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Cargando... A Letter to the Luminous Deep (The Sunken Archive Book 1) (edición 2024)por Sylvie Cathrall (Autor)
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'An underwater treasure-chest to be slowly unpacked, full of things I adore: nosy and loving families, epistolary romance, gorgeous worldbuilding, and anxious scholars doing their best to meet the world with kindness and curiosity' Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light A charming fantasy set in an underwater world with magical academia and a heartwarming penpal romance, perfect for fans of A Marvellous Light and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share are filled with passion, at first for their mutual interests, and then, inevitably, for each other. Together, they uncover a mystery from the unknown depths, destined to transform the underwater world they both equally fear and love. But by no mere coincidence, a seaquake destroys E.'s home, and she and Henerey vanish. A year later, E.'s sister Sophy, and Henerey's brother Vyerin, are left to solve the mystery of their siblings' disappearances with the letters, sketches and field notes left behind. As they uncover the wondrous love their siblings shared, Sophy and Vyerin learn the key to their disappearance - and what it could mean for life as they know it. Praise for Sylvie Cathrall: 'With its gorgeous underwater setting and whimsical academic sensibility, A Letter to the Luminous Deep is a strange, epistolary wonder.' Mary McMyne, author of The Book of Gothel 'A shimmering, delicately crafted delight. . . Readers looking for heart warming romance and scholarly mystery against the backdrop of a wildly imaginative world will be charmed' H.G. Parry, author of The Magician's Daughter 'Cathrall's debut caught me up on a wave of whimsy and swept me away with its charm. A story to be cherished' Lyra Selene, author of A Feather So Black 'A Letter to the Luminous Deep is a fascinating and charming story told in a uniquely elegant voice. A watery wonder of a novel! I loved it.' Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches 'A Letter to the Luminous Deep is like nothing I've read before. The heartfelt intimacy of the epistolary narrative, juxtaposed with the magnificent oceanic world-building, results in a novel that is at once deeply human and mind-bogglingly imaginative. Both the setting and the story are exquisite, but it was the lovingly crafted voices of the characters that kept me hooked from beginning to end' Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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AUTHOR: Sylvie Cathrall
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A Letter to the Luminous Deep is about two penpals who discover something amazing about their world. It follows their letters, and the letters written by those who came afterwards, trying to figure out what happened.
This book took me longer to read than any book I’ve read in months. Although I can usually read a third of a book in a sitting, easy, it was painful for me to read even 5-10% of this one. Why? Let me elaborate.
This book is written fully in letters. Although I’ve seen this done well before, this book does not do it well. There’s almost no tension in the book because the reader is so far distanced from the main actions. Literally huge parts of this book are letters written about other letters, so you’re getting this second or third hand, and it completely negates any excitement it might have had otherwise.
Secondly, this book is verbose and the writing is very flowery. I don’t mind a little of that here and there, but I got very tired of it in this book. It would have been nice once in a while if the author would have just told us what was actually going on because it was more than a little confusing.
Thirdly, even with the overwhelming amounts of exposition in this book, I had trouble understanding exactly what was going on. There’s so much stuff thrown at you, especially towards the end, that is not adequately explained. There’s apparently a sequel coming (which I won’t be reading) so hopefully at least that can be fixed.
Finally, the ‘cliffhanger’ ending. I put quotes around it because it is literally the most boring cliffhanger I have ever read. It’s more accurately just an end to the book that doesn’t wrap up, well, anything. The entire ending of the book is just as open and unsolved as the rest of it, which annoyed me to no end.
So, while I cannot in good conscience recommend this book, I do hope that there are those out there who enjoy it more than I did.
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