How to be both - that is indeed the question, or maybe the answer. Whether it is being a modern teenager or a Renaissance girl, an artist or craftsman, alive or dead - the dualities abound in this novel. Or should it be two novellas? Does the order of reading matter? It does indeed and the effect of two shorts as opposed to one long is disconcerting. Scintillating, intriguing but ultimately not wholly satisfying.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 78 Autumn 2015 ) |
