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A review by lezreadalot
Chronin Volume 1: The Knife at Your Back by Benjamin A. Wilgus
4.0
Science fiction and historical Japan? Say! No! More!
This was a really well-paced, super engaging read; I devoured most of it during what could have been one of the dullest car rides of my life, and instead turned out to be a great day, because long after I got to where I was going I was thinking about Mirai. Time travelling babe of my HEART. She's pragmatic but brave but realistic but kind, and has got a GREAT jawline, so I'm pretty much in love. I adore time-travelling stories where the protags find themselves thrown into, and influencing momentous events. This novel is like a love letter to teenage me; this era was one of my hyper-fixations, after a history class, a couple books and my nth time rewatching the RK anime. But I love that I don't know exactly what's going to happen next, or what should be happening next (admittedly, I don't think if that's just showing the paucity of my knowledge, or if the author is deliberately drawing on lesser known events in history) and that's genuinely exciting. I'm really looking forward to the next book/conclusion!
P.S. Mirai/Hatsu 4ever but Gilbert can stay too.
This was a really well-paced, super engaging read; I devoured most of it during what could have been one of the dullest car rides of my life, and instead turned out to be a great day, because long after I got to where I was going I was thinking about Mirai. Time travelling babe of my HEART. She's pragmatic but brave but realistic but kind, and has got a GREAT jawline, so I'm pretty much in love. I adore time-travelling stories where the protags find themselves thrown into, and influencing momentous events. This novel is like a love letter to teenage me; this era was one of my hyper-fixations, after a history class, a couple books and my nth time rewatching the RK anime. But I love that I don't know exactly what's going to happen next, or what should be happening next (admittedly, I don't think if that's just showing the paucity of my knowledge, or if the author is deliberately drawing on lesser known events in history) and that's genuinely exciting. I'm really looking forward to the next book/conclusion!
P.S. Mirai/Hatsu 4ever but Gilbert can stay too.