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A review by sapphfoes
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
realize i’m very heavily pilled in some Extremely specific ways that are fundamentally impacting my reading of this book but . But. this book feels like a friends at the table season except if the cosmic background radiation was inflected with south east asia instead of new jersey . which is fine and good and i’m eating it with a spoon. but also it draws some comparisons to front of mind: namely, sunai wants what tender sky has. and signet.
it also makes me want to read this as an rpg sourcebook a little bit, i think. would make the bits of worldbuilding that don’t get a chance to pay off seem more like fun crunchy little treats than disappointingly missed potential.
CAN YOU CONSENT TO A GOD?? the sublimation + apotheosis entire endgame was great in concept but unfortunately underwhelming in execution - probably bc the character writing didn’t land for me?? kinda flat throughout, which i think Was intentional (sunai’s dissociation is pretty well done i think!) but it did a disservice to the relationships between the cast. like i liked the leads i just didn’t feel compelled by their romance. it needed to be hornier and more visceral in order for the stakes to land i think. i kept being Told it was a world changing love story but i didn’t really believe it.
generally needs more wow cool robot throughout, i think. fundamentally i don’t believe emma mieko candon wants to fuck a gundam and it shows :(( this story very much necessitates a narrative voice that wants to fuck a gundam. also i think their writing just like . doesn’t click as an audiobook to me?? same thing happened to me w ronin
it also makes me want to read this as an rpg sourcebook a little bit, i think. would make the bits of worldbuilding that don’t get a chance to pay off seem more like fun crunchy little treats than disappointingly missed potential.
CAN YOU CONSENT TO A GOD?? the sublimation + apotheosis entire endgame was great in concept but unfortunately underwhelming in execution - probably bc the character writing didn’t land for me?? kinda flat throughout, which i think Was intentional (sunai’s dissociation is pretty well done i think!) but it did a disservice to the relationships between the cast. like i liked the leads i just didn’t feel compelled by their romance. it needed to be hornier and more visceral in order for the stakes to land i think. i kept being Told it was a world changing love story but i didn’t really believe it.
generally needs more wow cool robot throughout, i think. fundamentally i don’t believe emma mieko candon wants to fuck a gundam and it shows :(( this story very much necessitates a narrative voice that wants to fuck a gundam. also i think their writing just like . doesn’t click as an audiobook to me?? same thing happened to me w ronin