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aimeesbookishlife 's review for:
Ink
by Alice Broadway
This book was really slow, even considering it's the first in a trilogy. Very little happened in the first half, and even when the pace picked up there were still big chunks of boring days where nothing much happens.
I also had some issues with the worldbuilding, which felt very sparse. There are some descriptions of clothes and a few key buildings, but not much else. We have two named locations but nothing outside of the immediate area. It feels fantasy-ish and there's no technology, but the fables that characters share with each other are clearly based on ancient Greek and Egyptian myths, and one is an Old Testament story, which made me wonder if this is meant to be Earth in the future. I don't like the vagueness, it's just irritating.
I'm intrigued enough to pick up the next book, but I'm not committed to reading book 3 just yet.
I also had some issues with the worldbuilding, which felt very sparse. There are some descriptions of clothes and a few key buildings, but not much else. We have two named locations but nothing outside of the immediate area. It feels fantasy-ish and there's no technology, but the fables that characters share with each other are clearly based on ancient Greek and Egyptian myths, and one is an Old Testament story, which made me wonder if this is meant to be Earth in the future. I don't like the vagueness, it's just irritating.
I'm intrigued enough to pick up the next book, but I'm not committed to reading book 3 just yet.