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A review by vaporization
The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
3.0
So I adored The Kingdoms. It's probably one of my favorite reads of the year. And so I was very excited to check this out. I'd read some Natasha Pulley books before The Kingdoms and thought they were just okay, but I thought The Kingdoms marked a shift in her writing towards stuff I really liked. But I guess it was just a one-time thing because I didn't like this all that much.
I don't know how to feel about this. It's kind of unsatisfying. Some of the language used seems out of place for the setting. Also, writing historical fiction with a culture that isn't your own is always contentious. I preferred The Kingdoms, even though in many ways it has a lot of the same features and issues as this book, even the mildly unsatisfying ending. This book just didn't have enough for me to overlook the parts I didn't like.
I don't know how to feel about this. It's kind of unsatisfying. Some of the language used seems out of place for the setting. Also, writing historical fiction with a culture that isn't your own is always contentious. I preferred The Kingdoms, even though in many ways it has a lot of the same features and issues as this book, even the mildly unsatisfying ending. This book just didn't have enough for me to overlook the parts I didn't like.