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A review by laralarks
I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call by Jamison Shea
Did not finish book. Stopped at 35%.
DNF after Part 1
Ok, I am in awe of Jamison Shea’s ability to craft a world. This book, and the one before it, are full of lush, dark prose and descriptions that bring the story to life in ways that floor me. This book series makes you feel things, rage, mostly, as it radiates off one of the most lovably intense protagonists I’ve ever read.
I’d recommend this book to someone who had just read the first and was dying for more details about the characters, and wanted to see intimate portraits of their lives.
However, I found this book lacking the same frantic, pushing, HIGH STAKES plot of the first book. There are, as the description says, fissures, hints of questions that may come to be big problems, but the first full third of the book is just that. Laure has this power now, and I hoped to see some like, big moves to justify the sequel existing, but I just don’t know if you can really top burning down Palais Garnier. I also felt that the lack of as much dance in this book was a detriment. I missed the pressure pot of that environment.
I may pick this up again later, but overall I was just bummed after enjoying the first book so much that this one didn’t have the same punch to me. Ah well. I still recommend the first one to folks all the time and will continue to do so.
Ok, I am in awe of Jamison Shea’s ability to craft a world. This book, and the one before it, are full of lush, dark prose and descriptions that bring the story to life in ways that floor me. This book series makes you feel things, rage, mostly, as it radiates off one of the most lovably intense protagonists I’ve ever read.
I’d recommend this book to someone who had just read the first and was dying for more details about the characters, and wanted to see intimate portraits of their lives.
However, I found this book lacking the same frantic, pushing, HIGH STAKES plot of the first book. There are, as the description says, fissures, hints of questions that may come to be big problems, but the first full third of the book is just that. Laure has this power now, and I hoped to see some like, big moves to justify the sequel existing, but I just don’t know if you can really top burning down Palais Garnier. I also felt that the lack of as much dance in this book was a detriment. I missed the pressure pot of that environment.
I may pick this up again later, but overall I was just bummed after enjoying the first book so much that this one didn’t have the same punch to me. Ah well. I still recommend the first one to folks all the time and will continue to do so.