I started this and stopped a quarter way in as my other reads were more compelling. I agree with the very little happens at the start but the world building works.
Not compelling is a very good summary. I suppose not all books are meant to be compelling! But I think it could have grabbed me a lot more with some very minor changes. Good luck with finishing it.
Liked this book a bit more than either of you I think though I had the same problems with it. I too almost DNF’d the book when I thought the second cousin’s story was just going to be a repeat. When it wasn’t I thought the book really took off/paid off the effort of reading the first part.
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Great review. I have this on my bookshelf unread and will be pushing it to the top of the pile as I’m now intrigued!
Hope you get shopping with it better than I did!
Great reading and discussing this with you. Now let's see who disagrees with us!
It was good to discuss it to try to understand why we responded as we did.
The House in the curilan sea is wonderful
I'm looking forward to it!
@@Bessie-On-Wheels happy to hear that.
I started this and stopped a quarter way in as my other reads were more compelling. I agree with the very little happens at the start but the world building works.
That said, I'll try to finish it in 2025 😅
Not compelling is a very good summary. I suppose not all books are meant to be compelling! But I think it could have grabbed me a lot more with some very minor changes. Good luck with finishing it.
Liked this book a bit more than either of you I think though I had the same problems with it. I too almost DNF’d the book when I thought the second cousin’s story was just going to be a repeat. When it wasn’t I thought the book really took off/paid off the effort of reading the first part.
Glad you liked this more. I think it was worth finishing as the second half does develop things a lot more, but the writing style just wasn't for me.
@@BookishTexan it did lift off significantly in the second half for me.