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A review by crowyhead
Fall of Light by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
3.0
My initial impression of this book turned out to be accurate. It just didn't grab me at all. I didn't feel like I had a good sense of the characters, and by and large the book felt weirdly incomplete, almost as though it was missing a few introductory chapters and a chapter or two of conclusion. It almost felt like a massively expanded short story.
This is disappointing, because I normally really enjoy Hoffman's novels, even the ones that don't seem entirely promising at first blush. This was sort of like Hoffman-lite. I didn't hate it, but I was totally fine with only reading it during my lunch hour, as opposed to the way I usually devour Hoffman's books like they're going to disappear if I don't read them fast enough.
This is disappointing, because I normally really enjoy Hoffman's novels, even the ones that don't seem entirely promising at first blush. This was sort of like Hoffman-lite. I didn't hate it, but I was totally fine with only reading it during my lunch hour, as opposed to the way I usually devour Hoffman's books like they're going to disappear if I don't read them fast enough.