Completed: November 17, 2024
Recommendation: Recommended
Recommended By: I was not thrilled with The Year of the Witching but there was something there. It felt like this author should be given another chance. We shall see...
Words for which I sought help:
rataplan -- a drumming or beating sound
Review:
I enjoyed this book. I liked the world that Henderson built and though the interactions between some of the characters on occasion seemed stilted. This book felt much more complete and was a much better read than The Year of the Witching. Sometimes authors seem to fall into a habit which a good editor should be able to help resolve. In this case, Henderson liked for her characters to pause, "for a beat," repeatedly. It was so frequent and shared by so many different characters that it started to pass for punctuation for me. Aside from that this was a quick and easy read which I broadly enjoyed. The life and death struggles were contrived, but they were within the concept of the book and so, despite feeling artificial from a distance, were consistent with the narrative and helped forward the book. The way that things were left, it feels like there is a sequel coming which I would welcome though it is not something I would spend my time monitoring.
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