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A review by katieinca
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
4.0
A lovely dark & bright read - the Gaiman comparisons make complete sense, the Maguire ones less so, or maybe that's just because I never understood what people liked about [b:Wicked|37442|Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)|Gregory Maguire|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1370992578s/37442.jpg|1479280].
Very rich. Plenty to mull over and chew on. It gave me a similar feeling to what I remember from reading [b:Midnight's Children|14836|Midnight's Children|Salman Rushdie|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1371063511s/14836.jpg|1024288], because I'm only about 5% more familiar with Slavic history and folklore than I am with Indian. Not having much sense of what's a reference and what's the author's spin is a little disorienting, but at least in this case also great fun.
Very rich. Plenty to mull over and chew on. It gave me a similar feeling to what I remember from reading [b:Midnight's Children|14836|Midnight's Children|Salman Rushdie|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1371063511s/14836.jpg|1024288], because I'm only about 5% more familiar with Slavic history and folklore than I am with Indian. Not having much sense of what's a reference and what's the author's spin is a little disorienting, but at least in this case also great fun.