Profil

Superbly written (well, duh, Pulitzer winner and all), this is a story with multiple layers and voices, each different, each with a different aim, until the truth unfolds. It's a rare treat to read a book so well written, so thoughtfully constructed, and where nothing is evident or predictable. It is also a reflection on the stories we tell (ourselves and others) and how extreme wealth gives the power to shape them.

A book built with vignettes that weaves the perceptions and thoughts of the narrator, navigating through the anguish of the climate catastrophe, her marriage, and her demanding brother. This could be quite grim quite fast, fortunately the author has the wit and dry humor to carry it through.

I had high expectations after "This is how you lose the time war", and even though this is completely different, the writing is beautiful and poetic. The story is quite short, I wouldn't have minded if it had been a full novel actually.

I think I liked it? But maybe not all of the time? There are moments of sheer brilliance, but then there are moments when I was quite confused, wondering if I should push through. I'm glad I did, but I don't know what to make of it.

The Dawnhounds is full of things: magic, pirates, flawed characters, strange gods, mysterious voices, a good measure of horror, priests and cops, political intrigue... it does feel a bit much at times, yet it works and hopefully, more is explained in the #2 of the trilogy.

I wasn't sure that I would appreciate the style here, as it's so different from the Hobbit and LOTR, but it was oddly addictive, and finally reading the whole story since the beginning of the world feels incredible.