Plats 155 inom Fantasy
The Spear Cuts Through Water
- 373
- Sidor
- cirka 7 tim
- Lästid
- Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel
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Om boken
The Spear Cuts Through Water is a 2022 fantasy novel by Filipino-American writer Simon Jimenez. The novel contains a frame story about a grandchild listening to stories of the Old Country; it also tells the story of two men who journey across the Old Country with a dying goddess. It is Jimenez's second novel. The novel received critical acclaim, winning the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel as well as the Crawford Award. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Ignyte Award and Ursula K. Le Guin Prize.
Var poängen kommer ifrån
Källorna ger i snitt 8,4 över 244 betyg — ännu inte så många, så läsarnas röst väger 57 % och resten dras mot medelvärdet 8,0 för Fantasy. Så blir det 8,3.
| Källa | Medel | Betyg | Vikt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8,4 | 244 | 100% |
Läsarröster
De mest gillade recensionerna på Hardcover (med angivna författare).
“4.25🌟 A book that takes you on a journey, through its brilliant and unique prose. The most striking part of this book is its innovative use of perspective and prose. It's unlike anything else I've read in terms of storytelling, and can take a bit of disorientation and re-reading to grasp how the story's being told- an investment well worth it in my opinion. The prose lent itself to creating a immersive and magical reading experience that left me feeling entangled with the characters and story. The stories of established characters and the relationships they had with themselves, each othe…”
“I really wanted to love this book, but clearly, since it took me two months to read, something didn’t quite click. The book is written as though you’re in the audience of a play watching the story unfold on stage, with occasional fourth wall breaks. I’d never read something written this way and maybe that played into my struggle with this. Despite the bad rating, I wouldn’t tell someone to stay away from this book. There are a lot of really cool elements to it, particularly in the worldbuilding, and I could see some people finding an instant connection to the story and flying right through it.…”
“Look, I'd been thinking of leaving my book club because we'd just had a run of duds, and I hadn't really attached to anything they picked this year. But this? This is a book that I might have passed up that has become definitely in my top three books this year. Someone in the club referred to it as a dream within a play within a myth, and that's the best I can describe it. The writing is fantastic, the mythology raw, and the romance subtle and beautiful. I love the chorus elements. I love the weave of the different narratives. I loved this book. It took me a long while to get through because…”
Vanliga frågor
Vilket betyg har The Spear Cuts Through Water?
8,3 av 10, utifrån 244 läsarbetyg från 1 oberoende källor.
Är The Spear Cuts Through Water värd att läsa?
Läsarna ger 8,3/10 av 244 betyg, före 23 % av hyllan Fantasy.
Hur lång tid tar det att läsa ”The Spear Cuts Through Water”?
Ungefär 7 timmar i normalt tempo — 373 sidor.
Var ligger The Spear Cuts Through Water i rankningen?
Plats 155 inom Fantasy i den aktuella ögonblicksbilden.
Hur lång är The Spear Cuts Through Water?
Den har 373 sidor — kortare än 74 % av de rankade böckerna inom Fantasy.
Om du gillade den här
Samma hylla — Fantasy — och poängen 8,3, närmast den här boken.
