What is your opinion?
Of Deities and Dimensions
"Love stories' concept of multiverse"
I love stories that RIP the lid off of the box of like mainstream drivel
"The people are believable but exceptional. The good guy alladins genie if you will. His true intent is still flipping in the air and until the coin hits the ground. But it's great and the enemy, what we've learned so far, is a scary mother fucker"
Very imaginative
"I enjoyed the key concept very much and loved the ending. I would love too read more stories from this universe"
A simple, quick read
"As a fellow author, I tend to highlight the more technical aspects of anything I read.: the world building, character creation, and overall pace of a story. Mostly, because that's usually what really makes or breaks a book for me. In this case, all three of these aspects were well done, but the plot was just a bit on the simple side for my preference - I just couldn't get fully hooked into the concept. It may be due to the genre, rather than anything else. And, it's definitely not a reason to skip over this story if you're looking for something new to read. (I'm one of those horrible reading snobs that likes a story with multiple layers and extremely complex plots to sink my teeth into, so please bear this in mind before judging this tale by my opinions!) World building - There's five different key worlds that make up critical set pieces within this tale. Each of them, from the semi-futuristic Earth to the wildly fantastic worlds where many of the battles take place are well built and nicely developed. I don't think there was a single one I couldn't "see" as I read through this work. Character development - Each of the characters was well designed, and each had a unique feel. That's the good part. The bad part is that the development felt stilted and too much like reading an RPG manual for me. Again, that may be due to the genre or author's writing style, rather than an issue with the actual character development. A few of the main characters felt a touch hollow until I understood that the characters in question were being presented in facets, rather than as an entire unit (especially the gods). With that insight, they definitely fleshed out quite a bit more. None of the presented cast (quite) became cardboard cutouts, but a few of the secondary cast came awfully close. Overall pacing - Because of the insertion of the "skill mechanics" every time something new was introduced, the pace of the story was constantly disrupted for me. Things never quite came to a grinding halt, but there were a few places where the story did get bogged down pretty bad in the way the information was presented. The action sequences, however, were nice and crisp without any interference. That's definitely a huge plus for me. I prefer not to have a nice run slam to a halt without warning because of a pacing issue. The times I noticed lags were in the "breather" scenes between major encounters. Overall impression - As I said in the review title, this is a simple, quick read. I devoured it in about 3 hours, to be honest. I did wonder if this might be written to fit into the emerging "RPG lit" genre, except I don't think it meets all the requirements, but it's definitely not full science fiction or science fantasy. For less experienced readers, this will probably be a wonderful story, and is definitely suited for all age levels. Overall, I did only leave a 3 paw rating because I do tend to prefer a much more complex plot that I have to explore multiple times to find all the story layers wrapped together between the covers. Evaluating as a NA or a YA story, I can wholeheartedly bump that rating up to a 4.5 paw out of 5."
