Rachel's Reviews > Rakesfall

This was such a fun and interesting journey! It’s been quite a few years since I had to read anything quite as carefully as this book necessitates. I spent the first 100 pages confused, frustrated, but intrigued. Then, with a sudden rush of endorphins, it all clicked! I thankfully had annotated my way through my confusion, so I was easily able to scroll back and test all of my theories. About 10 pages later, one of my conflicting theories that I was sad to abandon turned out to be simultaneously true and false! The book never stops teasing as the scope of truth and reality as well as the impact of the narrative continue to expand.

Now that I’ve finished it, I can see that I would have still enjoyed it, had I read less carefully and understood less. It’s worth your time for the prose and humor alone.

I also appreciated that the author’s other book, The Saint of Bright Doors—which I also highly recommend—was referenced in such a way that you could interpret this book to be a sequel, prequel, or spin-off.