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A review by patrick_soares
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
2.0
Yeah... considering all the praise this book gets I'm probably the problem, not the book's.
Basically, aside the excellent writing style everything else didn't work for me. All the characters felt incredibily flat especially the main protagonist, the plot couldn't keep me engaged, even some minor plot twists felt very disjointed of the kind: " Ahah, you know this character whom appeared at the begining of the book? Surprise surprise he's actually this and that".
And I was like:" Who? Ohhh... you mean that guy... alright then".
And albeit the concept of the world building was incredibly promissing with a massive tower with inumerous floors to be discovered, at some point the whole concept lost it's charm and I just couldn't get excited to know more about the Tower.
Like I said everything about this book felt flat to me.
I'm very surprised and a little sad but it is what it is :(
Basically, aside the excellent writing style everything else didn't work for me. All the characters felt incredibily flat especially the main protagonist, the plot couldn't keep me engaged, even some minor plot twists felt very disjointed of the kind: " Ahah, you know this character whom appeared at the begining of the book? Surprise surprise he's actually this and that".
And I was like:" Who? Ohhh... you mean that guy... alright then".
And albeit the concept of the world building was incredibly promissing with a massive tower with inumerous floors to be discovered, at some point the whole concept lost it's charm and I just couldn't get excited to know more about the Tower.
Like I said everything about this book felt flat to me.
I'm very surprised and a little sad but it is what it is :(