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A review by lezreadalot
Prosperity by Alexis Hall
4.0
Oh man. What is there so say that hasn't already been said?
- Gorgeous, expressive, really creative writing and manipulation of English to give us a new 19th century slang that painted pictures in your mind. It took a while to get used to, certainly, but wasn't difficult to read at all.
- A protagonist who wormed his way into my heart from the very first. It's not every day I get a black, queer, dyslexic street punk who gets to reluctantly save the world and fall in love (twice!) along the way. I LOVE Piccadilly so much. I don't think I would have loved this story half as much if it hadn't been told through his eyes.
- Absolutely FANTASTIC world-building, from the aerial travel to the phlogiston and its uses to the city in the air to the eldritch nightmares lurking the skies. It was super creative all over.
- A great cast of diverse characters. I was delighted with Byron Kae, and I hope they, as well as their relationship with Dil, get more screen time in the rest of the series. Miss Grey was wonderful. (βI am trying,β she said betwixt gritted teeth, βto fuck.β My heroine.) And my opinion on Milord never really got a chance to settle, but I adored Ruben/Milord, and I was rooting for them 90%. (The other 1o% of course being for Ruben/Piccadilly, which I couldn't help but love.) It's true, Ruben does makes everyone around him better.
- Just a really fun story in general! I laughed out loud more than once.
I enjoyed this book a LOT, I can't stop grinning. I will say that there was a lot of ableist language that the book could have definitely done without, but otherwise? Definitely a favourite. I recommend it highly.
4.5
- Gorgeous, expressive, really creative writing and manipulation of English to give us a new 19th century slang that painted pictures in your mind. It took a while to get used to, certainly, but wasn't difficult to read at all.
- A protagonist who wormed his way into my heart from the very first. It's not every day I get a black, queer, dyslexic street punk who gets to reluctantly save the world and fall in love (twice!) along the way. I LOVE Piccadilly so much. I don't think I would have loved this story half as much if it hadn't been told through his eyes.
- Absolutely FANTASTIC world-building, from the aerial travel to the phlogiston and its uses to the city in the air to the eldritch nightmares lurking the skies. It was super creative all over.
- A great cast of diverse characters. I was delighted with Byron Kae, and I hope they, as well as their relationship with Dil, get more screen time in the rest of the series. Miss Grey was wonderful. (βI am trying,β she said betwixt gritted teeth, βto fuck.β My heroine.) And my opinion on Milord never really got a chance to settle, but I adored Ruben/Milord, and I was rooting for them 90%. (The other 1o% of course being for Ruben/Piccadilly, which I couldn't help but love.) It's true, Ruben does makes everyone around him better.
- Just a really fun story in general! I laughed out loud more than once.
I enjoyed this book a LOT, I can't stop grinning. I will say that there was a lot of ableist language that the book could have definitely done without, but otherwise? Definitely a favourite. I recommend it highly.
4.5