I find the books quite riveting but also a bit repetitive, if that makes any sense? I’m debating why I rated this three stars upon finishing it (here I am, coming up on about a two month delay between reading and reviewing), and I think it has to do with the narrative arc. We start with an in media res prologue that messes with the fundamental premise of the entire book, aka that Jean and Locke are on the outs. It doesn’t seem like we’ll actually get […]
When the stakes are high the outcomes are ironically less fraught
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
