A review by heresthepencil
Prophet, by Sin Blaché, HELEN. BLACHE MACDONALD (SIN.)
3.0
rep: British Indian bi mc, Jewish gay mc, Black side characters, Jewish side characters
tw: drug abuse, torture, past attempted suicide, body horror, implied conversion therapy
okay, two things. the romance? absolutely exquisite, everyone should write it like this. gorgeous!
everything else? guys, just don't start a sci-fi novel, if you can't plot it properly till the end. worldbuilding does, in fact, need sense & structure, & rules. questions need answers. you can't just purple-prose your way out of a plot-hole!
the writing is amazing, the characters are amazing, the initial mystery is amazing, and then you get to like the last hundred pages & it all crumbles before your eyes. what was the point.
tw: drug abuse, torture, past attempted suicide, body horror, implied conversion therapy
okay, two things. the romance? absolutely exquisite, everyone should write it like this. gorgeous!
everything else? guys, just don't start a sci-fi novel, if you can't plot it properly till the end. worldbuilding does, in fact, need sense & structure, & rules. questions need answers. you can't just purple-prose your way out of a plot-hole!
the writing is amazing, the characters are amazing, the initial mystery is amazing, and then you get to like the last hundred pages & it all crumbles before your eyes. what was the point.