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What I Finished Reading This Week
Fehu — Malene Sølvsten
Fehu suffers from “middle book in the trilogy” syndrome but is still a great deal of fun. It opens with protagonist Anna journeying to another world in an effort to stop both her own murder and the apocalypse, so, you know, the stakes are pretty low. 😝
The other world is intriguing and I wish Sølvsten had been able to flesh it out further; it often feels like she barely scratched the surface. Several interesting new characters are introduced, compensating for the fact that most of the original gang from Ansuz are stuck on Earth and don’t get much page time in the sequel. Anna’s genius for getting herself into hairy situations also continues unabated.
My main gripe with this book is that Sølvsten takes shortcuts to easily advance the plot. One of Anna’s most intriguing attributes—the martial prowess she spent much of the previous book training to acquire—is very much an informed attribute in Fehu: if Sølvsten needs one enemy to overwhelm Anna, then one enemy overwhelms Anna, never mind the fact that she's easily taken out five times as many foes at once in the first volume. And Sølvsten seems to speed through some pivotal scenes that are very suspenseful, but could have been even more so if she'd spent more time building them.
All that said, there's still plenty of the things I loved about the first book here--adolescent drama, cliffhangers, plot twists, action, mythology--and I'm really looking forward to the third.
What I Am Currently Reading
The Party and the People — Bruce Dickson
I’m still enjoying this read and should finish the book sometime next week.
Lucy Holland - Song of the Huntress
I’ve only read the author’s note and prologue so far, but I have very high hopes for this book.
What I’m Reading Next
I acquired no new books this week.
これで以上です。
Fehu — Malene Sølvsten
Fehu suffers from “middle book in the trilogy” syndrome but is still a great deal of fun. It opens with protagonist Anna journeying to another world in an effort to stop both her own murder and the apocalypse, so, you know, the stakes are pretty low. 😝
The other world is intriguing and I wish Sølvsten had been able to flesh it out further; it often feels like she barely scratched the surface. Several interesting new characters are introduced, compensating for the fact that most of the original gang from Ansuz are stuck on Earth and don’t get much page time in the sequel. Anna’s genius for getting herself into hairy situations also continues unabated.
My main gripe with this book is that Sølvsten takes shortcuts to easily advance the plot. One of Anna’s most intriguing attributes—the martial prowess she spent much of the previous book training to acquire—is very much an informed attribute in Fehu: if Sølvsten needs one enemy to overwhelm Anna, then one enemy overwhelms Anna, never mind the fact that she's easily taken out five times as many foes at once in the first volume. And Sølvsten seems to speed through some pivotal scenes that are very suspenseful, but could have been even more so if she'd spent more time building them.
All that said, there's still plenty of the things I loved about the first book here--adolescent drama, cliffhangers, plot twists, action, mythology--and I'm really looking forward to the third.
What I Am Currently Reading
The Party and the People — Bruce Dickson
I’m still enjoying this read and should finish the book sometime next week.
Lucy Holland - Song of the Huntress
I’ve only read the author’s note and prologue so far, but I have very high hopes for this book.
What I’m Reading Next
I acquired no new books this week.
これで以上です。
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