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A review by wordylocks
The Horizon by Gautam Bhatia
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
5.0
I'll try and write a longer review later, but I had to come squee about The Horizon, that I pulled an all nighter to finish reading.
My pandemic - addled brain is suffering from an inability to focus, and no matter how interesting something is, I find myself getting distracted. While reading The Horizon, however, I never felt the urge to take my eyes off the page.
A worthy end to the Sumer duology, The Horizon is both thrilling and thought provoking. The characters, already so beautifully written in The Wall, become flesh and blood in this sequel. There is both craft and care in the writing, and there were many points at which I whooped with delight; or wept, because I was heartbroken; or because the scene was written with so much tenderness. The scene where Mithila sees the sea for the first time, will stay with me forever.
The Horizon ties up the loose ends, but leaves off enough for the reader to imagine for themselves (yaay head canon!). I especially appreciate the appendix, in which the author describes all the influences and ideas that went into the writing of the duology. That is as fascinating and fun a rabbit hole to dive into, as the story itself.
I've already been recommending The Wall to everyone, and now I can happily do the same for The Horizon.
My pandemic - addled brain is suffering from an inability to focus, and no matter how interesting something is, I find myself getting distracted. While reading The Horizon, however, I never felt the urge to take my eyes off the page.
A worthy end to the Sumer duology, The Horizon is both thrilling and thought provoking. The characters, already so beautifully written in The Wall, become flesh and blood in this sequel. There is both craft and care in the writing, and there were many points at which I whooped with delight; or wept, because I was heartbroken; or because the scene was written with so much tenderness. The scene where Mithila sees the sea for the first time, will stay with me forever.
The Horizon ties up the loose ends, but leaves off enough for the reader to imagine for themselves (yaay head canon!). I especially appreciate the appendix, in which the author describes all the influences and ideas that went into the writing of the duology. That is as fascinating and fun a rabbit hole to dive into, as the story itself.
I've already been recommending The Wall to everyone, and now I can happily do the same for The Horizon.