The Starless Sea

The writing was beautiful and it had a really strong beginning but it ended up being lacking in both plot and character development for me. There was no clear antagonist, climax or resolution and I'm not even sure what this was really about. I don't understand the world besides...it's magic. I wasn't engaged and every time I picked it up I wanted to put it down. I liked Zachary and I liked all the story snippets; it felt like a fairy tale or a myth rather than a real novel. But, it is a real novel, and I'm judging it as such.