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adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
There are so many things that could have gone wrong in writing this book. It’s deeply, deeply ambitious and complicated. And to be clear some of those things do go wrong - in particular I think that this book falls victim to the classic anthology-adjacent problem of some stories being weaker than others.
But you know something? I don’t care. I was enthralled by the commitment to every single genre this book drew upon. I cannot imagine the time commitment of outlining and drawing and redrawing every single connection. This is ambitious and complicated, and imperfect and cheesy, and utterly fascinating to read. Hell of an introduction to Cashore.
But you know something? I don’t care. I was enthralled by the commitment to every single genre this book drew upon. I cannot imagine the time commitment of outlining and drawing and redrawing every single connection. This is ambitious and complicated, and imperfect and cheesy, and utterly fascinating to read. Hell of an introduction to Cashore.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death
Minor: Gun violence
The story begins after Jane’s aunt/caretaker since childhood dies - it’s not death of a parent in a literal sense but it’s treated as such by the narrative. Additionally, chapter 2 includes animal injury, but the dog is fine, I repeat, the dog is fine.
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