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Senlin Ascends
by Josiah Bancroft
This book is bizarre yet very fun to read. Reading this book is what I had imagined reading The Wind-Up Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi would be like but whereas that book failed and I didn't enjoy it, this book succeeds and I really liked it.
This is a book about Thomas Senlin and his bizarre journey through the lower-most levels of the Tower of Babel; the Basement, Parlor, Baths, and finally a trader's port in New Babel. With a host of quirky secondary characters, it is a bizarre journey but so well written and imagined that it's a pleasure to read. Looking forward to reading book two.
Reread 10/7/21 - It was surprising to realize how little time is spent in The Basement and The Parlour. Even The Baths didn't take up much time. It's fun to see all the characters early in the book that show up later in the story and some of the details that are important later but didn't seem to be during the first read. Very excited to read the complete story with the concluding novel coming out next month. On to my reread of Arm of the Sphinx!
This is a book about Thomas Senlin and his bizarre journey through the lower-most levels of the Tower of Babel; the Basement, Parlor, Baths, and finally a trader's port in New Babel. With a host of quirky secondary characters, it is a bizarre journey but so well written and imagined that it's a pleasure to read. Looking forward to reading book two.
Reread 10/7/21 - It was surprising to realize how little time is spent in The Basement and The Parlour. Even The Baths didn't take up much time. It's fun to see all the characters early in the book that show up later in the story and some of the details that are important later but didn't seem to be during the first read. Very excited to read the complete story with the concluding novel coming out next month. On to my reread of Arm of the Sphinx!