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A review by katnortonwriter
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Admittedly, I had some stuff going on while I was reading this, so I may not have been as present as I'd like. That said, I enjoyed this world and this mystery, but I wanted more detail. I had a hard time picturing what was going on, or what this world looked like, or where things were relative to each other. It's so different from our world, and I felt like I had to fill in a lot of the gaps.
The overall conceit is really cool, though, and the writing style has a sort of sapphic Sherlock Holmes vibe... not just because of how the characters are described and interact, but because of the almost academic, intellectual writing style. The larger mystery has interesting implications, and I look forward to seeing how that plays out through the series. I'm not sure it was planned as a series, as I wouldn't say that there was a cliffhanger per se, but anyway I'll happily keep reading the adventures of these two.
The overall conceit is really cool, though, and the writing style has a sort of sapphic Sherlock Holmes vibe... not just because of how the characters are described and interact, but because of the almost academic, intellectual writing style. The larger mystery has interesting implications, and I look forward to seeing how that plays out through the series. I'm not sure it was planned as a series, as I wouldn't say that there was a cliffhanger per se, but anyway I'll happily keep reading the adventures of these two.