Re: 2023 Nebula Winner Saint Of Bright Doors

On 10/06/24 01:17, James Nicoll wrote:

Nebula Award For Novel
 
The Saint Of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera
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15/06/24
I have read over half of this and I am struggling. The prose is
OK, the world building just maintains my interest, the plot has
promise and protagonist Fetter is a paranoid, (perhaps with reason),
secretive weirdo who sees both Buddhism Heaven and Hell which coexist
without awareness of each other, (there might be doors). His purpose
since birth and his conditioning since is to assassinate his Father, a
charismatic religious leader of which there are many, and he has been
trained in such things as murder. I know hardly anything about Buddhism
and its mythology and am not interested in research so have no
background for this novel. Is also very slow moving which makes it
sometimes difficult to stay awake whilst reading.
I am not sure whether to continue or not.
02/07/24
I haven't picked it up in two weeks so probably won't finish it unless
someone inspires me with their appreciation.