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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Perfectly fine but rambling story that feels like filler between other, better pieces.
It’s insane how good The Empress of Salt and Fortune is, especially in comparison to the rest of the series. I still really like Cleric Chih as a main character, and love the weird situation/cool story-telling plot of the series, but the political intrigue of the first one really got me. This one is fun because it’s Chih vs a couple of tigers committed to eating them, which makes the stakes higher than in other books. It’s also fun because it seems that these can be read in any order without missing anything.
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Somewhat different from the first novella, but just as beautiful and tender. Still about the complexity of stories and truth and perspective, intertwined with love. Also, tigers are terrifying.
emotional
relaxing
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book has a different story than the others in the series but it is so similar it doesn’t feel like a different book. It feels copy paste between the series.
Nghi Vo is a master of her craft and she is so fantastically gifted at imbuing these stories with a sense of true folklore. Not just in terms of the content but in how it is delivered, and in the case of this tale, how it changes depending on who is telling it. Seriously masterful stuff.
I will say that I listened to this in audiobook format and that probably didn’t help, but I just had a hard time following the battling storylines. I’m keenly aware that there are layers and layers of subtle changes with massive significance and that they each contribute to the larger narrative… but it was sort of lost on me except in the broadest terms. Obviously that’s on me, but I didn’t find myself sinking as easily into this one as I did the previous story in the series. Still, I plan to keep going to see the continuation of Cleric Chih’s story.
I will say that I listened to this in audiobook format and that probably didn’t help, but I just had a hard time following the battling storylines. I’m keenly aware that there are layers and layers of subtle changes with massive significance and that they each contribute to the larger narrative… but it was sort of lost on me except in the broadest terms. Obviously that’s on me, but I didn’t find myself sinking as easily into this one as I did the previous story in the series. Still, I plan to keep going to see the continuation of Cleric Chih’s story.
i loved this book. it was nothing like i imagined but exceeded all expectations. the way that the author is able to incorperate queer characters and stories is so good.
i loved both the human and tigers version of the same story, its interesting how its simliar to real life that us as humans can change and adapt stories to better fit our own beliefs (for better and for worse)
overall great read and im excited to read the other books in the series
i loved both the human and tigers version of the same story, its interesting how its simliar to real life that us as humans can change and adapt stories to better fit our own beliefs (for better and for worse)
overall great read and im excited to read the other books in the series
fast-paced