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A review by madgee
Bound by Magic by Jasmine Walt
2.0
I don't know why I'm reading these books.
It drives me crazy that Walt made up all of these ridiculous names for places when there was exactly zero need for such confusion. "Solanthe Bay" is very clearly San Francisco and "Firegate Bridge" is the Goldengate and "Mexia" is Mexico... STOP. Dear LORD. These ridiculous names would be bothersome even if they weren't TOTALLY NEEDLESS because she doesn't pick one root language for her fantasy language, which means it has no consistency and doesn't seem like a real language. But the fact remains that they ARE an unnecessary confusion that just trips me up. And it sounds stupid. Why, WHY would you introduce unnecessary confusion when it doesn't even make your novel sound more badass??????
It drives me crazy that Walt made up all of these ridiculous names for places when there was exactly zero need for such confusion. "Solanthe Bay" is very clearly San Francisco and "Firegate Bridge" is the Goldengate and "Mexia" is Mexico... STOP. Dear LORD. These ridiculous names would be bothersome even if they weren't TOTALLY NEEDLESS because she doesn't pick one root language for her fantasy language, which means it has no consistency and doesn't seem like a real language. But the fact remains that they ARE an unnecessary confusion that just trips me up. And it sounds stupid. Why, WHY would you introduce unnecessary confusion when it doesn't even make your novel sound more badass??????