A review by thecaffeinatedreader
Soot by Dan Vyleta
4.0
https://thecaffeinatedreader.com/2020/03/01/soot-blog-tour/
3.5/5
You give me a book that's Dystopia set in Edwardian times with a Dickensian vibe, and I am all there for it. This book checked off all of those, but, I didn't realize it was a sequel! [Mostly because I'm oblivious, so, that fault is my own]Luckily you don't need to have read the first book to read this one, they work as independent or connected novels.
This work is dense, it is heavy, but it was fascinating, you felt as if this was a mashup between Dickens's novels and Pullman's ingenious world ideas from His Dark Materials.
People smoke, they have different colours, tastes, smells, all based on their emotions/desire/rage, and that was SO unique. Not to mention this is something that wasn't always the case, that this smoke was actually a disease and that it has been in some cases welcomed as a new way to progress in society, to embrace the smoke. A+ for creativity in that. It's an Edwardian, Dystopian, Scifi, Fantasy riddled with personal stories of those characters most affected by the smoke/choices of those concerning the smoke.
The cast of characters is widely varied in personalities and purposes, but they all tend to eventually weave together, so that was such an interesting thing to see progress. I suppose Eleanor was my favourite, though I found Smith absolutely attention-grabbing, any scene he was in, I just wanted to know more about him.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading this, I just felt it perhaps could have been a little shorter, that the density might intimidate people, but, it is truly worth the read if you find yourself intrigued by it/my review of it.
3.5 huge cups of coffee from me, thank you to Compulsive Readers Tours and the Publisher for a copy of this in exchange for my honest opinion.
3.5/5
You give me a book that's Dystopia set in Edwardian times with a Dickensian vibe, and I am all there for it. This book checked off all of those, but, I didn't realize it was a sequel! [Mostly because I'm oblivious, so, that fault is my own]Luckily you don't need to have read the first book to read this one, they work as independent or connected novels.
This work is dense, it is heavy, but it was fascinating, you felt as if this was a mashup between Dickens's novels and Pullman's ingenious world ideas from His Dark Materials.
People smoke, they have different colours, tastes, smells, all based on their emotions/desire/rage, and that was SO unique. Not to mention this is something that wasn't always the case, that this smoke was actually a disease and that it has been in some cases welcomed as a new way to progress in society, to embrace the smoke. A+ for creativity in that. It's an Edwardian, Dystopian, Scifi, Fantasy riddled with personal stories of those characters most affected by the smoke/choices of those concerning the smoke.
The cast of characters is widely varied in personalities and purposes, but they all tend to eventually weave together, so that was such an interesting thing to see progress. I suppose Eleanor was my favourite, though I found Smith absolutely attention-grabbing, any scene he was in, I just wanted to know more about him.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading this, I just felt it perhaps could have been a little shorter, that the density might intimidate people, but, it is truly worth the read if you find yourself intrigued by it/my review of it.
3.5 huge cups of coffee from me, thank you to Compulsive Readers Tours and the Publisher for a copy of this in exchange for my honest opinion.