Review: Fog and Fireflies
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Title: Fog and Fireflies
Author: T.H. Lehnen
*I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.*
'True stories are often sad.'
- Wheeler
'They are dancing. Like the stars.'
- Narrator
Likes:
Cover. I actually only got the physical copy for the cover, but hear me out. The book blurb was interesting too and I never got a physical copy before so I was really excited for it. The book also has more than one cover and they all keep the style of the main cover.
The wording might be confusing at times, but it's creative. Perhaps you have to think a bit longer when reading the book, but it has its own uniqueness.
Doesn't take long to get exciting.
The fog isn't always there. And it's not that rare when it disappears. Yes, it doesn't happen every week, but it's not the typical 'It happened 100 years ago...' story. That's really cool and I am fond of it.
The foreign boy who doesn't speak their language doesn't understand all the time the others and vice versa. Ogma only understands him via his body language and her own memory of stuff. That makes a lot of sense and it's not like she understands him and knows everything without a right explanation.
In chapter 'blank faces' it got really exciting. And the chapter after that a twist of plot came. Totally unpredictable. I didn't even know that something like that was happening. That in chapter 'lost' we would meet some 'interesting' characters. It was so funny. And so crazy. Gave me fairy tale vibes. I'm a fan of fairy tales, so I turned the pages faster and faster, wanting to know more. As someone who always knows the plots of murder mysteries and stuff and never gets impressed by twists I must say this one was really good. You can't predict it, 'cause it got never mentioned before. It kinda did, but you could never know what is actually meant. And you won't predict what 'interesting' characters would be there. Trust me, it's so good and funny, you will love it.
The world building is really good. I would consider it as high fantasy as there are many places where Ogma travels and they all are unique in their own way. Each place gets described perfectly and one can easily make a picture up in their mind on how it would look like.
At the beginning of the book we get told that Ogma is 14 seasons old and at first it was confusing, but it gets explained later on near the end of the book that the word 'year' doesn't exist in her language, they use 'season' instead. So there is a reason behind this, yes one might not know it from the start, but I think it's obvious that she isn't 54 years old and actually 14 as the book is about children protecting the adults.
Dislikes:
Chapters. Some are only 12 pages long, as long as a chapter should be, but some are over 50 pages long. Some read chapter-wise and that is a bit problematic. It makes the book also feel longer than it actually is.
Personally, I think that the 7.,8. and 9. chapters were all a bit slow. The 7. had at least a story to tell, so that made sense, but the 8. and 9. could have been shorter.
How it works: Only everything that is lower than 9 gets reduced from the final rating. Depending on how strong it inflicted the overall enjoyment of reading it effects differently.
[ Story 8 / 10 ]
[ Characters 10 / 10 ]
[ Triggering 0 / 10 ]
[ Topic/Genre 10 / 10 ]
[ Writing style 9 / 10 ]
[ Grammatic and spelling 10 / 10 ]
[ Ending 10 / 10 ]
Final Rating
4/5
Started the book: 2. April 2024
Finished the book: 6. April 2024
Wrote the review: 6. April 2024
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