books: ann-leckie/the-raven-tower
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| ann-leckie/the-raven-tower | reviews | I'm not quite sure where I stand on **The Raven Tower** by *Ann Leckie*. On the plus side: a fantasy story told from the perspective of a god (and with a fascinating definition of 'god', to boot), in a consistent voice (good thing I was used to second person narration from Ms Jemisin), with a not-quite predictable plot. But while I'm a fan of unusual story arcs, I found myself wanting more. The story was good, but not enough! I think this is not just me being used to Sanderson-length epic fantasy. Raven Tower has great world building and narration (and a unique take on "gods speak the truth"!), but the plot seemed a bit underdeveloped. I'm still very happy to have read it, though – a fantasy book from the perspective of a deity is very Ann Leckie, who continues to be amazing at writing non-human characters, and letting her readers fill in all the human characters from clues the non-human protagonist/narrator doesn't quite understand. A good concept, and it translates very well from scifi to fantasy. | 2019-03-22 | The Raven Tower | #695432 | 0316388696 | 9780316388696 | 2019 | http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/isbn/9780316388696-L.jpg | 416 | 3 |
