Deathless

A fairy tale. I don't like the genre. It feels like a children's book written for adults. It tells a story from the point of view of a imaginative teenage girl, who sees the world throw her sisters getting married while she is left behind, and every husband is actually a bird who turned into a man in before her eyes. But she is the only one that knows that. The book is full of things like that, in a very child like prose.

Read 0:47 / 11:21 7%

This was a slow read for me though I really enjoyed the story. Some bits were a little confusing or just hard to follow as I'm not familiar with Russian folklore or culture. It's hard to believe this was written by an American; it really reads like a translation from a Russian classic.
I ended up skimming sections towards the end just because it started to feel drawn out, it could have been shortened on the descriptive language and its many side-plots, but you could get really immersed in the story easily. If you're used to reading classic novels like Tolstoy, this would probably be cake walk, but I'm used to lighter fare. Overall, a difficult but worthwile read.

Holy shit. “Feel all the feels” you say? Well, right you were, internet!

My full review can be found at SFF Book Review

I don't think I can muster up enough strength and coherence to write a short review here. The only reason I could see for anybody not liking this book is if they don't like good books. Or fairy tales. Or wonderful characters, the real world interwoven with mythology, symbols all over the place, so many quote-worthy sentences that could make you weep... Just read it, okay?