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A review by rigbees
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Audiobook read
This book was strong enough that I started taking craft notes to dissect what it was doing. It's a strong epic - and I mean the type of epic that was told orally at the campfire, not dragons-and-knights epic. It is about heroes swept up in a perilous adventure, though, so someone looking for dragons-and-knights would probably be satisfied. The writing blends action and lyrical writing perfectly.
The one thing to note is that it's long. I read it in two parts because my library checkout of the audiobook expired before I could finish it on the first go around. The first half of the novel is also the foundation for what comes later. It's a slower start, but once you hit the tipping point, it falls into each other. It ends strongly, wrapping up an epic in a remarkable artful what that other works in the genre would do well to imitate.
This book was strong enough that I started taking craft notes to dissect what it was doing. It's a strong epic - and I mean the type of epic that was told orally at the campfire, not dragons-and-knights epic. It is about heroes swept up in a perilous adventure, though, so someone looking for dragons-and-knights would probably be satisfied. The writing blends action and lyrical writing perfectly.
The one thing to note is that it's long. I read it in two parts because my library checkout of the audiobook expired before I could finish it on the first go around. The first half of the novel is also the foundation for what comes later. It's a slower start, but once you hit the tipping point, it falls into each other. It ends strongly, wrapping up an epic in a remarkable artful what that other works in the genre would do well to imitate.