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A review by jonas_gehrlein
Aegypt by John Crowley
4.0
As expected from Crowley this has very beautiful lyrical prose which is the primary star of this book and probably the main reason to read the book as I didn't find the characters being really interesting and the plot is fairly lacking by itself and doesn't really push the book forward and never comes to a conclusion where it very much sets up for a sequel as the central conceit is revealed very late in the book.
The romantic parallel world concept of a romantic world history based on magic primarily astrology and the common rationalistic world is written in an interesting way with the main characters never really fitting for the 'real' world and this disconnect is explored quite well and the prose often descripes their emotional landscape clearly and in novel ways which makes the book worth reading by itself.
The romantic parallel world concept of a romantic world history based on magic primarily astrology and the common rationalistic world is written in an interesting way with the main characters never really fitting for the 'real' world and this disconnect is explored quite well and the prose often descripes their emotional landscape clearly and in novel ways which makes the book worth reading by itself.