Tyler’s Reviews > The Summer that Melted Everything > Status Update

Like. It feels like the writing is trying too hard to be pretty and it ends up getting in the way for me. But I had a similar issue with Song of Achilles (among other issues) so maybe I just have shit taste and dunno what good prose is.

I'm enjoying, for a given definition of 'enjoying', the plot and characters. I'm definitely feeling a lot of things. I wish it would stop pausing the plot to go on poetic rambles. I know this is mostly a personal taste thing, but the prose gets too...self-indulgent? Overwrought? Dunno the term to use here, but this is one of those times where it feels like the prose is trying too hard for what it's actually saying.