![]() ![]() Jevick, despite being the protagonist, did not exhibit much agency and was instead solely an agent of the plot. ![]() Things pick up slightly with the appearance of Jissavet's ghost, though it isn't until Jevick falls in with the Priestess of Avalei that I started really getting into the story.Īnother thing that kept bugging me was that I did not like either Jevick or Jissavet. This section was arguably the slowest portion of the book. He spends much of his time as a loafer and playboy, enjoying food, books, and women. The first half of the book was Jevick learning about Olondria, the land of books and writing, and then actually going there himself after his father's death. Gorgeous language, unfortunately, just does not make up for very slow and uneven pacing. For actual execution, however, probably a 2. Plot wise, it was again, high - there was a good premise. On just the prose itself, it's a 4 or 5 stars. ![]()
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