Reading “The Starless Sea” is like watching an intricately put-together puzzle unfold and reveal its workings. There are stories within stories, fables, bits, and quotes, all of which initially seem unrelated, but weave in and out of each other, enhancing, revealing, exploring, detailing various facets of the story and its characters. It’s amazingly written, and so fun to explore! It took me a bit to get going, but once it got going, every new story, every context-switch went from “Huh?” to “Ooh, I wonder where this fits in!” – And you can try to guess those parts as well; to connect the dots yourself : D
Sun, 16 Jul 2023
The Fifth Season is set in a world where major tectonic activity almost never ceases. Every couple of hundred years or so, there is an extinction-level event. The book explores what society and civilisation and everything would look like in a world like that. Which is an interesting setting! But also intense.
Wed, 7 Jun 2023