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Senlin Ascends
by Josiah Bancroft
“We shouldn't have to go around congratulating each other for behaving with basic human dignity.”
Senlin Ascends is unlike your typical high fantasy book. It's fantasy with a basic premise, or so one thinks. A headmaster, Thomas Senlin, that works at a school in a small village faraway, marries a sweet girl called Marya. Thomas Senlin is a man of planning, habits and follows the rules. But Senlin is fascinated with the mysterious tower, so for their honeymoon, they plan to visit the tower. Senlin even has a guidebook for the tower, so what could go wrong, right?
Basically everything went wrong. Not only does Marya disappear but we find out the inside of the Tower of Babel is much more complicated than Senlin thought. Different worlds living and dwelling inside each level of the tower. The tower turns out to be, not as beautiful as he expected. In search for his wife he encounters many different people in the tower.
The simple premise has many strong factors. Senlin Ascends is a different mainstream fantasy novel, but it still has the elements of a compelling fantasy novel. Friendship, adventure, heists, philosophies, hope and despair.
This book is much more relatable because Senlin is a simple man. His character development was great. He went from being this timid, sensible and innocent man, to be the man he needed to be to achieve his goal in a realistic way. I liked the side-characters mentioned, his relationships with them and how Josiah Bancroft intervowed them through the story.
Recommended and read with my dear friend Fares
Senlin Ascends is unlike your typical high fantasy book. It's fantasy with a basic premise, or so one thinks. A headmaster, Thomas Senlin, that works at a school in a small village faraway, marries a sweet girl called Marya. Thomas Senlin is a man of planning, habits and follows the rules. But Senlin is fascinated with the mysterious tower, so for their honeymoon, they plan to visit the tower. Senlin even has a guidebook for the tower, so what could go wrong, right?
Basically everything went wrong. Not only does Marya disappear but we find out the inside of the Tower of Babel is much more complicated than Senlin thought. Different worlds living and dwelling inside each level of the tower. The tower turns out to be, not as beautiful as he expected. In search for his wife he encounters many different people in the tower.
The simple premise has many strong factors. Senlin Ascends is a different mainstream fantasy novel, but it still has the elements of a compelling fantasy novel. Friendship, adventure, heists, philosophies, hope and despair.
This book is much more relatable because Senlin is a simple man. His character development was great. He went from being this timid, sensible and innocent man, to be the man he needed to be to achieve his goal in a realistic way. I liked the side-characters mentioned, his relationships with them and how Josiah Bancroft intervowed them through the story.
Recommended and read with my dear friend Fares