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A review by bmg20
The Mapmaker's War by Ronlyn Domingue
2.0
This was an extremely strangely written story for me as I had never read anything written in second person narrative before.
'Thank you, but I'll wait to eat them. Stained fingers, stained map, you said.
You're tame enough to feed by hand, said he.'
Adding to the confusing way of writing was the complete lack of quotation marks which I have seen more and more of in literature these days and still am not clear as to why this is done. I dislike it greatly. Unfortunately, the story didn't benefit from these choices in writing styles; it actually diminished my interest because it was a constant struggle trying to grasp what was being said.
The story itself had huge potential and I was eager to start this but was greatly disappointed at the disjointed nature I felt was created by using that form of narrative.
'Thank you, but I'll wait to eat them. Stained fingers, stained map, you said.
You're tame enough to feed by hand, said he.'
Adding to the confusing way of writing was the complete lack of quotation marks which I have seen more and more of in literature these days and still am not clear as to why this is done. I dislike it greatly. Unfortunately, the story didn't benefit from these choices in writing styles; it actually diminished my interest because it was a constant struggle trying to grasp what was being said.
The story itself had huge potential and I was eager to start this but was greatly disappointed at the disjointed nature I felt was created by using that form of narrative.