A review by wmhenrymorris
Requiem by Ken Scholes

I've looked at other reviews of Requiem, and I find it interesting that it has had a rather lukewarm reception. I, personally, found it a fantastic reading experience. As with Elizabeth Bear's Shattered Pillars, the lyrical prose and multiple switches in point of view (that is every few pages -- not all in one section), drew me in and linked the various storylines in allusive, character-driven way. This is a book that unfolds. It does so by awakening many of its characters to new things/situations/awarenesses and by layering (almost more daubing) on more hints and reveals of the technologies and histories at play. This worked for me.