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ferrumage 's review for:
Phoenix Extravagant
by Yoon Ha Lee
DID NOT FINISH: 14%
Me, having read the inner flap and seeing a conversation about interacting with immortals on the moon: "Ah, the ink must be either made of immortals, or made of people. Thanks, I'm done."
Just felt very YA, even though all the characters were adults and dealing with adult problems. They just didn't feel like they were interacting like adults about it or something; I'm not sure quite what.
Definitely appreciate the "WWII-adjacent experiences of Japanese occupation and colonization were also fucked up yo" subgenre of English-language fantasy though (RF Kuang's first book does this too).
Just felt very YA, even though all the characters were adults and dealing with adult problems. They just didn't feel like they were interacting like adults about it or something; I'm not sure quite what.
Definitely appreciate the "WWII-adjacent experiences of Japanese occupation and colonization were also fucked up yo" subgenre of English-language fantasy though (RF Kuang's first book does this too).