Pendragon : The Merchant Of Death

Okay. Big question. How do you pronounce "Pendragon"?
The book is a fantasy book, written by D.J Machale, a guy. (I know this only after reading the author's paragraph for giving thanks which so far every author has written one and he mentions "wife". Hope he's not a les.)
So the book is about Bobby and his adventures to a world called Denduron, yet another word I have no clue how to pronounce. Bobby discovers he's a traveller, nope, not the thirsty traveller, but one who can travel through portals across space and time (every kid's dream.. or not.)
So this book is realistic. Yeah, we dream of being a hero who saves the world. But we would do in the comfort of our room, in front of our computer or TV and a glass of ice cold coke to quench our thirst. If any of us were thrown into having to wear some of the wierd looking clothes and use axes/arrows to shoot someone, we probably have "Game Over" printed across our forehead.
So Bobby decides that kicking butts and leading a revolution is not thing he is good at. In fact, he messes up almost on every occassion. Even when peeping on a girl bathing. How loser can you get? :P
But like all heroes and stories, he pulls through, and somehow saves the terrority from ultimate chaos. Wow, surprised.
2 things that annoy me in this book.
One, the story is told in journals written by Bobby. Which to me is highly unrealistic. The way he wrote it so clearly made it feel like your there. And a journal that has so much detail would require you the same amount of time to write it as you actually spent time doing it. So he does through an incredible ordeal in 2 days.. But he can write everything in 1 hour? Nah. Bullshit. ALSO, it's like, wow, he wrote a journal. Look, so it means.. He's alive. No matter what danger he was in, he managed to survive. No cold sweat from me.
Another thing is the concept of balance. I thought about it before. But after the "Matrix", it's like every book, movie, theme, whatever is all based on balance. Like, wtf? It's a good concept and all, but right now it's like everyone is balantly bringing out this concept. Good and evil must have balance.. Blah blah. Can't they put it in a more subtle manner? :S
Currently reading "If you could see me now" by Cecelia Ahern.
Thanks to Iris for her great recommendations. :D