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Beautifully written, but it didn't keep me reading. I had to keep forcing myself to pick it up and while I enjoyed it while I was reading, it couldn't hold me for very long. I'm not sure why. I absolutely admire the crafting but it just didn't work for me.
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“I thought how strange it was that I ever feared the end. That I had ever tried to escape it. And like that, it was done. My hand releasing from its fist. The battle fought. The life slipped from this old tether”
This is a hard review to write. Everything about this book is so different from anything I have ever read before. I nearly DNF'd twice. And yet... in the end I was captivated by the story and the enormou ...more
“I thought how strange it was that I ever feared the end. That I had ever tried to escape it. And like that, it was done. My hand releasing from its fist. The battle fought. The life slipped from this old tether”
This is a hard review to write. Everything about this book is so different from anything I have ever read before. I nearly DNF'd twice. And yet... in the end I was captivated by the story and the enormou ...more
It took me a while to get through this beast, but I quite enjoyed it. The world was familiar enough to feel grounded in real world history, but I didn't actually recognize any thinly veiled historical events or peoples. The fantastical elements were creative and not so mythological that they lost specificity, despite having some definite mythological flavor. The unconventional narration added a nice level of challenge.
I can't help but contrast it with the Poppy War, which I read right before thi ...more
I can't help but contrast it with the Poppy War, which I read right before thi ...more
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