Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and something I picked up to hear during my commute.
Started: 6/9/2013
Completed: 6/18/2013
Recommendation: Mild recommendation
Recommended By: Nobody
Review:
A coming of age story. I listened to the story and the manner in which the reader read it effected my enjoyment negatively. I don't know why, but it just seemed like she was doing the whole book "tongue-in-cheek." Having said that, the writing was pretty good, the characters were fairly well developed and the whole concept of coming of age in a hurry was well handled. The drama and indecision seemed mildly forced a couple of times, but that did not really detract from the story. The book was engaging and suspension of disbelief was easy. A mild critique would be that the whole concept driving the main plot (how two of the characters are each madly in love with a third) unraveled at the end where the argument that she was the air they breathed fell apart. It seemed to me like the author had backed himself into a horrible hole and used the old "something you could have never figured out" angle to try and step out. It was a fun book, but not really an adult's book in my opinion.
A coming of age story. I listened to the story and the manner in which the reader read it effected my enjoyment negatively. I don't know why, but it just seemed like she was doing the whole book "tongue-in-cheek." Having said that, the writing was pretty good, the characters were fairly well developed and the whole concept of coming of age in a hurry was well handled. The drama and indecision seemed mildly forced a couple of times, but that did not really detract from the story. The book was engaging and suspension of disbelief was easy. A mild critique would be that the whole concept driving the main plot (how two of the characters are each madly in love with a third) unraveled at the end where the argument that she was the air they breathed fell apart. It seemed to me like the author had backed himself into a horrible hole and used the old "something you could have never figured out" angle to try and step out. It was a fun book, but not really an adult's book in my opinion.
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