I have one really great person to thank to. Evelina, you are great, thank you for the rec to read this book. I starteWell, I can proudly say:
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I have one really great person to thank to. Evelina, you are great, thank you for the rec to read this book. I started my journey with Senlin in a massive BR with great people, like our emotional founder Lee, my awesome BR friends Caro, Milda, Sarah, Sam, Efka, Choko and other great people. And as always ended up the last one to finish, but with great support from my amazing gif Sensei and awesome BR partner Craig. Thanks you
"Senlin Ascends" is an extraordinary fantasy story, not quite some I used to read. It has some steampunk spices, also it's a character-development tale with some hints from the Bible. At the same time it can be identified as a science fiction story bound to reveal a huge man-made monument for people’s vanity and doom. Oh "Senlin Ascends" can easily lure readers with grit, farce, extraordinary adventure and of course a great study of people and places. It’s a great notional tale, definitely striking with it’s peculiar world-building solutions.
Characters: "Senlin Ascends" centers on one man and his story. It was great to watch how the important changes and “real� life affect an optimistic, dull and reasonable person. On the brink of reappearing setbacks, the scheming, manipulative and deceiving side of him emerges to help him survive. As a perfect protagonist, he spots the monster in himself and gets on his tracks to reach his goal. Mr. Muddy Shoes, I root for you.
“Instinct is the fuel that fires the engine of civilization. Generations have labored to build and perfect the engine. Each of you, I hope, will spend your life working to preserve it. Because without it, we would be dangerous beasts."
“You’re an ugly woman,� the oaf said. Senlin looked around with a start, surprised to find himself at the head of the line. Before Senlin’s brain had a chance to censor it, his mouth ejected the reply, “Whatever you say, sister."
I may seem heartless, but I didn’t feel any affection ties with Mrs. Muddy Shoes, aka. Holy Mary. IDK, her character was interesting in the beginning as she was eager to explore the world, talented, but later on I was disappointed with her character development. (view spoiler)[Oh my, I thought she really ran away from her husband…� Ugh, but the great revelation of her disappearance mystery was a let down and she just disappeared for the half of the book�.. That are the two flaws I found in the story. (hide spoiler)]
I liked the steampunk pirate princess a lot. She is a great partner to the Muddy Shoes as they were both chewed by the tower's harsh and arbitrary justice system. She was a female character I waited for and together with the great amazon, they were a great joy to read about.
To my great joy I found a great monster villain, a genteel, violent and skillful assassin. I liked his super red powers and his ties to the pirate princess.
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The world-building. I think the best part in the book is its world-building: expressive, gripping, sometimes ruthless and beautifully composed. The presented adventures were often exciting (excluding some Mexican soap opera for Holy Mary) and appealing. I liked how the author used comic spices to ease the tension or just show the absurdity, ( beer-go-rounds, excerpts from other books, like the one about wifemongers).
“A competent wifemonger will have no fewer than three and no more than six women in his charge. Fewer than three prospects and gentlemen will feel starved for option, and more than six will make would-be-husbands suspect they have blundered upon a harem.
Virtue One: Healthy. Wives must be fertile and free of disease, lice, and deformity. Ugliness is naturally considered a deformity. Personal experience suggests that seventy percent of the female population fails to embody the first virtue. The gentle reader will be unsurprised to learn that ninety-five percent of would-be-husbands might graciously be described as unhealthy.�
The first book provides a sneak peak only to the lower (view spoiler)[four (hide spoiler)] ringdoms of the famous tower. Though the real Tower of Babel is destroyed, but it’s fictional glory shines bright in this book. Each ringdom has its peculiar and well created world with its own rulers, rules, aims and characters. The lowest for misery and crime. The higher ones: As the stage for insane plays which entertain the wicked mind of others. As a spa relaxation for overwhelming lusts, greed and sins. Oh and the heaven for merchants and hard work. The beauty of the rotten and wicked soul of humanity, the tower is a great symbol of it. Greed, crime, indifference, sins, slavery and lust are the main components. I’ll wait impatiently how the author will use these components to unravel in the sequels.
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An interesting and compelling read with two small flaws.
“I’d rather be a nothing at the center of everything than a puffed-up somebody at the edge of it all.� ...more
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I enjoyed reading it. The story is interesting, attracting, the ending is unpredictable. It has crime, secret, magic, detective, love and surprise - mI enjoyed reading it. The story is interesting, attracting, the ending is unpredictable. It has crime, secret, magic, detective, love and surprise - my most wanted things in a book. Best Christmas present ever...more
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