Overall rating and opinion of "The Crystilleries of Echoland" by Dew Pellucid.

[DewPellucid]

When I read reviews of my book, I get to see my story through someone else's eyes. It's an illuminating privilege. I wanted to say thank you for all the beautiful reviews posted here and on Amazon. The comparisons to Harry Potter are abundant, and they still surprises me a little. Isn't that strange yet wonderful?

--Dew Pellucid, author of "The Crystilleries of Echoland".

[Noosh]

I finished it the other day and like it overall. The concept is original, but the world-building reminds me of Harry Potter's world. The story follows the magical quest of a twelve-year-old boy, as he goes into the parallel Echo realm to search for his missing sister. I love the idea of a parallel world, where reflections (echoes) of people (sounds) live. The illustrations added to the magic of the world. I enjoyed the scene where the pets revealed their true selves. Although I didn't notice any glaring errors, the writing was a bit juvenile. Still, I liked it. The orphanage reminded me of Hogwarts with his methods of serving meals, riddles, secret passages, and scary creatures that roamed the school. I loved that Hebrew was the key to the map and to saving Echoland. I liked that animals played a large role throughout the story. I also liked the play on words such as: the dog Poudini instead of Houdini; Crystalmas instead of Christmas. I enjoyed the book, but the plot felt a bit choppy at times, the fate sealers seemed to attack without any reason, and some parts dragged (the translation section). Therefore, I gave it 3 out of 4 stars.

I’m only 26% in the book and I gotta agree with you on the juvenile writing and the choppy plot. I had high hopes, but now I’m not sure anymore.

[Falling4Ever]

I believe this book was a little bit too fast paced for some to read. But, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it the entire way through.

[Kaylee Elmer]

Overall, I enjoyed The Crystilleries of Echoland. I rated it 3 out of 4 stars. My favorite part of the book was the friendship between Will and Peter. I loved how loyal Peter was from the start, and I felt like he also added a bit of comic relief to the book.

My least favorite part of the book was the way characters were introduced, or not really introduced technically. I felt like in a few instances the author just started talking about a character, and I had no idea who they were. It was confusing.

I would definitely recommend this book to people who like young adult fantasy novels. I found it to be very similar to the Harry Potter series.

[Kaylee Elmer]

I finished it the other day and like it overall. The concept is original, but the world-building reminds me of Harry Potter's world. The story follows the magical quest of a twelve-year-old boy, as he goes into the parallel Echo realm to search for his missing sister. I love the idea of a parallel world, where reflections (echoes) of people (sounds) live. The illustrations added to the magic of the world. I enjoyed the scene where the pets revealed their true selves. Although I didn't notice any glaring errors, the writing was a bit juvenile. Still, I liked it. The orphanage reminded me of Hogwarts with his methods of serving meals, riddles, secret passages, and scary creatures that roamed the school. I loved that Hebrew was the key to the map and to saving Echoland. I liked that animals played a large role throughout the story. I also liked the play on words such as: the dog Poudini instead of Houdini; Crystalmas instead of Christmas. I enjoyed the book, but the plot felt a bit choppy at times, the fate sealers seemed to attack without any reason, and some parts dragged (the translation section). Therefore, I gave it 3 out of 4 stars.

The orphanage reminded me of Hogwarts, too! Some of the quirky teachers reminded me of Hogwarts professors, as well, and the fate sealers reminded me of dementors.

[Kaylee Elmer]

I liked the overall pacing of the book, I loved the murder mystery behind it, and also the save the world thing going on. It also had some humour and mischief that lit the story up. But somehow for me, I read on Amazon that it was "Harry Potter-like" so I got a little too much expectation for this one so I guess i will give it 3 stars.

I saw lots of parallels to the Harry Potter series, but agree that it didn't quite live up to the expectations of those books.

[Benthic]

I liked the overall pacing of the book, I loved the murder mystery behind it, and also the save the world thing going on. It also had some humour and mischief that lit the story up. But somehow for me, I read on Amazon that it was "Harry Potter-like" so I got a little too much expectation for this one so I guess i will give it 3 stars.

I saw lots of parallels to the Harry Potter series, but agree that it didn't quite live up to the expectations of those books.

