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Reader fitYou enjoy long, mythic fantasies with rich imagery and slow revelation.
A grandchild listens to a collection of long-storied tales about the Old Country while another strand follows two men who accompany a dying goddess across that realm. The setup links intimate family oral history to a mythic, traveling quest that gradually reveals the culture, stakes, and relationships that bind the characters.
Big-picture mythic ambition meets close attention to character: sentences tend toward lush, image-dense narration and extended scenes of dialogue and memory. The book asks for patience - chapters build atmosphere and world detail rather than chasing brisk plot beats - and rewards sustained attention with layered emotional payoffs and quietly escalating stakes. Readers who value evocative, generative worldbuilding and a slow-burn focus on a central queer relationship will find much to savor; those wanting fast plotting or economy of language may find its pace and density testing.
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Simon Emmanuel Jimenez is a Filipino-American writer of speculative fiction. His novels include The Vanished Birds and The Spear Cuts Through Water. Jimenez's works have received critical praise, with his debut novel being nominated for the 2021 Locus Award for Best First Novel and the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award. Jimenez himself was nominated for the 2021 Astounding Award for Best New Writer.
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