Love your take on this! I read this book too long ago to remember much besides the world-building and I liked it for all the reasons you said, but as soon as you got into the Rosemary thing I recalled being relieved-disappointed in that situation. Sometimes it really stresses me out when I see these tropes coming and I'm glad when they work out quickly, but sometimes I miss the narrative tension and the resulting conclusion feels unearned. I also have vague memories of being uncomfortable with the Corbin thing when that, too, went against my expectations given the tone the book had set. (Ending absolutely destroyed me though.)
I've been meaning to get to the third book in the series after reading the second, but this makes me want to reread the first as well to see how my opinion compares.
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Date: 2021-12-20 12:52 am (UTC)I've been meaning to get to the third book in the series after reading the second, but this makes me want to reread the first as well to see how my opinion compares.