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A review by raenyreads
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
I'm really struggling to write this review, and it's literally just because I don't think I'm smart enough to put into words how great this book is! So forgive me that this review maybe doesn't do the book justice, but just trust me and go read it.
So the basis of this story is that we follow two men as they try to help a god flee across a country from the royal family who kept her captive. But believe me, there is so much more to this story I obviously can't go into without ending up in spoiler territory. The story took a lot of turns I wasn't expecting and all the way until the end I was kept engaged and on the edge of my seat for how it would all turn out.
The most talked about thing I had heard of before I read this book was that the narrative style was different, and while some people loved it others didn't, or it at least took some getting used to. For me I was sucked straight in from the first few pages and I loved it, the narrative style used by the author to tell this story is so unique and really adds a lot of depth to the whole experience while bringing an extra layer to the storytelling that makes it feel so magical.
A big focus of the book is storytelling. In itself, it is a story within a story within a story, but I also felt like each character was also trying to figure out how they wanted their own stories to go.
The characters are all very well written. I was attached to the two main characters early on because of how much detail they are given and how much emotion they convey so that by the end, I didn't want their story to finish. Conversely, the villains are awful and very easy to hate, but they are given a lot of depth as well, making them a more interesting aspect of the whole plot.
Overall, I just haven't read anything else like this, and I am so glad I finally picked it up. It's truly a great piece of work, and more people need to know about it!
So the basis of this story is that we follow two men as they try to help a god flee across a country from the royal family who kept her captive. But believe me, there is so much more to this story I obviously can't go into without ending up in spoiler territory. The story took a lot of turns I wasn't expecting and all the way until the end I was kept engaged and on the edge of my seat for how it would all turn out.
The most talked about thing I had heard of before I read this book was that the narrative style was different, and while some people loved it others didn't, or it at least took some getting used to. For me I was sucked straight in from the first few pages and I loved it, the narrative style used by the author to tell this story is so unique and really adds a lot of depth to the whole experience while bringing an extra layer to the storytelling that makes it feel so magical.
A big focus of the book is storytelling. In itself, it is a story within a story within a story, but I also felt like each character was also trying to figure out how they wanted their own stories to go.
The characters are all very well written. I was attached to the two main characters early on because of how much detail they are given and how much emotion they convey so that by the end, I didn't want their story to finish. Conversely, the villains are awful and very easy to hate, but they are given a lot of depth as well, making them a more interesting aspect of the whole plot.
Overall, I just haven't read anything else like this, and I am so glad I finally picked it up. It's truly a great piece of work, and more people need to know about it!