Review of Becoming the Dragon by Alex Sapien
While this book was at times very engaging and well written, I cannot even say there were any grammatical errors that I came across, I would rate this book a 2 out of 4 stars. Becoming the Dragon is a story about a young man Andy, and his journey through a portal to another world that has the typical fantasy cast (i.e. elves, gnomes, and of course dragons), and how he is put in several situations that lead to him becoming a dragon. This book feels like it could honestly have been 3 books had someone else written it, but instead it is one book that even after reading it feels like there was no real plot.
The book starts out in our world, and you get a small glimpse into Andy's home life. Other than to use it for later reference I don't fully understand why some of the things were even included in this part. First, you get to learn about how he was struck by lightning two years prior, in a …show more content…
For example, a teenager that was unable to use electronics in this day and age is almost inconceivable. How would he do homework, get in touch with friends, even his love of cooking could be affected since most ovens and stoves are electric now. This little side bit was mentioned as a mild inconvenience since he couldn't play video games, but it clearly would have a much larger impact upon a person's life as technology is what we rely on all the time often without thinking about it. Another point that I brought up in the summary was his love of cooking, that other than giving a way to meet his sister and her friends was never mentioned again. Cooking is a great skill to have, he could have easily used cooking a meal as a way to gain the trust of someone, or just even to keep himself alive. Unfortunately, these little traits were only mentioned and never used to wholly develop his
While this book was at times very engaging and well written, I cannot even say there were any grammatical errors that I came across, I would rate this book a 2 out of 4 stars. Becoming the Dragon is a story about a young man Andy, and his journey through a portal to another world that has the typical fantasy cast (i.e. elves, gnomes, and of course dragons), and how he is put in several situations that lead to him becoming a dragon. This book feels like it could honestly have been 3 books had someone else written it, but instead it is one book that even after reading it feels like there was no real plot.
The book starts out in our world, and you get a small glimpse into Andy's home life. Other than to use it for later reference I don't fully understand why some of the things were even included in this part. First, you get to learn about how he was struck by lightning two years prior, in a …show more content…
For example, a teenager that was unable to use electronics in this day and age is almost inconceivable. How would he do homework, get in touch with friends, even his love of cooking could be affected since most ovens and stoves are electric now. This little side bit was mentioned as a mild inconvenience since he couldn't play video games, but it clearly would have a much larger impact upon a person's life as technology is what we rely on all the time often without thinking about it. Another point that I brought up in the summary was his love of cooking, that other than giving a way to meet his sister and her friends was never mentioned again. Cooking is a great skill to have, he could have easily used cooking a meal as a way to gain the trust of someone, or just even to keep himself alive. Unfortunately, these little traits were only mentioned and never used to wholly develop his