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A review by joannethefairy
Seraphina's Lament by Sarah Chorn
5.0
This book was brilliant!!
The story is sooo unique.
Every page was an adventure as you figured out this world right along with the characters, however the book never felt like it was info-dumping, so masterfully was every little piece revealed.
And the writing is beautiful. Poignant and lyrical.
But by far the best best best part of this book were the characters. The reader was privy to every multi-faceted aspect and it was such a wonderful experience to dive deep deep down into these characters and see all their motivations, relationships, fears and joys.
As a reader I became very attached to every character - something that happens very rarely in my reading experience - in most books there is one (or more) characters that I just don’t connect with or have views/motivations I don’t understand or agree with and so their struggles don’t resonate with me so I don’t become invested in them.
In this book the minutiae of all the characters was so well fleshed out that I was right there with every character knowing their views, motivations and feelings about their world, their place it and how the other characters fitted into their world view. Simply amazing.
I was so excited to learn that this is the first in a trilogy as well.
5 Stars - Amazing characters. Amazing world. Amazing story. Just sooo good!
The story is sooo unique.
Every page was an adventure as you figured out this world right along with the characters, however the book never felt like it was info-dumping, so masterfully was every little piece revealed.
And the writing is beautiful. Poignant and lyrical.
But by far the best best best part of this book were the characters. The reader was privy to every multi-faceted aspect and it was such a wonderful experience to dive deep deep down into these characters and see all their motivations, relationships, fears and joys.
As a reader I became very attached to every character - something that happens very rarely in my reading experience - in most books there is one (or more) characters that I just don’t connect with or have views/motivations I don’t understand or agree with and so their struggles don’t resonate with me so I don’t become invested in them.
In this book the minutiae of all the characters was so well fleshed out that I was right there with every character knowing their views, motivations and feelings about their world, their place it and how the other characters fitted into their world view. Simply amazing.
I was so excited to learn that this is the first in a trilogy as well.
5 Stars - Amazing characters. Amazing world. Amazing story. Just sooo good!