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The Smith: Adventures in Town Building
Chet Arneston seems blessed. He is able from a very early age to figure things out that no one else seems to be able to. He finds out he has the ability to provide magical healing. When he gets an inheritance he finds out about high income properties that can be purchased. He quickly becomes one of the wealthiest people in his area. His inventions and ideas come to the notice of the Kingdom's royalty. He develops a close personal relationship with all of the royal family. He is given a great deal of responsibility by the crown at a very young age. Every time he succeeds he seems to have more responsibilities sent his way. He recognizes shortcomings within the Kingdom and works to correct them. Through all this, he still works on completing his apprenticeship as a blacksmith. That experience along with other trades he learned through family gives him unique abilities to create. His inventive mind sees problems and then finds the solutions. Everything he works on seems to result in gold in his pocket.
Through all this, he must learn to fight against aggressive monsters and betrayals both against him personally and against his friends in the royal family. Their love and support provide him the motivation to correct problems and right wrongs.
Through all this, he must learn to fight against aggressive monsters and betrayals both against him personally and against his friends in the royal family. Their love and support provide him the motivation to correct problems and right wrongs.
426 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 28, 2022
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December 22, 2022
good story, needs work
Premise of story is good. Author spends way to much time describing things that provide nothing to the story. An example is how detailed of an explanation the main character provides in how to build a barge. This pattern of useless mundane details are repeated throughout the book and make it difficult to read at times. I found myself skipping multiple paragraphs and/or pages until the story picked up again. Other parts were well written and entertaining. Author should focus more on the plot and not get lost in inconsequential details. I look forward to see how the next book improves.
Premise of story is good. Author spends way to much time describing things that provide nothing to the story. An example is how detailed of an explanation the main character provides in how to build a barge. This pattern of useless mundane details are repeated throughout the book and make it difficult to read at times. I found myself skipping multiple paragraphs and/or pages until the story picked up again. Other parts were well written and entertaining. Author should focus more on the plot and not get lost in inconsequential details. I look forward to see how the next book improves.
December 25, 2022
Where’s the Story?
I really wanted to like this book. I enjoyed the characters and the setting, but the entire book felt like a giant to do list. On top of that it kept shifting back and forth in the time line. He’d be doing one thing then, “Oh! and back when this was happening I started doing this other task.” The only moments of drama are handled so quickly you get whiplash. Again, I like the idea of this book. It’s execution leaves much to be desired.
I really wanted to like this book. I enjoyed the characters and the setting, but the entire book felt like a giant to do list. On top of that it kept shifting back and forth in the time line. He’d be doing one thing then, “Oh! and back when this was happening I started doing this other task.” The only moments of drama are handled so quickly you get whiplash. Again, I like the idea of this book. It’s execution leaves much to be desired.
November 29, 2022
good story but…………
The story idea is good, but the execution is very poor. The MC is an amalgam of many tropes which causes confusion. The author jumps from idea to idea, but does not flesh any of them out. With some MAJOR editing, this could be a good book.
The story idea is good, but the execution is very poor. The MC is an amalgam of many tropes which causes confusion. The author jumps from idea to idea, but does not flesh any of them out. With some MAJOR editing, this could be a good book.
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