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A review by coleycole
Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce
4.0
Listening to this in the car, which is frustrating as I don't really drive that much anymore... I'm enjoying it.
And enjoyed it overall. What I liked best was that though this is definitely fantasy, there isn't a ton of time spent explaining how it works. If it comes up, it comes up, but no more explaining than a non-fantasy novel would have. The world at large just is as it is, and the struggles and complicated feelings of the main character are what is really focused on. The interesting world in "Flora" is akin to an awesome outfit on a really cool girl -- nice decoration, but not the sole substance, not the best part. Also, love the language -- gifties! boo-spooky! pigface psychopomp!
And enjoyed it overall. What I liked best was that though this is definitely fantasy, there isn't a ton of time spent explaining how it works. If it comes up, it comes up, but no more explaining than a non-fantasy novel would have. The world at large just is as it is, and the struggles and complicated feelings of the main character are what is really focused on. The interesting world in "Flora" is akin to an awesome outfit on a really cool girl -- nice decoration, but not the sole substance, not the best part. Also, love the language -- gifties! boo-spooky! pigface psychopomp!