The Dark Is A Cold Lonely Shadow
A Warning For Readers & Parents
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Parents and readers should consider whether this is appropriate for younger children! This is aimed more at young adult and adult audiences. If you request a copy of the full book it gets a lot darker later on...please see the notes below.
[SPOILERS] An explanation of the project. This is so much more than just a series of books. It is being used to teach a vast array of skills. It has also been used as a discussion point for challenging real world topics/issues in a positive way. That may not become obvious until much later in the book(s).
Warning! Complete And Utter Nonsense...
Warning! Complete And Utter Nonsense...
The general consensus from feedback is "A Little Less Conversation And More Action Please" to quote a specific reviewer. The rework will contain more fighting, violence and weirdness. The creator and manager of "The Dark Is A Cold Lonely Shadow" project is 10 years old. He specifically sets the tone for the majority of it, and where his co-author breaches a threshold he is not comfortable with - it is reigned in/toned down/cut/moved out to a future book. This is mostly the romance and yucky kissing parts, not the violence or other topics!
However the books do cover a number of challenging topics and issues. We have discussed these issues in a positive way as part of a learning process. We have considered them, and we have the advantage that we know what happens later on. Without that context and discussion it might cause confusion or distress to younger/sensitive children.
We think this is on a similar level to watching Lord Of The Rings which covers most of these topics, and based on that we might vaguely recommend readers are aged 12+. But that is a guess! This all new to both of us.
Book 1 Contains:
Book 1 Contains:
A Bizarre Mix Of: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Horror, Nonsense and Darkness, with different writing styles.
Mild curses and language: No swear words. ("Blasted" is about the worst in there.)
Violence, Death & Killing (Seriously toned down there is fighting and people die.)
Injury Detail (Seriously toned down.)
Multiple Mental Health Issues
ADHD
LGBT
Kissing, Love Pentagrams & Romance (There are absolutely NO sex scenes)
Alcohol Use
Suicidal Tendencies / Depression
Bunnies Dancing With Butterflies Under Rainbows (we offset and try to make humorous. We tackle subjects, we don't force them)
Low quality prototype of Chapter 0
The first location [SECRET] created in Minecraft
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