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Jul 14, 2017King_of_the_Squirrels rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I have mixed impressions of this novel. The main narrative is fine and mostly well-crafted with interesting characters playing out an interesting premise. What irked me endlessly was the unnecessary and intrusive sub-narrative of the story's characters interjecting with mostly useless and uninteresting commentary from the perspective of reflecting back on the events. This also spoiled a great deal of dramatic tension because those characters, who were in jeopardy, are talking about their jeopardy which they have obviously survived. Stupid, stupid, stupid to leave that crap in. It spoiled so much including the natural flow of the story. Ugh. The character of 14-year old girl was also a sore point. Her language was far too modern for 120 years ago. Lastly, the book does not resolve - and infuriatingly so - the obvious interaction that should have happened between two major characters (I won't spoil it). Ridiculous. Worse, the lack of resolution was deliberately staged solely (and obviously) for the purpose of creating a second book. This could have and should have been edited much better.