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The Blacktongue Thief
by Christopher Buehlman
DID NOT FINISH: 0%
DNF @ ~40%
This book was a slog to read. Unnecessarily dense with endless descriptions of the world and its history. While I normally enjoy worldbuilding this was just way overdone and both the plot and characters weren't interesting enough to warrant so much exposition.
The prose was difficult to read, since many words used were fictional slang. I found myself rereading passages a lot because I just did not comprehend what was written. But afterwards it almost always turned out it was a non-descript world detail that didn't really add to anything.
The plot didn't seem to go anywhere, and even at almost the halfway point there was still basically nothing made clear about where the main characters were actually going and why.
Too little narrative drive, and superfluous ramblings about everything and nothing. I might push through someday, but putting it down for now.
This book was a slog to read. Unnecessarily dense with endless descriptions of the world and its history. While I normally enjoy worldbuilding this was just way overdone and both the plot and characters weren't interesting enough to warrant so much exposition.
The prose was difficult to read, since many words used were fictional slang. I found myself rereading passages a lot because I just did not comprehend what was written. But afterwards it almost always turned out it was a non-descript world detail that didn't really add to anything.
The plot didn't seem to go anywhere, and even at almost the halfway point there was still basically nothing made clear about where the main characters were actually going and why.
Too little narrative drive, and superfluous ramblings about everything and nothing. I might push through someday, but putting it down for now.