Too Like the Lightning

Originally posted on bluchickenninja.com

The best way to describe Too Like The Lightning is very confusing. Ada Palmer is a historian which explains the strange way this book has been written. It's almost as if the main character is telling you what happened. In fact that is exactly what it is like. At some points the character is talking to the reader like they are the one who wrote this book not Ada Palmer. This does mean it's almost written in a style that you could imagine came from the 24th century. It's not flowery but you have to take time and really pay attention. In fact I only read two chapters of this at a time. It's the sort of book that you need to go away and think about. Not because it is especially deep. It's just that sort of book.

Too Like The Lightning is the sort of book you really need to read yourself. My experience reading it was more similar to reading something from the 18th century rather than science fiction. Which I suppose makes sense really because I'm sure Ada Palmer took inspiration from 18th century writers. I know I've only given this 3 stars but personally I feel it's the sort of book I have to go back and read again just because it's so dense. I'm going to need to do that soon however because the next book comes out in March.