Moreover, there was a noticeable lapse with the use of character perspective. Yes, not even the sanity of its listener (as for this case, reader). The narrator jumps from one character to another like a dog traipsing through a meadow: curiously smelling everything it sees with its head in the clouds having little to no care about anything else. Addressing the narration, it becomes quite tedious as you go through the novel. It was part of the many reasons, however.Īs I took off into the story, there are obvious technical issues. Alas, that soured quickly as I went through it. That alone intrigued and made me read this book. It’s not always that you stumble upon a novel-more so, a high fantasy-that is written by a Filipino author. Punzalan, in exchange for an honest review. An e-copy of the book has been provided by the author, Juddy Anderson C.
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