All Good Children: Part 5-Voice

The voice in All Good Children is OK. The voice of Max, the main character, was not very distinctive. All of the kids (in the beginning) had somewhat distinctive voices, but after they were drugged, their voices were the same. That was obviously intentional. But, on the other hand, Max and Dallas almost had the same voice. Despite this, Dallas changed voices due to his gift of acting. All in all, The voice in All Good Children was OK. My personal rating on this: 3.5/5 stars.

All Good Children: Part 4- Plot

The PLOT, in my opinion, is MESSED UP. Not that I think that the plot sucks, it's a good idea, but the fact the parents drugged their children to be mindless, emotionless and obedient zombies is unethical and messed up. The children have their rights, they have freedom, yet still they're drugged. Even the nice and polite one's.
Anyway, back on topic. The plot overall was very well done, and the idea of it--to me--was very creative. The author was able to expand this idea and it turned out well. My personal rating: 4.5/5 stars.

8. DEVIL'S PASS, Rating

RATING

CHARACTERS- 2 out of 5 stars  
SETTING------- 2.5 out of 5 stars
PLOT----------- 3 out of 5 stars  
VOICE---------- 4 out of 5 stars  
THEME--------- 3.5 out of 5 stars

OVERALL:  3 out of 5 stars 

It was a rather nice book. 

7. DEVIL'S PASS, Personal Opinion

PERSONAL OPINION

I thought that Devil's Pass was a rather nice book.

All the elements of the book were pretty nicely done and balanced out, blending together into quite nice of a story. Elements of the book I really liked are the voice and theme. The voice was clearly showed how Webb looked at things and gave him a very distinctive personality. Theme was great too, it often showed up in the story and was involved in the Webb's mission and Webb's own life.

However, the authors could have improved on the characters, setting, and plot of the book. Other than Webb, all the characters were thinly outlined, and they all just faded away from Webb's life without a trace, even if they seemed important to him. The setting had some times where there was nice detail, but other than those parts, not too much detail was put. more description would help for a more complete visualization. The plot of the book was nice, with the storyline and flashbacks nicely mixing together. However, there was no depth to it, nothing to question or think about and very straightforward. More complexity and "food for thought" would have been much better.

All in all, Devil's Pass was quite a nice book. I would recommend it to people who would kill to read an adventure. However, I wouldn't put this on a must-read book list; there are many better books on the market. Still, A nice book.

6. DEVIL'S PASS, Theme

THEME

The most probable theme of Devil's Pass is secrets.

The majority of the book is revolving around keeping secrets from others and slowly being destroyed by them. For example, Webb's mission in the Northwest Territories was in the end to solve a mystery of about the murder of one his grandpa's old friends, which ultimately connected to keeping secrets.
Webb himself has secrets he keeps to himself, like how his stepfather tortures him, how he was expelled from high school, and for what reason he is in the Northwest Territories. These many secrets slowly turn Webb into a cold, isolated character.

The author did good job of projecting the theme in the book; the theme came out over and over in the story. wonderful job.

5. DEVIL'S PASS, Voice

VOICE

This book's story is told in the third-person perspective, in the voice of the main character, Webb.

Because of the voice being of a single character, the story is pretty one-sided, allowing only a narrow point of view. However, also because of this, an author can really develop detail into the personality, tendencies, and way of thinking of this single character in question instead of  spreading the effort around multiple characters. The author did very well, negating the negative point of the narrow viewpoint.

Very nice job! .

4. DEVIL'S PASS, Plot

PLOT

Plot was quite nice in this book. The story kept you in it, but without the need to move the plot extensively fast and adding in a lot of unnecessary events unrelated to the storyline, unlike some books I've read.

A lot of the story was built upon what happened before the present situation, told to you through flashbacks Webb has, creating a side plot that you can follow. This was nice, letting you into the past of the main character's life and letting you know what events led up to the current situation, why what is happening is happening, letting you have two stories to read, one of the past and one of the present. However, the story is quite straightforward, with not to much stuff to think about and ponder on, or to predict.

I would say plot was well done in all, with the flashbacks and current situation nicely meshing together into a quite vivid and adventurous story. However, a little more food for thought could have been added into the story to make it and even better book. Great!