Why I Hated the Perspective Shifts Photo by Ricardo Cruz on Unsplash Instead, I just got a frayed and tangled mess. At the beginning of this epic tale, I had assumed everything would be pulled together by the end, the saga sewn to a close. The author weaves so many myths and legends and lore, but the threads are all coming loose. I would try to explain more… but I honestly don’t know how to. Zachary is eventually sucked into this underground world (literally) of fiction and fable, caught in a labyrinth of books, cats, and questions. The story meanders around a lot in the beginning, jutting from fragment to fragment, before eventually settling in on Zachary Ezra Rawlins, a totally normal grad student doing a thesis on video games. There’s a lot going on in this book, and that isn’t a good thing. I don’t think this novel is as good as The Night Circus, and that’s mainly because it’s confusing as heck. Let me answer that above question right away – no. My The Starless Sea Book Review: Time to Swim Through the Confusion That said, does this new tale hold up to her breakthrough tale? Let’s take a look in this The Starless Sea book review. It was fantastical and magical and just… different.Īlso, I really appreciate the fact that she’s a NaNo writer that’s made it big. The Starless Sea has been on my to-read list for a while because I enjoyed The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern’s first novel.
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