Weirdly enough, I was searching tv tropes for a novel I read a decade and change ago, and this one turned out to be right next to it alphabetically.

And I'd already been thinking about stories of monstrous creatures reclaiming humanity as a metaphor for transition. The de-dragoning scene in Narnia always hit really close to home for me.

So I decided, heck it, I'll just read the whole thing now that it's finished.

I had been reading it as it released, but the chapters and writing style were just a bit too short and snappy for me to endure the waiting.

I enjoyed it a lot more reading the whole thing at once.

I really like stories that have a dreamlike quality to them, and this one reminded me a bit of a cross between Pilgrim's Progress and The Giver. There's a lot of really cool ideas bouncing around in here, and even if there are definitely some flaws in the writing style and plot, there was always just enough cool stuff to keep me interested in what was around the next corner.

Read More