The Journeyer and the Pilgrimage for the Origin of Magic by Benjamin T. DudleyMy rating: 0 of 5 stars
Didn't get far in this before the language defeated me. It's one of those where the author is going for high-flown but doesn't have the chops for it, and occasionally drops a clanging colloquialism like "ass" in the middle of the attempted eloquence.
My spidey-sense always goes off these days when I read that an author has a degree in creative writing; whatever they teach in creative writing class, it's not basic mechanics like punctuating dialog or avoiding comma splices, clearly; based on the examples I've seen, maybe it's to attempt to write books that you don't yet have the experience to pull off.
Plus, there's a prophecy (a negative for me) from a character who is on drugs (big negative) who is apparently 10 years old (huge negative, when paired with the drug use), and it's post-apocalyptic (that's another negative).
Other people liked it; you may too. I did not.
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