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A review by josb
Glorious Day by Skye Kilaen
2.0
This was a surprise disappointment for me considering how highly reviewed it is. I just could not connect no matter how much I tried.
There were two issues that I believe kept me with connecting. The first one being pacing. All the parts I considered interesting happened off screen and were summarized in a sentence. It makes sense since we are following a first person narrator but it just felt... unfulfilling.
The other issue was the presence of subtext that completely went over my head. I need motives and actions to have a clear foundation otherwise decisions feel like they come out of nowhere. Conversations seemed to move in weird directions. Funny enough, the coded court politics were not the issue here, it was the conversations not in court that made me feel like I was missing a key piece somehow.
That being said. The world was quite interesting and I would be willing to give another title set in this world a try. I would recommend this to anyone who does enjoy more court intruige. Also probably anyone who wants a lighter sci-fi book since it does not house heavy world building descriptions.
There were two issues that I believe kept me with connecting. The first one being pacing. All the parts I considered interesting happened off screen and were summarized in a sentence. It makes sense since we are following a first person narrator but it just felt... unfulfilling.
The other issue was the presence of subtext that completely went over my head. I need motives and actions to have a clear foundation otherwise decisions feel like they come out of nowhere. Conversations seemed to move in weird directions. Funny enough, the coded court politics were not the issue here, it was the conversations not in court that made me feel like I was missing a key piece somehow.
That being said. The world was quite interesting and I would be willing to give another title set in this world a try. I would recommend this to anyone who does enjoy more court intruige. Also probably anyone who wants a lighter sci-fi book since it does not house heavy world building descriptions.