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I have no idea where this is going and I'm LOVING IT

Someone on Storygraph described this as "the worst kind of example of 'written by a man'", and boy do I agree: female characters are mostly there to be admired, rescued or belittled. I initially thought the focus on the MC's ~*refined tastes*~ was supposed to be parody, but I'm starting to suspect it's not?! Lord in Heaven. (Also what's with all the fudging *"Indians"* everywhere? Did you mean 'indigenous'?)

Sweet Jesus, I'm only six hours in out of fourteen, and the reader's light and brEatHy voice is driving me insane. WHY.

I'm definitely getting sick of the multiple POV trend (yes, I realise this one came out in 2013). The narrative treats the POV switches as if it were a film camera following a character exiting the scene. Characters and plot feel like vague ideas, unfinished and one-dimensional. Slogging through.

Tuskin luen enempää Sveeniä, kun en jaksa tätä poliisia - nyyh kuinka nyt meninkään sillain kiihtymään ja hakkaamaan avovaimoani, miten se olikin niin ilkeä - mutta kiinnostaa murhatapauksen historiallisen puoliskon ratkaisu: kuka petti ketä ja kuka tappoi kenet?

Oblivious!Viv is the best Viv.

Called it! Also: good Lord, Vaudeville, your investigative partner is an idiot. Or hardly knew her sister at all.

Occasional case of telling instead of showing; murder on the suspense.

Nyt tykkään! Joissain novelleissa kirjoittaja vetelee mutkia ehkä turhan suoriksi - tai e-lukijan pakottama formaatti syö tarinan selkeyttä - mutta tämä omaan outoon tulevaisuuteensa sijoittuva novellikokoelma on ehdottomasti lukemisen arvoinen, jos pitää Syntykehosta.

Älä hauduta teetä samaan aikaan, kun luet tätä: suattaapi tulla hieman tymäkkää.

Damn. I hadn't even heard of this one before I picked it up and it's so. good.

Omg skrem, it suddenly occurred to me that —and what if, stories always lose detail — oh, I can't wait to see how this turns out.

Well-paced, interesting story in a generic fantasy setting with Welsh accents and a faerytale feel. The characters... well. It would be unfair to say that the goat has the most personality but not entirely inaccurate.

Oleellista uudelle lukijalle: tämä ei ole sellainen tietokirja, johon olet tottunut. Tämä on kudelma, tietokirja sanan varsinaisessa merkityksessä: kirja, joka sisältää tietoa.