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5.0
This is part 2 of Isaac the Fortunate. You can find my review of Part 1 – The Winter here.
Like part one, Issac provides an introductory narrative to the tale, although at this point in the story it isn’t yet clear how he ends up being the thread that ties everything together. I really enjoyed this little narrative my Issac, which is very humorous. The humor helps to balance out the serious/delirious? nature of Eostre’s madness in the convent.
More beautiful illustrations line the pages of this volume, one even is titled ‘Suspiciously normal,’ which just fits this entire book to a tee.
Eostre stumbles through two worlds, unable to distinguish dreams and illusions from reality. She is suffering from the Delirium in one world, but in the other the plague never happened, stopped by the farmer Beltran. Eostre must figure out the truth before it is too late.
This volume gives some insights into events that happen in part one, and a second read through of both books with fresh eyes yielded a treasure trove of missed references. For example, in Part one, Amaranthe, suffering from the delirium, predicts her own death, seemingly seeing into a future that didn’t yet exist. Perhaps she, like Eostre, also saw two worlds. There is more, but I don’t want to spoil anything.
The prose is as solid and engaging as ever, and the reader is swept up by the richly detailed swiss convent filled with engaging three dimensional characters.
Like part one, Issac provides an introductory narrative to the tale, although at this point in the story it isn’t yet clear how he ends up being the thread that ties everything together. I really enjoyed this little narrative my Issac, which is very humorous. The humor helps to balance out the serious/delirious? nature of Eostre’s madness in the convent.
More beautiful illustrations line the pages of this volume, one even is titled ‘Suspiciously normal,’ which just fits this entire book to a tee.
Eostre stumbles through two worlds, unable to distinguish dreams and illusions from reality. She is suffering from the Delirium in one world, but in the other the plague never happened, stopped by the farmer Beltran. Eostre must figure out the truth before it is too late.
This volume gives some insights into events that happen in part one, and a second read through of both books with fresh eyes yielded a treasure trove of missed references. For example, in Part one, Amaranthe, suffering from the delirium, predicts her own death, seemingly seeing into a future that didn’t yet exist. Perhaps she, like Eostre, also saw two worlds. There is more, but I don’t want to spoil anything.
The prose is as solid and engaging as ever, and the reader is swept up by the richly detailed swiss convent filled with engaging three dimensional characters.
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