Chloe Gong
Författare till These Violent Delights
Om författaren
Serier
Verk av Chloe Gong
Untitled (Flesh and False Gods, #2) 2 exemplar
A RomaJuliette Christmas Special 1 exemplar
The Priest and the Shepherd 1 exemplar
Welch trügerisches Herz 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Writing in Color: Fourteen Writers on the Lessons We've Learned (2023) — Bidragsgivare — 15 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 20th Century
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- China (birth)
New Zealand - Agent
- Laura Crockett
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Listor
Priser
Du skulle kanske också gilla
Associerade författare
Statistik
- Verk
- 11
- Även av
- 2
- Medlemmar
- 5,407
- Popularitet
- #4,614
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 79
- ISBN
- 87
- Språk
- 10
I'm ambivalent about this book, which has some elements that I very much enjoy, but doesn't quite live up to its promise. It's one of those blended science fiction/fantasy stories that seems to be set in the future, but also has magic elements, in this case the ability of people with really strong qi to "jump" into another body and take over for a period of time (or for good, if the stronger person so decides). The games will sound familiar to anyone who has read [The Hunger Games], though decidedly more violent in this adult book where, to keep the person from jumping, they must be killed quickly, often decapitated. Added to that the nods to [Antony and Cleopatra], which this is inspired by rather than a retelling of, and you just get A Lot thrown into a plot. The romance aspect kind of came out of nowhere, when all of a sudden they were attracted to each other, and was never developed to my satisfaction. And I'm not a huge fan of narratives told in present tense. I never quite got to the point where I could sink in and enjoy the story, but I remained intrigued throughout. That all being said, the idea of what one can do with their qi leaves much to be explored in future volumes of this planned trilogy, and the ending of this one left me curious enough to read the next one.… (mer)