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The Book of Koli (Rampart Trilogy #1) - M.R. Carey (2020)
I knew that this book was labeled as YA, but I thought I'd give it a chance because the premise was interesting. It didn't work that way though. This is very much a book for teenagers and possibly early 20s. Does that mean it can't be enjoyed by those older? Clearly not, but I wasn't able to do so very well. If I had read this half a lifetime ago or more I probably would have enjoyed it quite a lot. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this book trilogy was made into a trilogy of movies eventually. A previous novel of his already has already had a film adaptation.
Unfortunately, the premise doesn't come to much, and after reading summaries of the second book and extrapolating what will happen in third book, it's easy for me to conclude this is far too small of a story with little for me to want read for. So many pages and so little happens. The plot doesn't even start to begin until a third of the way through.
Probably I should have stopped reading shortly after I started, but there's nothing really wrong with it, so I kept reading and by the time I finished I found myself rather indifferent. It's just something that was.
Rating: 2.5/5