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Hamlet, but with a more modernised fantasy twist than the original and a vaguely happier ending.
The first half of the novel was less obvious in its Hamlet parallels and I enjoyed it significantly more; the mechanics of the world and the opportunity to watch fantasy societies develop on a geological scale was innovative and definitely up my alley. Until the story is literally uprooted and transported to an entirely different setting which was barely populated by any characters of notable develop ...more
The first half of the novel was less obvious in its Hamlet parallels and I enjoyed it significantly more; the mechanics of the world and the opportunity to watch fantasy societies develop on a geological scale was innovative and definitely up my alley. Until the story is literally uprooted and transported to an entirely different setting which was barely populated by any characters of notable develop ...more
I wanted to like this book, but between the tiring second person, narration, the bland unknowable characters, and the slooooow plot, I just didn’t. I stuck with it assuming it would go somewhere interesting, and I think it started to, but then the book was over. I‘ve read the first two in her ancillary series, but this one wasn’t nearly as gripping. I could sort of see what she was going for, but it didn’t come together for me.
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