Mamo, Child of the Grove, Postal Museum
Feb. 4th, 2024 10:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearYesterday, I finished reading Mamo by Sas Milledge, a graphic novel about two young women trying to save their village from a trap set by a ghostly witch.
The art style was great, the characters were well-realised, there was excitement, intrigue, threat and a very sweet same-sex romance.
I really enjoyed this book.
Not so much Child of the Grove by Tanya Huff (whose books are very hit-and-miss with me) - I started listening to the audiobook and just about made it through the very dry, exposition-heavy prologue, hoping it would get better once the story started. But no - the prose was very stilted, remote and old-fashioned, so I couldn't connect to the characters and felt little interest in the story. So I gave up.
Unexpectedly, though, I thoroughly enjoyed the Postal Museum, which we visited with some friends yesterday. The exhibits were well-laid-out and fascinating - and the 15-minute ride on the underground mail train was awesome!
The art style was great, the characters were well-realised, there was excitement, intrigue, threat and a very sweet same-sex romance.
I really enjoyed this book.
Not so much Child of the Grove by Tanya Huff (whose books are very hit-and-miss with me) - I started listening to the audiobook and just about made it through the very dry, exposition-heavy prologue, hoping it would get better once the story started. But no - the prose was very stilted, remote and old-fashioned, so I couldn't connect to the characters and felt little interest in the story. So I gave up.
Unexpectedly, though, I thoroughly enjoyed the Postal Museum, which we visited with some friends yesterday. The exhibits were well-laid-out and fascinating - and the 15-minute ride on the underground mail train was awesome!
