving it.
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