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merry_monad 's review for:
Navola
by Paolo Bacigalupi
I have such mixed feeling on this one.
This did not need to be as long as it was, the first 200 pages could have been scrapped And preferably 200 pages added at the end of it. And also the rest of it would benefit greatly from being heavily edited. The dragon eye didn't do much till the very end, that was somewhat disappointing, but I suspected as much before I even started reading. The main character was written very well, but I do have to say that he pissed the hell out of me untill the very end. Incredibly oblivious, horny and miserable most of the time with different proportions of the last two.
My main gripe is that the book ends almost as soon as it gets really interesting. If we are talking in terms of the classic hero's journey, it ends right after getting out of the whale's belly. I kinda feel that I suffered through all the misery and cruelty of Navola just to be told that I have to wait for a few more years (if the part two happens at all).
And yet I give this book 4 stars, cause it was exceptionally well written - even the unbearably obtuse horny teen parts - and also because I got so very invested into all of the action at the end of the book. But if this does not get part two, I'm goint to return here and change my rating to 1 star, i swear to f***ing god. . .
This did not need to be as long as it was, the first 200 pages could have been scrapped And preferably 200 pages added at the end of it. And also the rest of it would benefit greatly from being heavily edited. The dragon eye didn't do much till the very end, that was somewhat disappointing, but I suspected as much before I even started reading. The main character was written very well, but I do have to say that he pissed the hell out of me untill the very end. Incredibly oblivious, horny and miserable most of the time with different proportions of the last two.
My main gripe is that the book ends almost as soon as it gets really interesting. If we are talking in terms of the classic hero's journey, it ends right after getting out of the whale's belly. I kinda feel that I suffered through all the misery and cruelty of Navola just to be told that I have to wait for a few more years (if the part two happens at all).
And yet I give this book 4 stars, cause it was exceptionally well written - even the unbearably obtuse horny teen parts - and also because I got so very invested into all of the action at the end of the book. But if this does not get part two, I'm goint to return here and change my rating to 1 star, i swear to f***ing god. . .