James

1.5 stars. 

I believe the choice of writing style was very poor. The frequent switches in character point of view make it challenging to become invested in any one character. Moreover, despite being a quarter of the way through the story, nothing of substance had occurred in terms of the plot yet. 

I was expecting more narrative content. This read more like history. 

I don't like dropping books, and this one's premise seemed really cool. But I just can't. The writing, whilst sometimes beautiful, is a constant and unending stream of synonyms. Unfortunately the author relied too heavily on the thesaurus for this one and the pages drag in exotic and archaic descriptions of the most mundane and simple of tasks.