Beattz
I'm starting to notice a pattern. Over the years, I my reading tastes have (d)evolved to really only wanting to enjoy abstract/fluff. I do not like feeling real feelings about real (posed as fictionalized) injustices. To me, it's the same thing as watching movies about war (I can't). The reality is so atrocious - to "romanticize" it in anyway for public entertainment just feels wrong on a bone deep level to me.
So. Objectively. A book about the magic of words is fascinating. There's an elegance to the symmetry at the beginning and ending of the story. The book was written in such a way that you forgot that it was always the fate of the tower of Babel to fall. It's a hard book to read - the matters of racism and colonialism are on every single page not allowing the reader to look away even for a moment.
Subjectively, It's thick with words and feels like trudging is necessary at points. Most of the characters aren't likeable. I spent a lot of time frustrated with Robin. I don't know if it was a youth thing, or a split loyalties thing, but every time a decision was set before him, his proclivity to take the easy way out made me steam. I understand that character flaws are a thing, and this was an effective one.
In conclusion, read what makes you happy.
I'm starting to notice a pattern. Over the years, I my reading tastes have (d)evolved to really only wanting to enjoy abstract/fluff. I do not like feeling real feelings about real (posed as fictionalized) injustices. To me, it's the same thing as watching movies about war (I can't). The reality is so atrocious - to "romanticize" it in anyway for public entertainment just feels wrong on a bone deep level to me.
So. Objectively. A book about the magic of words is fascinating. There's an elegance to the symmetry at the beginning and ending of the story. The book was written in such a way that you forgot that it was always the fate of the tower of Babel to fall. It's a hard book to read - the matters of racism and colonialism are on every single page not allowing the reader to look away even for a moment.
Subjectively, It's thick with words and feels like trudging is necessary at points. Most of the characters aren't likeable. I spent a lot of time frustrated with Robin. I don't know if it was a youth thing, or a split loyalties thing, but every time a decision was set before him, his proclivity to take the easy way out made me steam. I understand that character flaws are a thing, and this was an effective one.
In conclusion, read what makes you happy.
