Review: Confusing, but I really liked the theme and writing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2013
The king seems powerful and disdainful towards the people he rules over. Regardless of his numerous luxuries and fawning servants, as the story continues we realize just how sheltered and powerless he really is. Not necessarily a mind-blowing or deep premise, but I think this book has more going for it than that.I really enjoyed the prose. It was vibrant and imaginative, and I could envision the foreign places and objects. The story is a bit meandering; the entire thing is narrated by the king and he does tend to ramble. It takes a very long time to get to the meat, although there are hints of it in the early pages. I would have liked to be let into the story more gently; the book starts right in the middle of a weird ceremony of some kind, and it can be hard to follow. Still, this is a weird story overall, but I liked the extravagant narration.