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A review by calville
Prosperity by Alexis Hall
4.0
So many good things! Diverse cast! Sex-positive and people being different kinds of queer all over the place! Lovecraft and steampunk, two great tastes that taste great together! Yearning, so much yearning!
On the downside, the plot is... kind of all over the place. Do not look here for a page-turning coherent narrative arc. The book is utterly enjoyable even so, I'm just saying it might have been better if there'd been a more traditional rising action and falling action, etc. The worldbuilding is also not totally clear, which usually drives me nuts, but here the characters were awesome enough that it didn't really bother me, because I cared so much about what happened to them.
To conclude, I enjoyed the hell out of this book, but some basic craft/technique issues knocked off a star. Give it a chance, you'll probably love it!
On the downside, the plot is... kind of all over the place. Do not look here for a page-turning coherent narrative arc. The book is utterly enjoyable even so, I'm just saying it might have been better if there'd been a more traditional rising action and falling action, etc. The worldbuilding is also not totally clear, which usually drives me nuts, but here the characters were awesome enough that it didn't really bother me, because I cared so much about what happened to them.
To conclude, I enjoyed the hell out of this book, but some basic craft/technique issues knocked off a star. Give it a chance, you'll probably love it!