/lit/ - Literature

Book of the Ancestor 2 is better than the first. I'm glad I gave it a chance. It wasn't a huge improvement. But just enough to push it from "ok" to "good".
I have a feeling I would like it more if the audiobook reader wasn't so soft spoken. I just learned that there is another version with another reader. She sounds like she has the right assertiveness in her voice to help sell this book. So I'm going to switch to her for 3 and hear how it works out.

The book doesn't get mired in power explanations. And when the powers do need explaining, it's quick and easy. Though, I'm still not completely sure what walking a path entails exactly. I might have missed an explanation early in the first book. Or perhaps it was never fully explained. But ever since, I thought to question what the fuck it means, the book hasn't bothered to explain it again. So I'm kind of lost on how much of it is literal motion, and how much is just magic conjuring.

Anyway, I like the powers I DO understand. The characters are lack depth, but they all play their roles very well. Motivations are very clear, and you can root for characters