(August 30, 2023 – 6:08 PM)Sisse Thompsett Wrote: And I hate to say this but shit has hit the fan/things have started really moving along.... and I'm STILL dragging myself through the book.
This was never going to be a for-everyone book. I think I enjoyed Book 4 the most. Pacing woes are a real trial.
(August 30, 2023 – 7:16 PM)Elias Grimstone Wrote: This is the second topmost goodreads review – warning, they rated it a 2 stars, which I don't agree with – but which discusses a) the worldbuilding and b) the language problem* that expresses my thoughts well enough that I cba to try and put it in my own words.
LOL. They are... not wrong? I'm a language nerd but not quite to this extent—I enjoyed the notes about 80% of the time, though! Definitely passing this book along to the mother who is a self-proclaimed language nerd though!
This is ultimately a big issue I had with it as well, and why I only gave it four stars myself. It was well-researched, generally well-written, and often engaging (though I can see why others might struggle with it, as it's not to everyone's taste) but from a fantasy perspective, it's a bit of a failure. It's not rich enough for magical realism, or elaborate enough for a properly-developed world. It does a lot of things right, but this is definitely an area of struggle.
Quote:Also, for Kayte and/or anyone else who has read Yellowface: would you recommend? I know it's v diff in genre, but which did you prefer, Babel or that? (Would I like it? xD)
I want you to read this just to get your feedback as someone who is a Writer instead of just a writer like meeee <3 Can I sell you with a first-person, morally-gray-at-best narrator?
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