02-22-2026, 03:04 PM
#10: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
After reading Greg’s review and needing a genuinely good book, I dived into this one. I agree that it was a pretty good story, well-written and compelling, but now that it’s done, I’m a mite dissatisfied. There are a number of loose threads and logic failures that the author seems to be willing to explain away with, “Because, dragons,” that makes me think I missed something somewhere. Perhaps I did, or perhaps I’m being overly picky.
I hope to avoid fascistic rulers in whatever I read next. There’s enough of that shit in reality, I’d like a little escapism in my fantasy.
After reading Greg’s review and needing a genuinely good book, I dived into this one. I agree that it was a pretty good story, well-written and compelling, but now that it’s done, I’m a mite dissatisfied. There are a number of loose threads and logic failures that the author seems to be willing to explain away with, “Because, dragons,” that makes me think I missed something somewhere. Perhaps I did, or perhaps I’m being overly picky.
I hope to avoid fascistic rulers in whatever I read next. There’s enough of that shit in reality, I’d like a little escapism in my fantasy.
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