Review by max_audet - The Spear Cuts Through Water

max_audet 's review for:

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Every once in a blue moon, you read a book that makes you reevaluate the limit of what storytelling can be. The Spear Cuts Through Water is one of those extraordinary books. Expertly blending 3 POVs and 3 tenses (sometime in the same paragraph) the author carefully threaded together an incredible story that left me feeling empty and completely satisfied at the same time. An ode to the legacy of stories told through tradition and spoken word.

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