Fair enough, the prequel definitely did deliver in that regard but The New Testament was kind of lacking?
Also I didn’t like that the first four parts of the book were essentially just the same story from different perspectives (pretty darn repetitive), but with some inconsistencies? I guess they’re intentionally written as unreliable narrators? Idk
Then some dude called Paul just shows up and picks up the narrative? It’s a bit jarring switching out the protagonist after only four chapters, but fine. I tried to stick with it, and admittedly epistolary novels aren’t my favourite, but Paul just gets so preachy and keeps contradicting himself in his letters that it really broke the immersion in some parts.
Don’t even get me started on the last chapter, written by yet another author?! I do love magical realism, but it just went waaay too far. Also finished with a cliffhanger, and they haven’t followed it up with another sequel for like 1900 years? I’m already annoyed that George RR Martin has been promising the Winds of Winter for 12 years, but this just takes the cake
Fair enough, the prequel definitely did deliver in that regard but The New Testament was kind of lacking?
Also I didn’t like that the first four parts of the book were essentially just the same story from different perspectives (pretty darn repetitive), but with some inconsistencies? I guess they’re intentionally written as unreliable narrators? Idk
Then some dude called Paul just shows up and picks up the narrative? It’s a bit jarring switching out the protagonist after only four chapters, but fine. I tried to stick with it, and admittedly epistolary novels aren’t my favourite, but Paul just gets so preachy and keeps contradicting himself in his letters that it really broke the immersion in some parts.
Don’t even get me started on the last chapter, written by yet another author?! I do love magical realism, but it just went waaay too far. Also finished with a cliffhanger, and they haven’t followed it up with another sequel for like 1900 years? I’m already annoyed that George RR Martin has been promising the Winds of Winter for 12 years, but this just takes the cake