A nice
pretty short read about a group of cats who go on a quest to find the pieces of a shattered artifact. Spoilers below the cut.
It does
have some flaws (mostly in character descriptions being too long or repeated
too often, whereas the environment isn't described enough, so the reader
doesn't exactly know what things are supposed to look like). Also not sure if I
feel comfortable with one of the characters being referred to as "it"
for a lot of the book when these are characters with human intelligence. Just
use they/them for neutral. "It" is a bit dehumanizing (or de-animal-izing in this case) when it's used.
The
characters were all right, though I didn't find myself being too intrigued by
the main character Radio. Still, I was surprised and felt sad when she got killed at the end, especially since it was by one of the
characters she considered her close friend. I guess you could say... Video
killed the Radio Star?
Pictures wasn't really my cup of tea,
either, but I did thoroughly enjoy Video, especially after the
POV changing to her perspective at the end. The villain was fun
enough, but I kind of think he just showed up too much? Whenever there was some
conflict needed, he just suddenly was somewhere to cause mayhem.
There were
definitely some editing and formatting issues, so it could've used another
revision. The pacing was decent, and the ending is definitely the very best
part of Heart of Glass.
For a first
indie published when the author was only eighteen years old, I'd say this is
quite the impressive feat, despite some of the minor flaws. I recommend you
pick this one up if you like fantasy and/or xenofiction (most notably about
cats). I'll likely be checking out the second book Straight to
Video soon!
Rating: 3/5
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