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A review by devannm
The Root: A Novel of the Wrath & Athenaeum by Na'amen Gobert Tilahun
2.0
DNF @ 33%
I've been putting off this book for ages because it's so long but I read a few chapters and loved Erik immediately so I thought it would be okay, unfortunately I just cannot power my way through this whole book based on that alone. There are so many unnecessary different POVs, it feels like every single character gets a POV chapter and I think all you REALLY need are the two main characters since they are there for pretty much every scene anyway. Anyway this book is just way too long [130k words whyyy] for me to keep on with considering that I only even really like one of the characters and am not really keeping up with all the world building and parallel universe stuff. If this was a straight up urban fantasy with Erik as the only narrator I think this would be entirely up my alley but as it is there is just way too much going on.
I've been putting off this book for ages because it's so long but I read a few chapters and loved Erik immediately so I thought it would be okay, unfortunately I just cannot power my way through this whole book based on that alone. There are so many unnecessary different POVs, it feels like every single character gets a POV chapter and I think all you REALLY need are the two main characters since they are there for pretty much every scene anyway. Anyway this book is just way too long [130k words whyyy] for me to keep on with considering that I only even really like one of the characters and am not really keeping up with all the world building and parallel universe stuff. If this was a straight up urban fantasy with Erik as the only narrator I think this would be entirely up my alley but as it is there is just way too much going on.