(^^,)
I aspire to be as witty and straightforward as that gargoyle.
I liked the book. It was a nice read and wasn't something I would have typically looked for, so forming the ideas and settings in my head was refreshing.
However, The book has me of two minds.
I found the start of the book to be a little slow - a gentle introduction on the current state of affairs, the mystery of the dreaming, the six Diviners. If you approach it from the view that the Cathedral and each other is all that they knew about since the start (and that this is a two-book series), then the world-building is easier to digest.
As soon as the characters leave the Cathedral and everything unravels, the book picks up in pace and they're jumping from area to area in order to complete their objectives. That speed unfortunately came with a slight lack of depth, though; I would have liked to know more about each area: how they came to be, why something is where it was. Naturally, once they were done with their objective in one area (and also because of time) they immediately moved on, which is fair, but they left me behind as well.
I'll admit - I wasn't expecting the ending. I should have, but I didn't.
All things aside, I have no complaints - only wishes. I'll have to see how the second book goes.
I aspire to be as witty and straightforward as that gargoyle.
I liked the book. It was a nice read and wasn't something I would have typically looked for, so forming the ideas and settings in my head was refreshing.
However, The book has me of two minds.
I found the start of the book to be a little slow - a gentle introduction on the current state of affairs, the mystery of the dreaming, the six Diviners. If you approach it from the view that the Cathedral and each other is all that they knew about since the start (and that this is a two-book series), then the world-building is easier to digest.
As soon as the characters leave the Cathedral and everything unravels, the book picks up in pace and they're jumping from area to area in order to complete their objectives. That speed unfortunately came with a slight lack of depth, though; I would have liked to know more about each area: how they came to be, why something is where it was. Naturally, once they were done with their objective in one area (and also because of time) they immediately moved on, which is fair, but they left me behind as well.
I'll admit - I wasn't expecting the ending. I should have, but I didn't.
All things aside, I have no complaints - only wishes. I'll have to see how the second book goes.