Christina Harner
Autor/a de Behind Every Illusion
Sobre l'autor
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Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Harner, Christina
- Altres noms
- Christy
- Data de naixement
- 1983-11-17
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Llocs de residència
- Ohio, USA
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Louisville, Kentucky, USA - Educació
- Toccoa Falls College
- Professions
- young adult writer
- Biografia breu
- Christina Harner spent years studying the complexities of culture for her B.A. A lover of all things fantasy, creating imaginary beings and stories in her head, she is thrilled to finally blend her passions for anthropology, nature and the unknown realm of fairies together in her debut book. She wrote Behind Every Illusion while living in Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband, Matt, and two children, Emma and Michael. She recently moved to a little village in northern Ohio with her family and newest son, Tristan Isaac.
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Behind Every Illusion de Christina Harner
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Amazing book! I've read it about 10 times since I got it a few months ago. Definitely a keeper
First things first, kudos goes to Christina for being a self-published author! Washington Irving was a self-published author at one point and we can see how far he went in the literacy career!
Anyway Behind Every Illusion gives the reader a fresh new idea of how fairies are perhaps evolved for the global epidemic. It plays nicely with the world’s Go Green! slogan and promotions. I don’t know how well it will translate into the storyline however.
My biggest struggle with the novel is the length. I don’t mind lengthy books as long as each sentence serves a purpose. Behind Every Illusion could have used a good trimming in the excess length. I skimmed a good chunk of the beginning because it had no actual purpose within the storyline. It was too much college experience worth about 100 pages or so. To tell you the truth, I had to skim some of the middle as well.
I did enjoy the buildup. I thought that it was nice that the transformation from every day girl to fairy girl didn’t happen in a span of 24 hours. The family relationship was comforting to say the least, loved the plot twist involving said member with unexpected death and saddening love declaration.
I would have like understand more of plot. We didn’t happen to get very far with the earth is danger fairy people alert. I did find out that there are really weird things you can find in forums…
Overall: I hope the sequel covers more. A bit wordy and not much of plot line filling in. Hoping that the sequel covers those tracks. Not bad.… (més)
Anyway Behind Every Illusion gives the reader a fresh new idea of how fairies are perhaps evolved for the global epidemic. It plays nicely with the world’s Go Green! slogan and promotions. I don’t know how well it will translate into the storyline however.
My biggest struggle with the novel is the length. I don’t mind lengthy books as long as each sentence serves a purpose. Behind Every Illusion could have used a good trimming in the excess length. I skimmed a good chunk of the beginning because it had no actual purpose within the storyline. It was too much college experience worth about 100 pages or so. To tell you the truth, I had to skim some of the middle as well.
I did enjoy the buildup. I thought that it was nice that the transformation from every day girl to fairy girl didn’t happen in a span of 24 hours. The family relationship was comforting to say the least, loved the plot twist involving said member with unexpected death and saddening love declaration.
I would have like understand more of plot. We didn’t happen to get very far with the earth is danger fairy people alert. I did find out that there are really weird things you can find in forums…
Overall: I hope the sequel covers more. A bit wordy and not much of plot line filling in. Hoping that the sequel covers those tracks. Not bad.… (més)
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This was generally an enjoyable novel. It was magical and had interesting, real characters. However, the novel was very long and really needs editing. There was also a part that bothered me about a character's bipolar mother being shown in a very negative light for apparently no reason, except to perhaps say that people with psychological disorders are bad.
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I must say I thouroughly enjoyed this book. While the beginning was smooth, it was a bit slow for my taste but the end really made up for it so i'm glad I read all the way through. The copy I received is a pre-published one so it is a little longer than the final product will be once it gets published, so maybe that will speed the beginning up a bit. The characters in the book are very realistic and relatable which is always something I look for in books. Even though it is based in fantasy, the characters are written so well it feels as if they could just come to life right before my eyes. I loved how the book includes the Earth and protecting it. Harner did a great job of twisting the story of myth and the "save our earth" message together in one. As you read the novel you get sucked in and you just have to continue until your finished! Harner's debut novel is a must read and is a series that I will be following from now on.… (més)
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- Membres
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- Popularitat
- #630,789
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 7
- ISBN
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