![]() ![]() Sure there were vivid and fast-paced battles and intense political manoeuvrings, but they struggled to pack the emotional punch that really allows you to get into a novel. This made it difficult to build up a connection to a character and without someone to root for some of the major events in the novel were, well, dull. Moreover, it was difficult to pinpoint a single protagonist, with several points of view changing at irregular intervals. The elements of fantasy and reality weren’t kept in balance, so I found myself questioning events in the novel throughout. Dystopian fiction as a genre is known for pushing the realms of possibility, but as an envision of the future of our world I feel it needs to be at least plausible, which unfortunately this book wasn’t. For example, the idea of the decaying underwater dragon kingdom, whilst creatively brilliant, wasn’t believable in the setting De Bodard created. Parts of the plot just seemed too outlandish – at points almost nonsensical. ![]() ![]() Personally, I’m a great fan of fantasy, but it felt as if there were almost no rules or boundaries to how far the magic could go in this book. ![]()
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