Review of Constelis Voss Vol. 1: Colour Theory
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Review of Constelis Voss Vol. 1: Colour Theory
Constellis Voss Vol.1 Colour Theory by K. Leigh is a science fiction story on a repressive dystopia mixing real-life coefficients to an unreal, alien, and futuristic world, where survey and hopeless objects mix with their inspectors with an unknown outcome. Alex is the book’s central character. He’s the survey object but also an administrator or “a predator of the predators” in this strange world. Other characters enter the scenery taking the role of his controller, his helper, or even his headrest although roles’ distinguishing lines seem to fade away as the chapters pass, and colors within the lines mix.
The story leaves cliffhangers at the end of each chapter, which are new facts to be explored. The particular aspect is very engaging and should be credited as one of the book’s advantages. In addition, the book seems like an anime written as a novel. I particularly liked this touch. The author seems to have full control of the strings to pull by managing to balance between anime images that the reader can surely imagine as the lines pass and a vivid wording that captures the moment. As a side effect, one can see a gradual increase of psychological and pure violence, mystery, or even latent erotism as new characters enter the plot and the situations perplex. This last one, i.e., the gradual entering of new elements, is also an interesting touch that will appeal to readers. Lastly, the book has only a few errors and seems well edited.
On the other hand, I consider that more effort should be put into the connection between cause and effect in the story. Keeping in mind that it’s a novel and not a comic, it seems that some things are happening due to Alex’s rage on the system, but I feel that this hatred against the regime is not fully substantiated. Moreover, the plot till some point seems to lead to a certain climax to the point where the author clarifies, via interfering in the story, that practically it’s the journey that matters not the end. Later on, the particular practice, i.e., author’s interference, seems to also be followed to justify decisions or actions. This practice, although innovative, seems a bit strange and unnecessary for a typical sci-fi book or any novel in general. I consider the last one a minor drawback given that the author has the freedom to just add more pages in the story if she thinks that a plot gap needs to be filled.
Overall, I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars for being an innovative entrance to the sci-fi novel providing a fresh look. The lack of some more pages and the author’s interference to justify the climax or the decisions taken don’t seem important to negatively rate the book. On the contrary, given that the request is for more pages to be added to the story, I consider it a reason to not deduct any star from such a well-written story.
This book is appropriate for adults only due to its violent content and vulgar language. The casual reader might read it but not the one that is offended by such content.
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Perhaps whenever I am in the mood, I will pick it up.
Thanks for a well written review.
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