Culture Commentary and Miscellaneous Musings
Pages: 611
Purchased from: Kobo
A fantasy tale set in Indian mythology which has a mysterious rot, a kingdom ruled by a religious despot and two women who can’t help but fall in love with each other while planning a revolution.
A nice change of pace after the last two week’s books which weren’t particularly enjoyable to me. Continuing this series’ tradition, the sequel to this novel goes into the wishlist!
Pages: 467
Purchased from: Kobo
Folks, I really didn’t enjoy this one. Right off the bat, the book just drops you into a world without introducing the basics of how it works. Characters just come in with no explanation for their back story which makes this seem like the second book in the series which it isn’t, its the first.
The chapters are very short and the book keeps switching perspectives which makes the book feel very fast but also at the same time not much happens in each chapter so the book felt interminably long.
I will not be reading the sequel to this which for this series of posts, is first. Hell, I don’t think I’ll be be reading a William Gibson book again anytime in the near future.
Pages: 337
Purchased from: Kobo
I found this book tedious to read. While I appreciate the technical merits of the particular style the author is using and the way the buildup to the finale hits you, the journey to get there was quite unenjoyable. I found myself wanting the author to get to the damn point already.
I have another book by Kazuo Ishiguro in my wishlist at the moment, after reading this one I don’t think I want to read that one anytime soon.