October 7, 2023
It's a hero problem *SPOILERS*
I loved the first book enough to read it twice. Larek was just out of his small town and his naivety made sense. In book one, he has had months of travel, his life almost lost based on one person's false accusation, threatened, ostracized and seemed to come into his own. This is why I simply cannot understand how much of an idiot he is in book 2. Like somewhere between book 1 and 2 despite his increases in intelligence, exposure to real damage to others and the knowledge of the thin line his freedom was on, he got dumber.
SPOILERS START HERE
Last book a bunch of students got hurt. His teacher who encouraged him died and her reputation screwed over because of both what Larek did as well as the prejudice of the dean. He was depressed and barely interacted with the other characters due to this. He knew his creations blew up an entire floor of the academy. All of this and he is still talking too much and exposing his friends to danger. 5 minutes into new book and he is sharing his MAJOR secret of stama? I could understand his telling them about the fusions issues but the other clearly dangerous thing in a not private area? Nope.
He was almost killed by the other student and his friends got hurt because of him and he STILL made such donkey decisions. After all that I simply didn't like him anymore because he is dumb, inconsiderate and makes absolutely stupid decisions. It makes no sense he is not locked up somewhere and the fact that he isn't makes this feel like a bad story. I kept getting mentally kicked out the story because things just didn't make sense.
Last thing, the games weren't real life and death fights and he bumps his stama stats right in the middle of an arena? Displaying all his physical power when just taking care of Neirda (sp?) was both the smart and right thing to do. Not rushing off to try to win this thing? ESPECIALLY after that meeting between Dean to prove it wasn't cheating? Come on!
I am going to try another series by the author to see if the issue is only this storyline. I hope the author fixes this one but at this point I don't know if I can continue this series.
I loved the first book enough to read it twice. Larek was just out of his small town and his naivety made sense. In book one, he has had months of travel, his life almost lost based on one person's false accusation, threatened, ostracized and seemed to come into his own. This is why I simply cannot understand how much of an idiot he is in book 2. Like somewhere between book 1 and 2 despite his increases in intelligence, exposure to real damage to others and the knowledge of the thin line his freedom was on, he got dumber.
SPOILERS START HERE
Last book a bunch of students got hurt. His teacher who encouraged him died and her reputation screwed over because of both what Larek did as well as the prejudice of the dean. He was depressed and barely interacted with the other characters due to this. He knew his creations blew up an entire floor of the academy. All of this and he is still talking too much and exposing his friends to danger. 5 minutes into new book and he is sharing his MAJOR secret of stama? I could understand his telling them about the fusions issues but the other clearly dangerous thing in a not private area? Nope.
He was almost killed by the other student and his friends got hurt because of him and he STILL made such donkey decisions. After all that I simply didn't like him anymore because he is dumb, inconsiderate and makes absolutely stupid decisions. It makes no sense he is not locked up somewhere and the fact that he isn't makes this feel like a bad story. I kept getting mentally kicked out the story because things just didn't make sense.
Last thing, the games weren't real life and death fights and he bumps his stama stats right in the middle of an arena? Displaying all his physical power when just taking care of Neirda (sp?) was both the smart and right thing to do. Not rushing off to try to win this thing? ESPECIALLY after that meeting between Dean to prove it wasn't cheating? Come on!
I am going to try another series by the author to see if the issue is only this storyline. I hope the author fixes this one but at this point I don't know if I can continue this series.
