Review by alex_kemsley -- The Turn by Matthew Tysz
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 11:23
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Turn" by Matthew Tysz.]
3 out of 4 stars
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To begin, I’ll start the review with a couple of technicalities. I’m not sure the author’s background education or if he has an editor, either way, the book needs to be thoroughly combed through for small grammar errors. Things like commas, capitalization, etc. need to be kept consistent throughout the book. The first one I noticed would be the capitalization of the titles. Either capitalize the beginning of each word or don’t capitalize at all, when you mix both it just looks weird.
Now moving on to the actual content of the book, I’ll start with characters. I did read the page explaining that all of your characters are not the typical goodie-two-shoes, but in fact are characters a majority of people would not like. However, a key part of making a book good is making the characters relatable, even to the tiniest of a degree. Again, I understand that this is a post-apocalyptic-like event and that can change people, but the way the characters are presented in the beginning, it leaves the reader a little disjointed and frankly confused.
The plot is great, I love the ending, but I think his characters need to be developed a little bit more in order to make it flow more seamlessly. How did Scholar go from a kid living in the basement to who he is now? Why did Ashley outlive all the other wall street guys? He did well dropping little things that showed the backstory of the characters, like Ashley having a little brother. Even still, with three, what I would consider antiheroes, it’s a bit hard to relate to them. I would attempt to make them just the tiniest bit softer.
Okay, the turn. The idea of what the turn is is a GREAT idea, post-apocalyptic scenes are always interesting. However, starting the book off with a description of the turn from what seems to be the only character who didn’t see it, leaves a lot of holes. If the author leaves it that way and then included more details about the turn in say the next chapter or two, it would make the chronology of events flow a little better, in my opinion.
To conclude, The Turn by Matthew Tysz is off to a really good start and after the characters get developed a little bit more, I think it will be REALLY good. By developing the characters I feel the plot would move along at a steadier pace than what it’s at right now. I rate this book 3/4 stars. Overall the plot and characters were good, but as I said, the characters need a bit more developing and the book needs to some slight editing. I would recommend this book to fans of Walking Dead or anyone who enjoys a good, dark thriller. I enjoyed reading it and wish the author the best of luck in the future!
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The Turn
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3 out of 4 stars
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To begin, I’ll start the review with a couple of technicalities. I’m not sure the author’s background education or if he has an editor, either way, the book needs to be thoroughly combed through for small grammar errors. Things like commas, capitalization, etc. need to be kept consistent throughout the book. The first one I noticed would be the capitalization of the titles. Either capitalize the beginning of each word or don’t capitalize at all, when you mix both it just looks weird.
Now moving on to the actual content of the book, I’ll start with characters. I did read the page explaining that all of your characters are not the typical goodie-two-shoes, but in fact are characters a majority of people would not like. However, a key part of making a book good is making the characters relatable, even to the tiniest of a degree. Again, I understand that this is a post-apocalyptic-like event and that can change people, but the way the characters are presented in the beginning, it leaves the reader a little disjointed and frankly confused.
The plot is great, I love the ending, but I think his characters need to be developed a little bit more in order to make it flow more seamlessly. How did Scholar go from a kid living in the basement to who he is now? Why did Ashley outlive all the other wall street guys? He did well dropping little things that showed the backstory of the characters, like Ashley having a little brother. Even still, with three, what I would consider antiheroes, it’s a bit hard to relate to them. I would attempt to make them just the tiniest bit softer.
Okay, the turn. The idea of what the turn is is a GREAT idea, post-apocalyptic scenes are always interesting. However, starting the book off with a description of the turn from what seems to be the only character who didn’t see it, leaves a lot of holes. If the author leaves it that way and then included more details about the turn in say the next chapter or two, it would make the chronology of events flow a little better, in my opinion.
To conclude, The Turn by Matthew Tysz is off to a really good start and after the characters get developed a little bit more, I think it will be REALLY good. By developing the characters I feel the plot would move along at a steadier pace than what it’s at right now. I rate this book 3/4 stars. Overall the plot and characters were good, but as I said, the characters need a bit more developing and the book needs to some slight editing. I would recommend this book to fans of Walking Dead or anyone who enjoys a good, dark thriller. I enjoyed reading it and wish the author the best of luck in the future!
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The Turn
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