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imaginary_sauropod 's review for:
Soul of the Deep
by Natasha Bowen
Simi is fulfilling her promise of helping Olokun pray over the bodies of the dead in the ocean when she discovers that he broke his promise to her and did not return Esu back to Olodumare. Without Esu, the ajogun (anti-gods) are not fully restrained. Can she work with Esu to prevent the ajogun from destroying the world?
Once again, the ending is great but the first half of the novel is rough. There is a lot of main character syndrome where the motivations of other characters don’t make sense if you look at it from their perspective. Things just happen that pull you out because it feels like the author is pushing events instead of letting them unfold naturally for the first half of the book. But once you get more than halfway it comes together.
I hope the author improves because these are great stories, I just don’t want to feel like I’m dragging myself to get through the first half to get there.
Once again, the ending is great but the first half of the novel is rough. There is a lot of main character syndrome where the motivations of other characters don’t make sense if you look at it from their perspective. Things just happen that pull you out because it feels like the author is pushing events instead of letting them unfold naturally for the first half of the book. But once you get more than halfway it comes together.
I hope the author improves because these are great stories, I just don’t want to feel like I’m dragging myself to get through the first half to get there.