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The Fire Seekers by Richard Farr

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers)
Daniel's parents are both geniuses, and so are his 2 best friends. But when his parents and 1 friend can no longer help, he'll have to be good enough. It's a story about archaeology, religions, civilizations, and deep questions

Category
YA fiction

Why I chose this book
Kindle first title

My personal opinion (the review)
The story is almost frantic. People flying around the world, trying to decrypt ancient writings before some disaster strikes, pushing their bodies to physical limits. Sometimes, it was exhausting. And just about everyone in the story is a genius and completely unapproachable as a human. The story was good, the history fascinating, the anti-religious sentiment strong, the foreign language content frequent, and the teenage angst generally angsty. I will probably give the second book a try. And I might reread this book once, but I wouldn't buy it. Thank goodness for free stuff from amazon!

Warnings
Language: strong, but infrequent
Violence: mild, not graphic
"Adult" situations: only in Daniel's mind, and not graphic
Death: yes, major characters

Movie rating equivalent
PG-13, maybe R if the "count" of f-words considered

Protagonist description
Daniel is smart, but not a genius. He can hold his own in a physical conflict, though

Point of view of story
First

Book length
Longer

Story flow
Great, no slow parts

Grammar and spelling issues
None

Character connection (no spoilers)
None. Most were geniuses and unreachable

For series:
Independent or integral (stand-alone or back story dependent)
Don't know yet

Series review as a whole
Don't know yet

If you only have time for one, read: (which one)
This one. The others aren't written yet

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