Review of Pathic Time Stain
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[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Pathic Time Stain" by Larry Jordan.]
Pathic: The Time Stain by L. Jordan is a two-part action-packed story that takes you to many planets as a man seeks revenge and the truth about his heritage. Webo vows to save his mother, Livia, when she gets the healing life sickness. As he is talking to her, he asks for the truth about his father, Azhi, who had died before he was born, and why she hates the Pathic people. What his mother tells him results in Webo becoming obsessed with finding those who betrayed his father and learning more about his Pathic heritage. However, not everyone wants Webo to learn more about his father and the Pathics. What did Livia tell Webo? What type of people were the Pathics? Will Webo be able to save his mother from the healing life sickness?
One of my favorite aspects of this book is that Webo’s journeys take him to many planets throughout the galaxy over different time periods. The author’s skill in character and demographic development allowed me to visualize the different planets, spaceships, and characters. For example, one of the spaceships was shaped like a shark. The storyline has many life lessons about how fear can consume you, how your emotions can work for or against you, and how your actions today have consequences tomorrow, to name a few. For example, your anxiety or frustration can make you make mistakes, have poor judgment, or lose control of yourself. The storyline also touches on moral issues. For example, is survival worth any sacrifice?
Unfortunately, this book is not without flaws. It contains many errors that a professional editor would have found, and there were places where names were spelled differently (e.g., “A Dora” and “Adora”), which confused me as to whether they were typographical errors, two different places, or a spelling change between two different eras. Although I disliked the confusion this caused, it did not affect my overall enjoyment of the book.
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars because of the negative aspects discussed above. I found no other reason to deduct more stars. I enjoyed reading the book because the storyline flowed smoothly, and it offered many life lessons I could learn from. Although it is the second book in the trilogy, I did not feel I needed to read the first one to understand this one.
If you enjoy space opera books about interstellar travel, nontraditional characters, and gore, you will enjoy reading this book. However, sensitive and younger readers need to be cautioned that this book contains non-borderline profanity that they may find offensive.
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Pathic: The Time Stain by L. Jordan is a two-part action-packed story that takes you to many planets as a man seeks revenge and the truth about his heritage. Webo vows to save his mother, Livia, when she gets the healing life sickness. As he is talking to her, he asks for the truth about his father, Azhi, who had died before he was born, and why she hates the Pathic people. What his mother tells him results in Webo becoming obsessed with finding those who betrayed his father and learning more about his Pathic heritage. However, not everyone wants Webo to learn more about his father and the Pathics. What did Livia tell Webo? What type of people were the Pathics? Will Webo be able to save his mother from the healing life sickness?
One of my favorite aspects of this book is that Webo’s journeys take him to many planets throughout the galaxy over different time periods. The author’s skill in character and demographic development allowed me to visualize the different planets, spaceships, and characters. For example, one of the spaceships was shaped like a shark. The storyline has many life lessons about how fear can consume you, how your emotions can work for or against you, and how your actions today have consequences tomorrow, to name a few. For example, your anxiety or frustration can make you make mistakes, have poor judgment, or lose control of yourself. The storyline also touches on moral issues. For example, is survival worth any sacrifice?
Unfortunately, this book is not without flaws. It contains many errors that a professional editor would have found, and there were places where names were spelled differently (e.g., “A Dora” and “Adora”), which confused me as to whether they were typographical errors, two different places, or a spelling change between two different eras. Although I disliked the confusion this caused, it did not affect my overall enjoyment of the book.
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars because of the negative aspects discussed above. I found no other reason to deduct more stars. I enjoyed reading the book because the storyline flowed smoothly, and it offered many life lessons I could learn from. Although it is the second book in the trilogy, I did not feel I needed to read the first one to understand this one.
If you enjoy space opera books about interstellar travel, nontraditional characters, and gore, you will enjoy reading this book. However, sensitive and younger readers need to be cautioned that this book contains non-borderline profanity that they may find offensive.
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Pathic Time Stain
View: on Bookshelves
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