Status Updates From The Isle in the Silver Sea

I'm not sure if it's the writing or the narration of the audiobook that's making this difficult to follow. I suspect it's both. But the writing is trying for a style that it hasn't earned, and it leaves the narration disconnected and indistinct.

So far I'm not impressed. The characters are embodying age-old tales, which in theory puts their life on rails as they enact the fated stories they've been assigned. Clearly the author wants to play with fate and what happens when it breaks, but the execution's not landing well. Also, there's something off about immigrants' fates being overruled by English magic. idk that doesn't sit right with me on the surface