![]() ![]() The world which Mark Lawrence has built stacks, the plot is good, and the characters are well-developed and interesting. I have read Red Sister and Grey Sister in quick succession - they are excellent. Really looking forward the the next book in the series. My only slight whinge is that Nona always sounds like an adult even though she starts off as a young girl. I enjoyed the variety of accents she uses and her pacing is uniformly excellent. ![]() Some major plot developments are very clearly signalled but somehow it didn't matter as the execution (hah!) was so good. Even the depiction of girls' friendships was believable. ![]() ![]() Anyway, I loved the premise, the nuns, the atmosphere, the world building, the consistent system of magic, I can't say I loved Nona herself but she is fascinating. Maybe it helps that the slowness is part of what Nona experiences or maybe he's just a really good writer. I don't normally enjoy extended fight scenes and am usually bored rigid as each thrust and twist is described in lengthy detail (ususally muttering "skip to the end, skip to the end!") but by some strange alchemy, Mark Lawrence has made the fights - and there are lots of them - totally mesmerising. Utterly surprised to find that I flipping loved this! I can't remember what made me buy it now but I'm glad I did. ![]()
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