Reviews for Other Book

The average rating for Other Book based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-02-20 00:00:00 Petra Hartmann Edward attends a boarding school in England and leads a fairly normal life. He is often in trouble, frequently bullied, and generally miserable living with horrible teachers, awful food, and lackluster friends. One day, he is magically led to a mysterious book known only as "The Other Book"- a book that gives him horrible visions when he touches it. He soon discovers that the protector of the book has chosen him as a pure soul- the person responsible for delivering the book from evil to it's rightful owner. I'm a huge fantasy buff and love nothing more that a good magic tale, but given the current run of excellent fantasy tales out there this one is sub par. Womack attempts to cram too much into his under 300 page tome, like an author who has so much to say but is afraid his book won't be popular enough for him to spread it out over time. The story could be truly engrossing if expounded upon, but Womack truncates the character development. The language in the book is too difficult for younger readers but the story is not quite developed enough for the older teen set. Overall, a lackluster inclusion- worth reading if you're into fantasy but not a good recommendation for someone who isn't into the genre.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-11-10 00:00:00 Jose Gutierrez Too many inconsistencies in the story. Because the guardian of The Book was corrupt, the book could not be used by the next in line (his son) but had to be buried for 400 years so the evil could be leached out. Then in 400 years time, another person would try to corrupt the power of the Book but there would be someone to restore it to it's full glory and power. So a boy, Edward has the Book and the bad guys are after the Book, and the bad guys can sense the Book but not always, and Edward runs from here to there, yadda yadda yadda. It gets old and boring and it could have been a great story if written differently. I'd like someone else to review the book and let me know what they think. Thanks.