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danigc's Reviews (71)
A historical piece that teaches lost lessons of the Vietnam War from the perspective of heroes with hushed voices. Truthful themes on PTSD and the various manifestations of it, how pain, love, and fear all affect growth, how that growth is nonlinear.
“Pain and grief had grown soft in her hands, almost pliable. She found she could form them into something kinder if she was deliberate in thought and action.”
“Pain and grief had grown soft in her hands, almost pliable. She found she could form them into something kinder if she was deliberate in thought and action.”
Damnit, Rothfuss, just publish book 3 plz.
Like seeing an iPhone pic of the moon vs dancing in its mysterious, wondrous glow;
Like feeling a breeze vs riding the wind;
Like parroting pretty words vs speaking deep poetry;
A fine catchy tune vs a soul-molding melody;
Fireflies on a romantic evening vs a shower of illuminated golden sparks from the anvil of God.
Seeming vs Being.
This scratched an itch and invited thoughtfulness, but it is a lacking illusion.
Like seeing an iPhone pic of the moon vs dancing in its mysterious, wondrous glow;
Like feeling a breeze vs riding the wind;
Like parroting pretty words vs speaking deep poetry;
A fine catchy tune vs a soul-molding melody;
Fireflies on a romantic evening vs a shower of illuminated golden sparks from the anvil of God.
Seeming vs Being.
This scratched an itch and invited thoughtfulness, but it is a lacking illusion.
-A wonderful puzzle. As a first time reader, you can tell you are missing more than you’re picking up. This can be frustrating and fun, whether riddles and unreliable narrators are your thing or not.
-Wee-oo wee-oo! PC police, hands up - Why is every woman introduced as “classically beautiful” or “not traditionally beautiful but still attractive to men”. Who… cares? Reductive. Abercrombie writes women well otherwise. Builds upon that “beauty” with other traits, but why does that have to be the consistent foundation? Do their successes, their wit, their strength all only matter if they are first “beautiful”? It’s vain and lacking in variety. The men are described just as they are, and the reader can decide upon their “beauty”. Or choose to focus on the things that actually matter.
-Will end with another positive, cuz this book rly is fantastic - truly the best audio narration I’ve ever heard. The RANGE. Of a single man. It’s insane. Steven Pacey is a god.
-Wee-oo wee-oo! PC police, hands up - Why is every woman introduced as “classically beautiful” or “not traditionally beautiful but still attractive to men”. Who… cares? Reductive. Abercrombie writes women well otherwise. Builds upon that “beauty” with other traits, but why does that have to be the consistent foundation? Do their successes, their wit, their strength all only matter if they are first “beautiful”? It’s vain and lacking in variety. The men are described just as they are, and the reader can decide upon their “beauty”. Or choose to focus on the things that actually matter.
-Will end with another positive, cuz this book rly is fantastic - truly the best audio narration I’ve ever heard. The RANGE. Of a single man. It’s insane. Steven Pacey is a god.
Time travel/parallel universe story done right. The curse of immortality, and how it changes the mind, was well written. Claire North crafts the inner workings of the protagonist’s mind so believably - part resigned-part invincible, clinical, odd balance of bored and curious. Yet still engaging and with just enough humanity to keep us “linears” connected.
If such a mechanic were to exist, how might it be explored and/or exploited? Claire builds upon this in such creative ways that left me thinking long after the cover was closed.
If such a mechanic were to exist, how might it be explored and/or exploited? Claire builds upon this in such creative ways that left me thinking long after the cover was closed.
Feels like a Chinese “The Odyssey” with a sprinkling of sci-fi. What an intriguing adventure that left me thinking of the stories/mythos/cultures that might’ve inspired it and all the references within. Had me hooked from the beginning and just kept getting better.
Broke the “show, don’t tell” rule. The conversational writing and inner monologues were tough. But Wang writes incredible action sequences! A really good story, but it struggled with pacing. I’d give it a 3/5 for the first 60-70%, a 4/5 for the next 20%, then 5/5 then last few chapters. The world really opened up and characters deepened the last few pages. I’d definitely read a sequel to this.