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Drew Bowling, The Tower of Shadows
Del Rey (2007) ISBN: 0-345-48670-6
Score: 0
Start of a YA epic fantasy series written by a teenager (and it shows). The reason you don't see child prodigy novelists is that immature writers can't write convincing mature characters. If there's anything original in this book, I didn't see it in the first couple chapters, and there's only so much awkward (and just plain bad) prose I'm willing to put up with.
Next Book: Max Brooks, World War Z
Del Rey (2007) ISBN: 0-345-48670-6
Score: 0
Start of a YA epic fantasy series written by a teenager (and it shows). The reason you don't see child prodigy novelists is that immature writers can't write convincing mature characters. If there's anything original in this book, I didn't see it in the first couple chapters, and there's only so much awkward (and just plain bad) prose I'm willing to put up with.
Next Book: Max Brooks, World War Z