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A review by dayseraph
Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire
3.0
Sparrow Hill Road is a fun read. Initially structured as a series of vignettes linked by the ghost protagonist, the conflicts are interesting but do feel low stakes. I mean, she’s already dead, and often you’ve already encountered parts of her future story. Still ghost stories are fun, and the afterlife McGuire has created is vivid and interesting.
My complaints with the book are small but significant to my reading experience... The author assumes that I will know or understand what ambulomancers and pyschopomps are with little to no exposition yet also feels the need to explain dozens of times that Rose only has substance when she has a coat. I got it the first time. Please stop patronizing me. And if you do want to patronize me, stop using terms like “palimpsest.”
Anyway, I liked it, but it also annoyed me.
My complaints with the book are small but significant to my reading experience... The author assumes that I will know or understand what ambulomancers and pyschopomps are with little to no exposition yet also feels the need to explain dozens of times that Rose only has substance when she has a coat. I got it the first time. Please stop patronizing me. And if you do want to patronize me, stop using terms like “palimpsest.”
Anyway, I liked it, but it also annoyed me.