The Jade Mage: The Becoming: Volume 1, by William D. Latoria
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The Jade Mage is the story of Tartum, a young man desperately seeking to learn the ways of magic. At sixteen-years-old, he knows only rudimentary spells, mostly for performing work, none of the power he seeks. He seeks more power and responsibility from his mentor and renowned magician Isidor. Follow along the beginning of Tartum’s incredible journey as he discovers his fate.
The Jade Mage: The Becoming: Volume 1, by William D. Latoria- Amazon Sales Rank: #345799 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-15
- Released on: 2015-03-15
- Format: Kindle eBook
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful. Great, turned into good, which turned into decent at best. By Daniel E. Vickerman At first I was enamored with the story but as i read more things really started to wear on me, and there are obvious gaps in explanation and fights seem forced.The most grating thing is the main characters anger, at everything. He frequently issues death threats and makes huge mistakes in part because of it. He learns slightly but never controls his anger and becomes a cold blooded killer. He still throws temper tantrums even at the end of the book. I guess his name is Tartum for a reason. Still despite accepting this as a major flaw its still hugely grating and it should have been beaten out of him later on there's no real character development in this area.Second of all is fighting and the staff "combat" scenes. Very early into the book our main character gets a 40 pound jade staff which he is supposed to train with and use. Why is it jade? no one knows supposedly to go with his aesthetic. Why on earth is it 40 pounds and how can he swing it for more than half a minute without his arms falling off. a ten foot pike in real life is only 5 pounds and this is 8 times as much weight. Its almost as heavy as a suit of full plate armor! Professional body builders couldn't wield a weapon that heavy without tiring quickly and it would be so slow and cumbersome to use, you'd die in an instant in any real fight. Yet later on our "hero" parries volleys of throwing knives with his staff. I dont care how fast you can react because of magical reflexes, you can't move a big hunk of rock around that fast.And speaking of fights, they aren't really realistic or fun. The main character is always losing for some reason or another, and he uses his super special racial magical powers to win. And always channels his "anger" to use them at the last possible second. Not fun or engaging.he always wins by deus ex machina.Also fights seem to last way too long, if you've ever seen a spar on youtube it literally lasts seconds before someone would have gotten in a good enough blow to really hurt someone. At one point in the book the main character and his opponents are actually pushing each others swords in a contest of strength, and saying cheesy lines like a crappy B grade action movie.Thirdly the magic was at best underwhelming, the system seemed fine but, it just seemed weak. This ties into fight realism earlier, magic seems so slow and frankly almost useless. To cast a fireball you have to grab some sulfur from a pouch, say 5 or 6 long words, shape the fireball, aim at your target and then finally say another word to fire. How fast can you possibly do that 10 seconds, maybe? Unless you were a long ways away from your target your fireball is useless, yet our main character some how manages to cast a fireball and lightning strike at a troll that was right behind him. He just wouldn't have the time if the fight was realistic.Our main character showing no innovation in how he uses spells and has to be taught everything, the book admits he would be dead a dozen times by now if not for his special racial power stuff. Why couldn't he make magical items like light bombs since he cant enchant things with light, why cant he put the ward that zaps people that are not allowed in on a small item and throw it at at people? Why couldn't he use his telekinetic manipulation of objects within twenty feet of him to make a whirling dervish of weapons, or propel balls like a gun? So many innovations could be made but he does nothing of the sort, he uses his basic attack spells and that's it and has to be told everything even basic things. I think anyone off the street could be a better mage than this guy.I really enjoyed the start, finally I thought, a good anti-hero mage that goes after what he wants, consequences be damned. What I got instead was a whiny, angry, tantrum throwing young man. that turned into a whiny, angry, tantrum throwing adult. He shows no remorse about killing people yet is meek as a lamb at other times. Any perceived slight in responded with death threats and harsh words. Whenever he gets into a tangle because of his dumb anger, he is saved by his powers that set him apart from other mages and allow him to break all the rules.I enjoyed the book to start with and my experience degraded from there. I finished, but Ill not be reading the next book and if you have a preference for mature, or smart characters give this book a pass.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. IS THERE AN EDITOR IN THE HOUSE? By H.K. Rascal The most annoying faults with Jade Mage 1 and 2 are the incessant typos and creative spelling on almost every other page. "Alot" is not a word, but is used throughout the story. "Peaking" around a corner is used several times. "Alright" is just barely an acceptable word, but not the way the author usually uses it. I normally find myself bonding with a male protagonist, but the lead actor in this story is such a self centered @%*$&! that I find him impossible to relate to. The author is fond of killing off major characters. Perhaps he should "off" the Jade Mage and recreate him with a soul and a moral compass that points to someone or something other than himself. To tell the truth I am only about two thirds of the way through Volume 2, but I see no redemption for our boy anywhere on the horizon.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I really liked the start of the book and kept waiting for ... By chad I really liked the start of the book and kept waiting for further character development that never came. All the book did was continually highlight how angry and spoiled the main character was being. It also highlighted the fact that Tartum was rewarded almost every time he threw a temper tantrum, didn't listen, or did something with selfish intent. I liked the concept but it just didn't follow through. I did enjoy some of the mythology that was thrown in but it seemed a little haphazard and more like it was there to fill space than to actually go with the flow of the story. I would have liked there to be more explanations regarding the magical system and world building. Definitely needed more character growth.
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