Max Kimmelman’s Reviews > The Rise of Endymion > Status Update

still feeling pretty lost in the excessive texture in this part of the story. so much text is purely names that are never repeated, colors of fabric in clothing, and descriptions of religious customs on tien shan that aren’t relevant. i love the presence of texture like this usually, but it has felt overdone and boring for the past hundred pages or so

struggled a bit reading the section with all the descriptions of the landscapes of the planet w the hanging temple. so much time was spent describing geometries of mountain ranges and structures based on cardinal directions that i could not slow down enough to conceptualize. i was way too invested in learning the events that happened during the time skip to try to focus on the rambling about geography

feels like a slow start for the first hundred pages or so. although i am excited about the complex politics/conspiracy within the pax that are now getting more attention. it is hard to follow all at once, but that feels intentional at this point, and i expect it to have a high payoff down the line as long as i can remember a decent amount of the details.