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Just Ridiculous

Revisado: 06-12-09

I was hoping for more from this one. The plot description caught my attention, and I admit to liking a plot-driven piece of ear-candy now and then. But I want at least a modicum of explanation and plausibility.

Everything, and I do mean everything, is magical in this book. There are huge inconsistencies that are leaped in a single bound - magically. Weird character flaws and again inconsistencies that are simply glossed over - magically. The plot twist at the end was thoroughly predictable and even the ending was hole filled with questions regarding all of the character's motives.

In the end, there is absolutely NO explanation of how the main plot device (the golden circlets) work through people's mind/spirit power, NO explanation of how they connect to ancient China, and NO explanation of how all this esoteric knowledge stayed hidden for 800 or more years.

Apparently there is a sequel, although not on available on Audible.com, called Ex Machina. As in, Deus Ex Machina. God from the machine? Seriously, I wouldn't be to certain that more information or explaination will be forthcoming in a sequel the title of which refers to the hackneyed plot device of an improbable character or event simply appearing to make the way smooth for our heroes...

Skip this one, Ladies and Gentlemen.

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