Yes and it totally ruined a good book for me. If I had read it without the "Harry Potter like " tag I would have enjoyed it a lot more.

[jasmine-louise]

I did not love this book. I found it hard to get in to the book. The story started off weird, I had no clue what was happening. I just felt like the book jumped to much. However, the story line itself was interesting enough for me to continue reading the book. I found the story line quite unique. Based on the story line I would give this book a 3 out of 4.

[Washboard]

I really enjoyed the book! I thought the world of Echoland was creative and fun to read about. I think it was a bit more violent than I would normally expect from a children's book. I rated it 4 out of 4 stars.

[gali]

I finished it the other day and like it overall. The concept is original, but the world-building reminds me of Harry Potter's world. The story follows the magical quest of a twelve-year-old boy, as he goes into the parallel Echo realm to search for his missing sister. I love the idea of a parallel world, where reflections (echoes) of people (sounds) live. The illustrations added to the magic of the world. I enjoyed the scene where the pets revealed their true selves. Although I didn't notice any glaring errors, the writing was a bit juvenile. Still, I liked it. The orphanage reminded me of Hogwarts with his methods of serving meals, riddles, secret passages, and scary creatures that roamed the school. I loved that Hebrew was the key to the map and to saving Echoland. I liked that animals played a large role throughout the story. I also liked the play on words such as: the dog Poudini instead of Houdini; Crystalmas instead of Christmas. I enjoyed the book, but the plot felt a bit choppy at times, the fate sealers seemed to attack without any reason, and some parts dragged (the translation section). Therefore, I gave it 3 out of 4 stars.

I’m only 26% in the book and I gotta agree with you on the juvenile writing and the choppy plot. I had high hopes, but now I’m not sure anymore.

I enjoyed the plot despite those issues. I hope you will enjoy it.

[Noosh]

I did not love this book. I found it hard to get in to the book. The story started off weird, I had no clue what was happening. I just felt like the book jumped to much. However, the story line itself was interesting enough for me to continue reading the book. I found the story line quite unique. Based on the story line I would give this book a 3 out of 4.

Thank you!
Finally, someone who sees what I’m seeing. I mean, I’m not sure I’ll be as generous as you in the rating, but yeah, the story itself is interesting so far but the rest of it? Not so much.

[Noosh]

Done.
After thinking about it for a while, I finally decided to go with 1 star for the book.
Even though I see what most of you who loved it say, I can’t possibly call this a good book. Yes, sure. The story had potential and the idea of Sounds and Echos was very interesting indeed, the story wasn’t narrated well at all. The characters were also not interesting or well-depicted...
a story starts with the idea, but it needs so many other elements to become excellent and I’m afraid this book stopped at just the good idea.

[KendraRobinson]

I did not love this book. I found it hard to get in to the book. The story started off weird, I had no clue what was happening. I just felt like the book jumped to much. However, the story line itself was interesting enough for me to continue reading the book. I found the story line quite unique. Based on the story line I would give this book a 3 out of 4.

I agree. I actually read about halfway through and started over because I was lost. It made a lot more sense the 2nd time around but the writing style was a bit confusing. I felt like the author knew what she was talking about but forgot
We readers do not

[Chrystal Oaks]

What is your overall opinion of the book? What do you like most about it? What do you like least? Will you recommend the book to other people? Why or why not?

I enjoyed reading The Crystilleries of Echoland. There were areas in the book that I found a bit confusing especially the trek to Olam Shone. I thought it was interesting that all the children at the orphanage had to pick a pet; it seemed as though they protected each other from those awful Fate Sealers. I liked that Pellucid used some advanced words to broaden upper-gradeschool and middle-school-aged children's vocabulary. I didn't like the confusion; I found myself re-reading parts to grasp the scenario.

I would recommend this book for both younger and older people who enjoy reading fantasy. I rated this book 4 out of 4 stars.

[wordslinger42]

I really enjoyed this story, even though it has its flaws. My rating for the book is 3 out of 4 stars. I think the author did a wonderful job of crafting a unique story and world that really captures the reader's imagination. I thought her descriptions of the world were really well done. I was disappointed about the number of errors, but most of them were minor, and they weren't too distracting. I also felt like some of the characters, like Dew Pellucid, could have used some more development. Overall, it's a really great story that I would recommend to people!