Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by soovailyn
The Circle of Ceridwen: Book One of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga by Octavia Randolph
3.0
ETA 6/25/20:
I skim read the next book in this series and skimmed parts of #3. I can't recommend the books to anyone because the writing is not good & gets worse. Writing fiction takes a different set of skills than reading a bunch of different books on research and having a bazillion notes on a things you love.
The historical details were cool. The plot is crap and the characters are puppet place holders. There are lots of good to amazing books out there. Spend time with them.
Notes:
I was lured by the pretty writing & historical details. However, there's a distinct lack of depth to the characters and plot that wore away the shine from the pretty words & cool notes. It felt like the story was parsed out for dramatic affect and used as a setting to display a flowing phrase. The jarring contrast of well established details and the glaring lack in rounded characters, believable plot & consequences made the overall experience like a balloon that never made it into the sky because it had a tiny hole hissing all the hot air away.
I skim read the next book in this series and skimmed parts of #3. I can't recommend the books to anyone because the writing is not good & gets worse. Writing fiction takes a different set of skills than reading a bunch of different books on research and having a bazillion notes on a things you love.
The historical details were cool. The plot is crap and the characters are puppet place holders. There are lots of good to amazing books out there. Spend time with them.
Notes:
I was lured by the pretty writing & historical details. However, there's a distinct lack of depth to the characters and plot that wore away the shine from the pretty words & cool notes. It felt like the story was parsed out for dramatic affect and used as a setting to display a flowing phrase. The jarring contrast of well established details and the glaring lack in rounded characters, believable plot & consequences made the overall experience like a balloon that never made it into the sky because it had a tiny hole hissing all the hot air away.