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I enjoyed this novella - it was the right length for the story being told. The author's pacing was great for me.
I struggled a bit with Ada's "voice" - I found her to be a little too...manic pixie dream girl who is also a criminal? I don't know if that was meant to be intentional - she's a fake in every way, etc - but it felt forced and not as charming and witty as I think the story wanted her to be, though I could be wrong. I couldn't figure out if she was meant to be an unlikable protagonist on purpose, I guess. I could be reading too much into it, but I feel like that might have actually been the case - she felt more sincere and genuine (and likable) at the end of the story, despite her revealing herself to be a liar and a very manipulative person. That's what I would like to believe, in any case.
I think I enjoyed the epistolary style section at the end of the book more than the first person narrative that made up most of the book, but that might just be my own bias (I love stories that utilize letters, or excerpts from "articles" or "books" from the universe.)
Since it's such a fast read, I would feel comfortable recommending this book to most people with similar tastes. I'm looking forward to reading the next entry in the series, since Ada's betrayal is out of the way and she won't need to be playing whatever character she was playing in the first book.
I enjoyed this novella - it was the right length for the story being told. The author's pacing was great for me.
I struggled a bit with Ada's "voice" - I found her to be a little too...manic pixie dream girl who is also a criminal? I don't know if that was meant to be intentional - she's a fake in every way, etc - but it felt forced and not as charming and witty as I think the story wanted her to be, though I could be wrong. I couldn't figure out if she was meant to be an unlikable protagonist on purpose, I guess. I could be reading too much into it, but I feel like that might have actually been the case - she felt more sincere and genuine (and likable) at the end of the story, despite her revealing herself to be a liar and a very manipulative person. That's what I would like to believe, in any case.
I think I enjoyed the epistolary style section at the end of the book more than the first person narrative that made up most of the book, but that might just be my own bias (I love stories that utilize letters, or excerpts from "articles" or "books" from the universe.)
Since it's such a fast read, I would feel comfortable recommending this book to most people with similar tastes. I'm looking forward to reading the next entry in the series, since Ada's betrayal is out of the way and she won't need to be playing whatever character she was playing in the first book.