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A review by headgirlhermy
The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara
2.0
“Absolutely Not”, a thought I had many times during this book. There were parts where I really wanted to enjoy the story and the commentary provided but in the end - absolutely not.
I didn’t have high hopes for this book after the trauma fest that was the first chapter but my book club picked a “science fiction” book and I was excited for a pick that is more inline with my personal taste in books. So I held in there thinking we just had to catch up to more modern times. This was more historical fiction and a comments on current events than anything I would classify as science fiction. I get where that classification is added in but in the scheme of the narrative feels like an after thought.
Not a huge fan of some of the descriptive writing. Like just get to the point or use more colloquial language. “Tingling armpits” to describe beings nervous? No thank you. “Wobbling” fried eggs? I never want to eat again.
I didn’t have high hopes for this book after the trauma fest that was the first chapter but my book club picked a “science fiction” book and I was excited for a pick that is more inline with my personal taste in books. So I held in there thinking we just had to catch up to more modern times. This was more historical fiction and a comments on current events than anything I would classify as science fiction. I get where that classification is added in but in the scheme of the narrative feels like an after thought.
Not a huge fan of some of the descriptive writing. Like just get to the point or use more colloquial language. “Tingling armpits” to describe beings nervous? No thank you. “Wobbling” fried eggs? I never want to eat again.