The Student eBook Darin Niemann
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The Student is the origin story of a boy named Kayne. Follow Kayne as he goes from life on the streets as an orphan to a much better life as a healer's apprentice, though he struggles to fit in to his new place in society. Meeting with kings and nobles was not something he had expected. While learning his trade, he also discovers he has potential as a swordsman. When his world comes crashing down around him, he finds that knowing how to save a life... means knowing how to end one.
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The Student eBook Darin Niemann
For some reason, I'm a sucker for these types of stories. Kayne, the protagonist, is someone with no prospects and gets a long-shot chance and proceeds to make the most of it. I probably was generous with my five star rating, as the story felt a little bit rushed and a lot of different things were thrown in the mix; however, I really liked Kayne and read it in one sitting, which means that it was a lot of fun. I'd say its definitely worth your time if you like this genre.Product details
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The Student eBook Darin Niemann Reviews
I've been reading reading fantasy for almost fifty years now, and I agree with other reviewers Niemann has promise and a few things to work on.
What works - the main character, who has both heart and coldness. This is an unusual mixture, but makes the book work. With some notable exceptions, many of the people who write assassin books go for deadhearted, twisted or tortured anti-heroes, which makes it hard for the reader to respect or root for those characters. Kayne's balance of healer and killer makes both parts of the story into a whole. I also really liked Kayne's relationship with Shar as that keeps him grounded in Enelo's positivity and joy in living. Their bond has a lot promise for books to come, as does Iselle's character and the relationship between h
What doesn't work about Kayne's character the origin story of his growing up on the streets with no name is not believable because he gets over years of trauma too quickly. I don't think Niemann did any research about how street kids adapt to socialization in a loving family after being dumped at such a young age that they don't have names or know how old they are. For decades afterward, they don't stop looking for threats and they don't instantly trust anyone. Niemann has Kayne go home with Enelo, take a bath and put on new clothes and suddenly he's completely relaxed and fits in to regular society, no problems at all. Sorry, that's just not real and devalues his whole experience of people and life up to that point.
Why did you choose to give Kayne that sort of history anyway? You don't make use of it in the rest of the story except to give the idiot brothers a reason to pick on Kayne, when his being a foreigner could have done that just as well. It doesn't make him hyperalert (as it should have), so doesn't contribute to his training. In general, Kayne's gifts of intellect, observation and memory are presented as independent of his background, rather than having been honed by it. That's a missed opportunity to make Kayne a whole person instead of split into Kayne-before- and Kayne-after-Enelo.
Kayne's also too much of a prodigy. He's got an almost photographic memory in both mind and body, he's unusually bright, remembers anything told him once, he's a careful planner, loyal, honest, emotionally controlled, determined, thinks before he speaks, defends the weak and abused, etc., etc. It's too much for one person to be all at once, especially since he seems to have all those gifts in full from the time he was a child, rather than developing any of them over time.
That brings me to the next issue, his training. The time he spent learning from Enelo was the only quasi-realistic treatment of a learning process in the book because it was the only time Kayne had to work (at least a little) to learn something. Otherwise it was sponge meet liquid, and that's not a positive trait. Other reviewers pointed out the problem of tell not show in Kayne's training at the academy, and I agree. There was far too much "they taught me to x, y, z."
Final issue the clunky pseudo-courtly dialogue. There were times when the phrasing tried hard, but only ever achieved medieval-ish, like a group of modern gamers trying to roleplay. Make the dialogue more formal, eliminate contractions, but don't have your characters say things like “Well,” the king said after hearing the recounting of events, “Surely there is more to that tale. Though, for now, I give you both my thanks. If ever you need my aid, you shall have it", especially when you follow it up on the next page with “Well met,” Enelo said. “We are in dire need of clothing for this here boy." Yoicks!! We've suddenly been transported from medieval Europe to the southern US. Enelo never speaks that way in any other place in the book, so why would he use that phrasing here? Characters need to sound like themselves, to speak in their own individual voices, including word choice, phrasing and emotional modulation. Check for consistency and ask yourself if the dialogue you're giving a character makes sense coming out of his mouth in that circumstance and whether its tone works for the scene. Also watch your possessives, there were a number of times when you used it's instead of its, or made a plural by adding " 's" to a word instead of simply adding an 's', something that's all too common given people's reliance on spellcheckers for proofreading instead of human eyes.
In another place a character tells Kayne that he isn't "phased" by anything. I wish writers would decide if it's fazed or phased, as people use both, but neither word has any place in a medieval setting. Edit out all anachronisms because they toss the reader out of the story and into an argument with the writer.
There's a lot of promise in this very interesting story, just watch the minor stuff and check that you're actually using everything you've included. Temper your characters' gifts with real flaws and and something to learn. Thanks!
After a while it seems you get a feeling for books when you're going through a list of 100 titles,reviews and covers in the "Recommended for you" area. This seems to be the only book this Author wrote. Hopefully, looking at the reviews it won't be the last one. The Book itself met all the criteria that I look for. The pace, characters, relationships, a morality of right and wrong and the ability to identify with the characters are at the top of my list.
One of the reviews said they were a sucker for this kind of story; I find I can't beat those words. Good story, great characters, and a way forward for another book. I look forward to following the author.
Finally, whew, it took a lot of sample readings until I found this one. And I'm for one, I glad I did. This is a straightforward story.
The writing was smooth, concise and succinct. This adventure has been told by others. However, what stands out is the fluency of the author's ability to create a lively, down to earth plot and likable character. Personally, I enjoyed this simple yet superbly well written entertaining tale. The author is talented in his craft. After finishing this short work it left me with a good impression. It's like wow, I'm glad I read this one.
Short and sweet review here. The book is good, the characters are engaging and it's well written. It's not fantastic, but entertaining.
Having said that, don't buy it. I waited a long time for a follow up just to have the author write a different book. I won't support an author who doesn't support the people who buy his books. There is far too much left undone in this book for the author to abandon his story and move to another project
When I reached the last page of The Student, I was surprised by how much I really enjoyed this book. It's a story of a street rat who caught the eye of a healer and eventually became his apprentice. The writing and plot were excellent, and the characters were very well-developed.
However, I found myself unable to give a 5-star rating for two reasons. First, with all due respect to the author, both the title and the book cover were atrocious. "The Student" doesn't really tell much about the story. I think "The Healer's Apprentice" would be a much more effective title. Additionally, what the heck does a red swirl on black represent? I cringe at the thought of how many sales the author had lost because potential readers for this excellent book skipped it simply due to the lackluster book cover.
Second, when the Main Character came under the tutelage of the headmaster at the academy, I felt that the author rushed this part of the MC's lessons. The protagonist was learning a lot of new, interesting things, and the author should have spent more time on it, in my view. I strongly recommend that the author read "The Way of Shadows" by Brent Weeks for a proper treatment of that aspect of the MC's education.
Aside from these two notes, The Student is indeed a hidden gem and a highly recommended YA fantasy book.
For some reason, I'm a sucker for these types of stories. Kayne, the protagonist, is someone with no prospects and gets a long-shot chance and proceeds to make the most of it. I probably was generous with my five star rating, as the story felt a little bit rushed and a lot of different things were thrown in the mix; however, I really liked Kayne and read it in one sitting, which means that it was a lot of fun. I'd say its definitely worth your time if you like this genre.
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