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A review by catspajamas09
Frontier by Can Xue
5.0
While the nature of Pebble Town and its inhabitants reveals itself slowly over time, there is excitement around every corner. Secrets abound: Frogs and turtles shifting underground, the mischievous snow mountain, a boy wearing leaves.
There is a unique and indescribable connectivity that permeates the fabric of Frontier. Yearning, which is a dominant emotion expressed by Liujin and Jose, materializes as a kind of duality. The inner tendencies and emotions of these characters are not projected onto the environment, but rather are inseparable from happenings in the fantastical world of Frontier.
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"'You can't guess a person's age only by his appearance. For example, look at that polar across the river: Does it look very young? But it didn't grow from a seed. It grew out of a old tree's roots. Our Pebble Town is a huge magnetic field [...]'"
There is a unique and indescribable connectivity that permeates the fabric of Frontier. Yearning, which is a dominant emotion expressed by Liujin and Jose, materializes as a kind of duality. The inner tendencies and emotions of these characters are not projected onto the environment, but rather are inseparable from happenings in the fantastical world of Frontier.
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"'You can't guess a person's age only by his appearance. For example, look at that polar across the river: Does it look very young? But it didn't grow from a seed. It grew out of a old tree's roots. Our Pebble Town is a huge magnetic field [...]'"