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vallehlg 's review for:
Der Uhrmacher in der Filigree Street
by Natasha Pulley
medium-paced
this book surprised me in the best way possible. I expected an existencial crisis regarding the inevitability of spending most of ones life in an office job with a sprinkle of bomb threats and a magic watch but it turned out to be a lesson in Irish, English and Japanese history, together with chemistry, technology, synesthesia, very confusing magical abilities involving time and marriage of convenience (favourite trope. Get that money, Thaniel).
I wasn't a fan of the writing style, it lacked a bit of depth and emotions, but that could also be the fault of the translator. I guess I have to reread it in English to find out if it was the German that was the problem, and how the hell the time logic worked because I still don't know what was really going on most of the time.
I wasn't a fan of the writing style, it lacked a bit of depth and emotions, but that could also be the fault of the translator. I guess I have to reread it in English to find out if it was the German that was the problem, and how the hell the time logic worked because I still don't know what was really going on most of the time.