This is an excellent story. I appreciated Willis’ ability to pace the story so that it moved along quickly, while still focusing on specific actions, events, dialogue in sufficient detail to present the full effect of the events and circumstances in which Kivrin and Dunworthy each find themselves.
Near the end of the book, I found myself thinking of Sam Harris’s book Free Will (my full review here), especially the idea that human actions matter even in the face of a certain inability (disability, even) to act and inevitability of outcome. The disparity of how Kivrin sees her own actions versus how Roche sees them is particularly compelling.
I have a paper due on this book at the beginning of March for my Mythgard class, so I’ll be doing some more thinking about it. I’ll be sure to share additional thoughts.
(Also reviewed on Goodreads.)
