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ageless
is 5% done
I read the sample of this and didn’t love it, but I’ve decided to try it again because a podcast I like to watch and I usually agree with loved it.
I still don’t like the prose style, it feels a bit juvenile. And I hope the pacing mellows out. It’s going so swiftly I feel like we don’t care or know enough about her family and village to ground us enough in the story.
— Mar 23, 2026 04:42AM
I still don’t like the prose style, it feels a bit juvenile. And I hope the pacing mellows out. It’s going so swiftly I feel like we don’t care or know enough about her family and village to ground us enough in the story.
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ageless
is 35% done
I’m liking this a more and more as I read on.
The descriptions are still not as vivid as I would like, and I don’t really feel immersed within the details of the story, but I like that as Wei has learned how to read, her first person narration to the reader has gotten more and more complex and she is much better at explaining her feelings and thoughts! It’s a very beautifully done and subtle shift.
— Mar 23, 2026 05:03PM
The descriptions are still not as vivid as I would like, and I don’t really feel immersed within the details of the story, but I like that as Wei has learned how to read, her first person narration to the reader has gotten more and more complex and she is much better at explaining her feelings and thoughts! It’s a very beautifully done and subtle shift.
ageless
is 23% done
So far, I feel like this story lacks a lot of depth and complexity when considering prose, character, and dialogue (and I’m hoping these will improve)—but despite these gaps, I think the foundations of the story are decent. The plot is solid, and the characters, while very one-note, are not stupid or particularly annoying to follow.
It thankfully does seem to be subverting romantasy conventions which is nice.
— Mar 23, 2026 02:16PM
It thankfully does seem to be subverting romantasy conventions which is nice.
