The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern Synopsis: A college student find a portal to a magical, massive underground library, and finds his life is one of it's stories. Book Review: The most notable thing about this novel, and what you're hit with as soon as you open the book, is the strength and scope of the structure play. The novel has framing stories within framing stories. It's shot through with vignettes that turn into serial stories--basically fairy tale fables. They later co-mingle with other stories. Charecters swap between them, and enter the primary narrative that the protagonist inhabits. It's really cool, and well done, and immediately reminded me of
SF/F Review – The Starless Sea
SF/F Review – The Starless Sea
SF/F Review – The Starless Sea
The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern Synopsis: A college student find a portal to a magical, massive underground library, and finds his life is one of it's stories. Book Review: The most notable thing about this novel, and what you're hit with as soon as you open the book, is the strength and scope of the structure play. The novel has framing stories within framing stories. It's shot through with vignettes that turn into serial stories--basically fairy tale fables. They later co-mingle with other stories. Charecters swap between them, and enter the primary narrative that the protagonist inhabits. It's really cool, and well done, and immediately reminded me of