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A review by trinforeman
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
3.0
This is likely one of the hardest books to review.
Thank you to NetGalley for an audio review copy of this book.
1. The prose in this book is absolutely beautiful. There were definitely times that, had I had the ebook, I'd be highlighting like crazy.
2. The characters are very interesting.
3. The world-building is wild and engrossing.
However, this book is entirely confusing. There is so much going on that it's difficult to keep everything straight. It definitely kept my interest from start to finish, but I can't even tell you if there was a plot or what that plot was supposed to be. It's an adventure story but the adventure is full of these bits of reflection from the AIs (gods) of this world. The concepts are very cool. That's a large reason I kept reading. Much like A Memory Called Empire, I found myself intrigued by these things enough to keep going.
The ending is confusing and open ended, so I don't think people will like that much. However, it didn't really bother me, as I found most of the book a bit confusing.
Thank you to NetGalley for an audio review copy of this book.
1. The prose in this book is absolutely beautiful. There were definitely times that, had I had the ebook, I'd be highlighting like crazy.
2. The characters are very interesting.
3. The world-building is wild and engrossing.
However, this book is entirely confusing. There is so much going on that it's difficult to keep everything straight. It definitely kept my interest from start to finish, but I can't even tell you if there was a plot or what that plot was supposed to be. It's an adventure story but the adventure is full of these bits of reflection from the AIs (gods) of this world. The concepts are very cool. That's a large reason I kept reading. Much like A Memory Called Empire, I found myself intrigued by these things enough to keep going.
The ending is confusing and open ended, so I don't think people will like that much. However, it didn't really bother me, as I found most of the book a bit confusing.