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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Very interesting world building work, but the story doesn't flow very well due to all the explanation that has to be given. ( ) This is why I can't have nice things. This is my second Dead Djinn Universe prequel and so far I am having the same experience--I enjoy the way P. Djèlí Clark writes and worldbuilding but something that just doesn't leap off the page and spark my attention. I look at the glowing reviews that talk about the prose, characters, worldbuilding, and politics, and I find myself nodding along. Clark's words in Julian Thomas' mouth are a true delight. Everything here tells me that I should adore these books and I absolutely have no idea why I don't. I want to, but my brain just starts sliding off and I spend the majority of the books drifting off and barely paying attention. I objectively know these are better than my subjective experience and that it's seems to be a skill issue on my part, but I'm 2/2 with the same results, so I have genuinely tried. This was a charming adventure story with A worldbuilding. I'm not a big reader of adventure fiction, but gearpunk paranormal fantasy set in a glamorous, multi-ethnic, postcolonial Cairo? All of these are adjectives I want in my SFF. Hamed and Onsi are a fun buddy cop duo, and I adored the feminist elements - an intersectional Egyptian women's suffrage movement and an exploration of female magic and spirituality. I did have trouble settling into Clark's prose style for the first couple chapters, but once I got invested in the story I was fine with it. I think Clark's long sentences makes my inner editor hypervigilant, perhaps because I am also prone to long sentences full of clauses. However, I'm not convinced this is actually a fault in his writing. Steam punk Cairo, here we go again. I’m very impressed by the worldbuilding, this universe is alive, it shines and dazzles. I loved the many details of daily life in this version of Cairo and the fascinating glimpses of philosophy and theology. There is an interesting mystery to solve for agents Hamed (the seasoned agent) and Osni (the rookie). This is hardly the first such pairing in literature, but I did like them both very much and it was a pleasure to see their relationship develop. The story is a colourful mixture of malevolent spirits, ancient rituals, suffragettes, and automata that are becoming self-aware (oh, look, AI’s!). Also, it was fun to see characters from other stories make an appearance. Yes, I’d love to have more. Almost entirely world building and feels like it's a set-up for an actual story rather than a story in itself. I mean, I think it kind of IS because there's a novel in the setting. But although the world created is interesting, it just feels like Here's Stuff, even if it's interesting stuff, you know? sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Cairo, 1912. The case started simply enough for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities: handle a possessed tram car. Soon, however, Agent Hamed Nasr and his new partner, Agent Onsi Youssef, are exposed to another side of Cairo stirring with suffragettes, secret societies, and sentient automatons. It's a race against time to protect the city from an encroaching danger that crosses the line between the magical and mundane. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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