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A review by malinuknow
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
3.0
3,5 stars.
There were some parts I really enjoyed and some parts that not felt as interesting. I did like the banter between the FMC and MMC, the writing style, and the accurate (as far as they went, at least) references to academia.
However, the environment felt flawed.
- They went to the north of Norway (?) but people's names didn't feel Norwegian to me.
- Obviously there is a lot of snow there, but as soon as it snowed 30 cm, the roof of a building collapsed. How is this logical for a place where people are very used to snow????
- I get that the setting is fictional, but when there are some very accurate references to academia and the FMC thinks it's a good idea to stab one of the Folk she's there to OBSERVE and learn about (observe as a research method!!!), I lost it. How, in what universe would any research ethics committee approve of such methods? All the academic references kind of went downhill from there and the book lost some of its magic to me.
There were some parts I really enjoyed and some parts that not felt as interesting. I did like the banter between the FMC and MMC, the writing style, and the accurate (as far as they went, at least) references to academia.
However, the environment felt flawed.
- They went to the north of Norway (?) but people's names didn't feel Norwegian to me.
- Obviously there is a lot of snow there, but as soon as it snowed 30 cm, the roof of a building collapsed. How is this logical for a place where people are very used to snow????
- I get that the setting is fictional, but when there are some very accurate references to academia and the FMC thinks it's a good idea to stab one of the Folk she's there to OBSERVE and learn about (observe as a research method!!!), I lost it. How, in what universe would any research ethics committee approve of such methods? All the academic references kind of went downhill from there and the book lost some of its magic to me.