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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
Bloody hell.
No really, bloody hell, what a remarkable piece of art this novel is, dancing, whirling through mythology, time and space, to a beat long since abandoned as the drummer's just thrown up over his own shoes. This is the type of new weird that would make Shelley and Byron wet themselves in terror - like Ned Beauman writing fantasy fiction after spending all day on opium, this is crazed, jumps around the narrative with no truck for linearity or actual words describing this. The war is spilling through the cracks of the Vellum into realities and my word I can't wait to read Ink.
Also many many points for gay rep here - the Puck/Matthew Shepherd stuff is handled brilliantly and Jack's scenes with Tom/Puck/whoever he is this week are wonderfully written too.
No really, bloody hell, what a remarkable piece of art this novel is, dancing, whirling through mythology, time and space, to a beat long since abandoned as the drummer's just thrown up over his own shoes. This is the type of new weird that would make Shelley and Byron wet themselves in terror - like Ned Beauman writing fantasy fiction after spending all day on opium, this is crazed, jumps around the narrative with no truck for linearity or actual words describing this. The war is spilling through the cracks of the Vellum into realities and my word I can't wait to read Ink.
Also many many points for gay rep here - the Puck/Matthew Shepherd stuff is handled brilliantly and Jack's scenes with Tom/Puck/whoever he is this week are wonderfully written too.
I really wanted to like this book. The premise was so interesting to me. The reason I couldn't get into is because it constantly changes perspective, different characters, different timelines, different worlds, different versions of the same character (I think?), some mythology that I assume is somehow related. And the change happened every few PARAGRAPHS. I can handle chapters jumping around, but literally every few paragraphs. I lost track of who the characters were because you never stayed with them more than 3 paragraphs and there were so many of them. I don't even know who the main character is. It's tantalizing, like I feel like there could be something here, but it is such a chore to read. I'm struggling to stay engaged. It's like sitting down to read and constantly being interrupted by someone. I can never actually get absorbed in the story.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Vorerst abgebrochen. Die Schnipsel, das ständige Springen, die langen Absatzblöcke nehmen mir jetzt schon den Spaß, bevor sich irgendwelche Spannung ausbreiten kann.
Difficile de decrier ce roman. Je crois sincèrement que toutes tentatives seraient vaines et ne feraient que réduire ce que livre est vraiement. Je me conteterai donc de dire qu'il s'agit d'une histoire épique, fort intéressante et que meme si parfois on s'y sent perdu, on continue à lire et on finit par s'y retrouver. Un récit incroyable mélangeant histoire, mythologie, passé, future, monde parallèle, paradis, enfer... Je le recommande à tous ceux ayant un esprit ouvert et désireux de découvrir de nouvelles oeuvres!
I don't know if it's my pregnancy brain or if this book is just far too confusing, disjointed and esoteric. I had to stop reading it because I just could not figure out what the heck was going on.
Story was all over the place and boring. Only got maybe a quarter of the way through and refused to read any further. Took it to a used book store asap.
This proves that I am just not cut out for the sci-fi/fantasy book world.
