![]() ![]() I'm not going to address the story excepting to say that any fear that Bancroft might have exhausted the novelty and mystery in book one is misplaced. On its own this is merely pretty, but in situ it's also a wonderful commentary. "The essential lesson of the zoetrope is this: movement, indeed all progress, even the passage of time, is an illusion. I love the little snippets at the head of each chapter, taken from books that appear in the story and are apposite or relevant. ![]() ![]() Not just the wordplay, but the cleverness of the sentiment and observation behind it. But the prose just makes me constantly jealous. The story, characters and imagination shine, and even without the quality of the prose it would be a good tale. I understand that everyone has different tastes, and mine aren't always in line with the mainstream, but. So I've opted for repetition and playing with the font instead. I try to be positive about books where possible, and that can leave me stretching for adjectives when I hit a book that really *really* REALLY works for me. Like its predecessor it is a brilliant piece of work. It seems ridiculous to me that I should be only the 4th person to be reviewing this book. Now re-released in paperback by a major publisher. ![]()
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