jules
1.5 stars you know i did really want to like this but unfortunately it's not very good u__u i understand that it's hard to pack everything you want to explore in a barely 100-page novella, but the book felt underwhelming to me. prose was amateur-ish (no subtlety, remember show don't tell?) and some dialogue/story beats were a little corny.
however it WAS nice to see all the viet names with the accents and everything. i've not read any viet-inspired fantasy stuff before which is the main reason i picked this book up.
so... even though i didn't like it very much i appreciate what it was trying to do, and again it's just nice to see viet characters even if in this case they're bland and frustrating. OH WELL
1.5 stars you know i did really want to like this but unfortunately it's not very good u__u i understand that it's hard to pack everything you want to explore in a barely 100-page novella, but the book felt underwhelming to me. prose was amateur-ish (no subtlety, remember show don't tell?) and some dialogue/story beats were a little corny.
however it WAS nice to see all the viet names with the accents and everything. i've not read any viet-inspired fantasy stuff before which is the main reason i picked this book up.
so... even though i didn't like it very much i appreciate what it was trying to do, and again it's just nice to see viet characters even if in this case they're bland and frustrating. OH WELL