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2 Stars
Too like the lightning by Ada Palmer is a book that I cannot focus on at this time. It is
Ambitious, smart, and well written, unfortunately at times it is nearly unreadable.
I would probably enjoy this one at another time, however the start stop is not working at this point in time.
Another day.
Too like the lightning by Ada Palmer is a book that I cannot focus on at this time. It is
Ambitious, smart, and well written, unfortunately at times it is nearly unreadable.
I would probably enjoy this one at another time, however the start stop is not working at this point in time.
Another day.
6/10
I had forgotten until I finished it that this book is the first in a series, so I keep expecting some answers but only got more questions.
The world-building is dense, maddeningly and somewhat unnecessarily so, I think. I would have appreciated some infodumps (which I normally don’t like)—there was just so much to absorb without much explanation. Even trying to figure things out from context was challenging, especially at first.
I get that the writing style is meant to be like 18th century lit ...more
I had forgotten until I finished it that this book is the first in a series, so I keep expecting some answers but only got more questions.
The world-building is dense, maddeningly and somewhat unnecessarily so, I think. I would have appreciated some infodumps (which I normally don’t like)—there was just so much to absorb without much explanation. Even trying to figure things out from context was challenging, especially at first.
I get that the writing style is meant to be like 18th century lit ...more
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