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melonhead1215's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book is fucking weird. Like soooo weird. I picked it up because a booktuber I enjoy likened it to The Locked Tomb and at that point, nothing can scare me off.
It’s so weird, though. The beginning was really slow for me because you are just thrown into the plot, introduced to so many characters, and have to wait to really get into the logic of the storyline. I didn’t fully understand everything, but again. After Tamsyn, this isn’t an issue at all. By the middle I was hooked and I did actually love the ending. Overall, this was a fun time. It was definitely something different from my usual reads.
It’s so weird, though. The beginning was really slow for me because you are just thrown into the plot, introduced to so many characters, and have to wait to really get into the logic of the storyline. I didn’t fully understand everything, but again. After Tamsyn, this isn’t an issue at all. By the middle I was hooked and I did actually love the ending. Overall, this was a fun time. It was definitely something different from my usual reads.
yak_attak's review against another edition
3.5
The Library at Mount Char is mainly strange, and in such a way that it's fairly difficult to discuss it without really grappling with whatever the fuck is going on her, in many ways to its credit. There's not a lot of 'let's slow down and make everything obvious now' (even if the characters constantly say that there will be) and a lot of the side details, world building whatchamacallems are all kept at a distance, letting you fill in the blanks to your heart's content.
But we can take a stab at it. A love story, revenge story, somewhat about the dangers of hubris, and somewhat about the inhumanity and dispassion that knowledge and power bring, told through a modern lens of... greek gods? Or something like them at any rate. There's infinite cosmos, and there's a murderer war machine guy who wears a tutu. It never quite falls into modern hyuck hyuck jokey fiction, but it's on the line, and the straightforward prose doesn't enhance much (an early complaint? The character who knows every language ever for all time doesn't speak any differently than any other character. it's... a missed opportunity.)
It's just a... strange book, one that I did enjoy reading and appreciate, but I'm not sure it's particular blend of nonsense is quite my thing. And though I expect that's more likely than not, it's also one that it does seem like people should try.
But we can take a stab at it. A love story, revenge story, somewhat about the dangers of hubris, and somewhat about the inhumanity and dispassion that knowledge and power bring, told through a modern lens of... greek gods? Or something like them at any rate. There's infinite cosmos, and there's a murderer war machine guy who wears a tutu. It never quite falls into modern hyuck hyuck jokey fiction, but it's on the line, and the straightforward prose doesn't enhance much (an early complaint? The character who knows every language ever for all time doesn't speak any differently than any other character. it's... a missed opportunity.)
It's just a... strange book, one that I did enjoy reading and appreciate, but I'm not sure it's particular blend of nonsense is quite my thing. And though I expect that's more likely than not, it's also one that it does seem like people should try.
redknightrabbit's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
polarbear2023's review against another edition
5.0
It's literally sooooo fuckinh good and insane and psychotic like I fuckinh love it bruh you don't understand she's beautiful
iellv's review against another edition
Entertaining enough but you can tell this was written by a cishet white man who's way into legs and Japan. It was distracting and I don't care enough to continue. So. DNF <3
And can I just say. The "teach a child love and compassion only to traumatize them soon after because you want to teach them the True Lesson (Cruelty)" is such a tired, ineffective, and unimaginative concept?
And can I just say. The "teach a child love and compassion only to traumatize them soon after because you want to teach them the True Lesson (Cruelty)" is such a tired, ineffective, and unimaginative concept?
eliotopian's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Ok
This took a bit to get passed the “ok what the heck is going on here?!” Phase
Then it was feeling like it was attempting to be more mysterious and intriguing than it was for a very long time
The ending is a bit obvious but also felt right? It bumped it from a 3.0 to 3.75
I do think it was longer than necessary
There was plenty of times I told people it felt like the author was just rambling and making stuff up the moment he typed it or something.
This took a bit to get passed the “ok what the heck is going on here?!” Phase
Then it was feeling like it was attempting to be more mysterious and intriguing than it was for a very long time
The ending is a bit obvious but also felt right? It bumped it from a 3.0 to 3.75
I do think it was longer than necessary
There was plenty of times I told people it felt like the author was just rambling and making stuff up the moment he typed it or something.
dragonsnoot's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
apiep97's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I’ve never read anything like this. Even days later, I don’t know what to say about it. A mix of horror, humor, religious themes. Honestly felt like a fever dream and I never knew what was coming next.