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lizshayne 's review for:
Steles of the Sky
by Elizabeth Bear
Oh man. ALL THE FEELS!
No, seriously, all of them! Sometimes I forget what it's like to get so caught up in a novel that I can't stop reading or go to sleep. It happens far more rarely than it used to. But when it does...
This was one of those series that just stays with you. It's everything that little epic fantasy ideas dream of growing up to be.
Sometimes I think that epic fantasy could survive entirely on [a:Elizabeth Bear|108173|Elizabeth Bear|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1219878171p2/108173.jpg] and [a:N. K. Jemisin|2917917|N.K. Jemisin|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1334966221p2/2917917.jpg] and, while there might not be as much literature, what is there would be so fantastic that no one would complain.
Yeah, I enjoyed this. The writing was exquisite, the thought that went into developing a universe that is both grounded in the large swath of the Asian continent and also deeply fantastic clearly paid off. And the people and their cultures - Bear does some things that few authors properly achieve; she can create villains that are sympathetic without redeeming them, she can portray a multitude of religious practices without ever veering into the trite or the offensive. And she can make her characters feel more than real. I was sad when it ended, even though the story was done and done well. And that, in some ways, is the highest praise I can give.
No, seriously, all of them! Sometimes I forget what it's like to get so caught up in a novel that I can't stop reading or go to sleep. It happens far more rarely than it used to. But when it does...
This was one of those series that just stays with you. It's everything that little epic fantasy ideas dream of growing up to be.
Sometimes I think that epic fantasy could survive entirely on [a:Elizabeth Bear|108173|Elizabeth Bear|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1219878171p2/108173.jpg] and [a:N. K. Jemisin|2917917|N.K. Jemisin|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1334966221p2/2917917.jpg] and, while there might not be as much literature, what is there would be so fantastic that no one would complain.
Yeah, I enjoyed this. The writing was exquisite, the thought that went into developing a universe that is both grounded in the large swath of the Asian continent and also deeply fantastic clearly paid off. And the people and their cultures - Bear does some things that few authors properly achieve; she can create villains that are sympathetic without redeeming them, she can portray a multitude of religious practices without ever veering into the trite or the offensive. And she can make her characters feel more than real. I was sad when it ended, even though the story was done and done well. And that, in some ways, is the highest praise I can give.