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A review by grayjay
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr by John Crowley
2.0
A very dreamy, mythic story of a crow and his journeying alongside various humans and animals, exploring and embodying death.
I found it difficult to care much about Dar Oakley throughout the novel because the narrative thread is so loose and thin. The rules of the narrative are made and broken so many times I lost my trust in the narrator. Dar Oakley will do some interesting things and learn a lesson in one lifetime, but then forget it all in the next...but then remember it later? The book could have been about a third shorter.
I found it difficult to care much about Dar Oakley throughout the novel because the narrative thread is so loose and thin. The rules of the narrative are made and broken so many times I lost my trust in the narrator. Dar Oakley will do some interesting things and learn a lesson in one lifetime, but then forget it all in the next...but then remember it later? The book could have been about a third shorter.