'๐๐ ๐ฆ'๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ช๐ ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐ฅ.'
Almost 100 years ago there was a large, unexplainable entity that came down to the world and gave the gift of summoning. Those who received the gift are known as 'Summoners'. They are able to form partnerships with beings from the past, present and future.
Seemingly because of this, problems began to form, human civilisation was brought to near-annihilation by an overpowering force, the Blighted - corrupted Summons that had collective, sinister thoughts.
After a few years of peace, civilisation was built up once again albeit remaining threatened by the ever-looming power of the Blighted.
But what would happen when an anomalous Summon with a voice inside his head was brought into the fray?
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Fundamentally speaking, I think this story has a lot of potential.ย ย ย ย ย
It introduces a fair bit of worldbuilding and plot points that could have made for a really interesting and engaging story.ย ย ย ย
Is it though?ย ย ย
For me personally, although the concept is interesting, the writing itself falls flat, and the pacing is much too swift. Furthermore, there is waaaay too much exposition and waaaay too much information being given right off the bat.ย ย ย
In my opinion, readers need to be fed this information more slowly in order for them to properly digest it and in order to build up both the story and any kind of suspense. Here, new things happen in quick succession, new elements and characters being introduced rapidly while giving exposition without allowing the readers proper time to digest it.ย ย ย
Also, I do find it difficult to become invested in the characters themselves, because I feel that they lack depth.ย ย ย
The main character, Keristis, is a Summon;
a sentient suit of armour suddenly summoned by Aurelius, a Summoner.
And in theory, both of these characters sound really interesting, but in practice?
I was definitely interested, and now I've lost interest.ย ย ย ย
Coming into this, I must admit that I did have certain expectations, having read the synopsis and all. However, I definitely expected something darker, with more suspense and a more sinister tone overall - and more insight into characters and character motivations *outside* of what was said in dialogue, as in "show don't tell" and in "don't dump all this info on me all at once because you're killing the suspense over here."ย ย ย
So yeah, this is enough for me. Again, it's an interesting concept, but I cannot deal with this execution.ย ย
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