Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
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3/5. More fantasy politics and programing language magic. I'm trying to take this series on its own terms – fun, creative, leading lesbians – and not resent it for not being as complex and sad and barbed as his other fantasy trilogy. It mostly works. It helps that the magic system here is both terrifically fun (it runs on arguments! Of course I like it!) and sensibly designed with constraints that feel organic. This was really noticeable compared to other recent reading where the magic system is more like trying to learn the rules of an overly-complex board game designed by people who don't understand why you don't want to read their lovingly-drafted twenty page explanation.
Content notes: Slavery, recollections of child harm.
3/5. More fantasy politics and programing language magic. I'm trying to take this series on its own terms – fun, creative, leading lesbians – and not resent it for not being as complex and sad and barbed as his other fantasy trilogy. It mostly works. It helps that the magic system here is both terrifically fun (it runs on arguments! Of course I like it!) and sensibly designed with constraints that feel organic. This was really noticeable compared to other recent reading where the magic system is more like trying to learn the rules of an overly-complex board game designed by people who don't understand why you don't want to read their lovingly-drafted twenty page explanation.
Content notes: Slavery, recollections of child harm.