Demi
absolutely fantastic. Even better than the first book ( which was already great)
I love this beautiful but grotesque world, the fascinating magic/tech. The characters are also quite unique. The deduction and plot quite sound and clever. The book is also not bloated.
This one also reminded me a bit of disc world (and it’s confirmed in the authors note in the end) with its messaging about “kings” and such. The theme is explored in a creative way … elevating the book from good to great.
Not a bad book. But really not sure what her point was.
The biography part is the most interesting (would have given that 4 stars)... But i really failed to see how it relates to her own story. And her own life??? I'm just confused.
The prose are beautiful and I really enjoyed reading it. It just feels like she wanted to write a biography and a selfhelp book and didn't have enough material for either to be a full book and thus she awkwardly stuck the two parts together ... I was anticipating for the ending bring everything full circle and make some kind of profound point, but that resolution never came and it was very unsatisfying.
I just think it's (2) miss opportunities as her technical writing skill is fantastic and writing two separate books would result in two very good books except for one kinda confused book.