yumdirt's Reviews (310)

Arista and Myron are some of my favorite written characters. A perfect closed loop story for our two buddies Royce and Hadrian. Lots of moving pieces here in the whole trilogy, and they're all so obvious. But when the pieces start to move around and fit together, oh man it just feels so nice! So easy! OF COURSE, ahhhhhh ohhhhh oooooooh that's me reading this. Yum yum yum. You'll love this style of writing if you love determinism. Tight structure over elaborate prose or avoiding cliches. Like taking a nice train on the scenic route. We eat cliches.

I love all of the ideas slowly maturing like a wine, the supporting cast growing, and this world baring its teeth as we see more of it.
HOWEVER. Man... I cannot. stand. Senlin. I know we're not always supposed to agree with him, he's definitely a complicated figure, has his flaws. But constantly hearing his opinions of women and how they could look if they tried more, if they've let themselves go, etc, these women that comprise the core of Senlin's journey, is just so annoying. Simple as that for me, it just immediately pisses me off. An interaction, a scene, can be well done and intriguing for most of its duration, but either the first or final internal comment from him just stains my entire attention. He's the damn nerd emoji with glasses, his one finger raised

This arc, of our invincible, hesitant hero that begrudgingly assumes the mantle every faefolk, demon, god, and ghost (of a few cultures) pester him about, went on for so long that it repeated about three times. Gorgeous frames and I am dearly beholden to the art and overall vibe, as I'll forever be. But there's still barely a plot. And every woman or bearded man looks the same, so good luck.