I quite liked this book, I am a fan of Huffs urban fantasy stuff as well as her other stuff.
However there was one particular thing about this book that I found quite frustrating. It didnt give you a lot of context or backstory, and you had to accept a lot of different concepts without a lot of explanation, and I felt like I worked quite hard to fill in the gaps.
Someone who didnt have a fairly extensive background in more classic mythic fantasy and some of the folk/celtic tropes might struggle with some of the concepts. And I consider myself fairly well read in this kind of space.
It does all fit together in the end but I did find myself going back and rereading bits to try an aid myself to figure out what was going on.
It was harder work that some of her other stuff, but also brilliantly written and greatly enjoyable.
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Date: 2010-08-12 09:26 pm (UTC)However there was one particular thing about this book that I found quite frustrating. It didnt give you a lot of context or backstory, and you had to accept a lot of different concepts without a lot of explanation, and I felt like I worked quite hard to fill in the gaps.
Someone who didnt have a fairly extensive background in more classic mythic fantasy and some of the folk/celtic tropes might struggle with some of the concepts. And I consider myself fairly well read in this kind of space.
It does all fit together in the end but I did find myself going back and rereading bits to try an aid myself to figure out what was going on.
It was harder work that some of her other stuff, but also brilliantly written and greatly enjoyable.