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Review by Rissaroo1234 -- Changing Masks
[Following is a volunteer review of "Changing Masks" by Nicholas Metelsky.]
2 out of 4 stars
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Author Nicholas Metelsky has created an otherworldly adventure in Changing Masks. A veteran fighter finds himself in a young boy's body. In an alternate Tokyo, a world full of fighting and adventure, Shinji goes through life as a boy, schoolwork, friendships, relationships. While at night, he's a hired agent, mastering his skills in fighting and thievery.
This book definitely caught my eye with its comic book style cover art. I fully expected an adventure, and I definitely got one! It's practically two stories in one book, being that it's a man, who's lived almost 40 years, suddenly having a new life as a preteen boy in another world. Luckily, there are similarities in the new world that are similar to his old one, like subtle reminders of a time he once knew. Reminiscing about his past life, the family he's left behind, and finding his place in this new world, when the young boys parents leave him behind and he must find his own way with help from the family that lives next door.
What I liked most about this book was the feeling of culture I felt while reading it. There's a set level of social classes in this book and each of them play their part in each sect. Everyone has a secret, but everyone gets to keep their secrets to themselves as long as they play their role. In this book, your class and your abilities define you, and I appreciate how much that cultural aspect is reflected in this book.
The thing I disliked most while reading this book was that the conversations were a little hard to follow. I believe this stems from the fact that this is a book that has been translated from Russian. So while the story wasn't hard to follow, when the characters were speaking to each other, sometimes the syntax became hard to follow. Words were brought up that hadn't been said before, but became part of the dialog as if you were supposed to know what was being talked about.
I've rated this book a 2 out of 4 because of the sometimes rough translations and also because of some of the relationships between the characters. I found some of the conversations and settings a bit uncomfortable, picturing a young boy having grown up conversations and living a life so much larger than he is. I wish he had more time to just be a young man.
I think this book would most appeal to the adult crowd. Being that the main character is in high school, but is also a man in about every sense of the word. I'd say a good age range would be between 19 and 30. This book, I feel is a bit too advanced for the young adult category. If you're a reader and enjoy alternate worlds and dimensions, this is definitely the book for you.
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2 out of 4 stars
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Author Nicholas Metelsky has created an otherworldly adventure in Changing Masks. A veteran fighter finds himself in a young boy's body. In an alternate Tokyo, a world full of fighting and adventure, Shinji goes through life as a boy, schoolwork, friendships, relationships. While at night, he's a hired agent, mastering his skills in fighting and thievery.
This book definitely caught my eye with its comic book style cover art. I fully expected an adventure, and I definitely got one! It's practically two stories in one book, being that it's a man, who's lived almost 40 years, suddenly having a new life as a preteen boy in another world. Luckily, there are similarities in the new world that are similar to his old one, like subtle reminders of a time he once knew. Reminiscing about his past life, the family he's left behind, and finding his place in this new world, when the young boys parents leave him behind and he must find his own way with help from the family that lives next door.
What I liked most about this book was the feeling of culture I felt while reading it. There's a set level of social classes in this book and each of them play their part in each sect. Everyone has a secret, but everyone gets to keep their secrets to themselves as long as they play their role. In this book, your class and your abilities define you, and I appreciate how much that cultural aspect is reflected in this book.
The thing I disliked most while reading this book was that the conversations were a little hard to follow. I believe this stems from the fact that this is a book that has been translated from Russian. So while the story wasn't hard to follow, when the characters were speaking to each other, sometimes the syntax became hard to follow. Words were brought up that hadn't been said before, but became part of the dialog as if you were supposed to know what was being talked about.
I've rated this book a 2 out of 4 because of the sometimes rough translations and also because of some of the relationships between the characters. I found some of the conversations and settings a bit uncomfortable, picturing a young boy having grown up conversations and living a life so much larger than he is. I wish he had more time to just be a young man.
I think this book would most appeal to the adult crowd. Being that the main character is in high school, but is also a man in about every sense of the word. I'd say a good age range would be between 19 and 30. This book, I feel is a bit too advanced for the young adult category. If you're a reader and enjoy alternate worlds and dimensions, this is definitely the book for you.
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