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christopherlucas 's review for:
The Other Valley
by Scott Alexander Howard
On the one hand, this ended up being a much slower and more romantic read than I’d gleamed from the blurb. The pacing is not ideal: just as things start to pick up, we jump through time and have to run through another hundred pages of setup and world-building.
On the other hand, there is a softness to the writing that holds an undeniable charm. I didn’t always empathize with the protagonist and certainly wasn’t gripped by any propulsion of plot, but something kept me going and I think that’s just the writing itself.
“Evening came without sunset. The daylight simply slid back into the earth.”
On the other hand, there is a softness to the writing that holds an undeniable charm. I didn’t always empathize with the protagonist and certainly wasn’t gripped by any propulsion of plot, but something kept me going and I think that’s just the writing itself.
“Evening came without sunset. The daylight simply slid back into the earth.”