Building mystery and intrigue is all great, and dispensing secrets by small bits is a fine way of hooking the reader. Alas, this novel fails at that. Almost 300 chapters in and there are not answers in sight. Its not a puzzle to be solved by a curious reader - its just a stupid trick of being spooky for its own sake. The fic is a series of repetitive vignettes going round and round the same central event sequence, going on and on but not actually progressing anywhere. Same old stale salad being redressed over and over to be served again and again, long past any reasonable expiration date.
SharpJester
Liked it!
LIKEEach volume is its own story disconnected from each though still in the Same-ish location I doubt you supposed to be spoon fed the conclusion and it’ more likely for each reader formulate their own conclusions, as story don’t have to give the reader a definitive answer. Though in my opinion the ‘what happened’ is quite obvious even if I haven’ read it all. Although I doubt you’ll care since this review you wrote is a year old