there’s of course the way it starts out in the case of the two brothers, but it just feels like they don’t have enough time to bond and talk and build a relationship (even tho the routes are pretty long), and at points it even feels like the plot is interfering with everything else. why anyone would ever send him on such a mission is beyond me.Įven the romance sucks. and the times he does make an attempt to get some information he does it so obviously and in the worst moments possible. Instead he just waits for information to come to him and of course he trusts absolutely everything he sees and hears and when information does come instead of thinking about it and using it in a smart way, HE GOES BABBLING ABOUT IT. sure it’s not a nice situation BUT YOU’RE THERE ON A JOB AND THERE’S NO BETTER WAY YOU COULD FIND OUT STUFF instead of trying to profit off of his situation or find out more stuff or do something, he just sits there and feels sorry for himself. he’s sent on this super secret mission to find out these super secret things aND HE’S SO STUPID ABOUT IT. WHAT.Īnd then there’s the protagonist himself who starts out. There’s this one scene with all three of them in the garden and it’s so fun and peaceful and nice and they play off each other so well, which is why i thought there would maybe be some conflict between them because they def have their issues and the protagonist can’t sort everything out for them. it brought those things up and then resolved them at the very end in like two sentences. Like i did ashraf’s route first for whatever reason and i liked some of it? it introduced some interesting things and character conflicts and stuff that i thought would lead to some great drama later on. but for either of those the entire purpose of the vn should’ve been different and it just wasn’t.
or you know what, it could’ve worked well even as a plot-focused vn. like it could’ve been perfectly fine without that sad excuse for a plot. like the way it starts out is legitimately interesting and the character archetypes are also pretty good and the voice acting is great and the character interactions that aren’t disturbing or plot-related are fun?īUT IT’S JUST. MR PULLMAN SIR, PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE US READERS HANGING LIKE THAT. Side note, I'm dying for Pullman's final book in his The Book Of Dust trilogy.
Especially if you're already a fan of Pullman, particularly the His Dark Materials Trilogy. And I hope for my writing to emulate the same level clarity of thought and purpose that Pullman has.ġ0/10, will recommend. I find myself marveling at his choice of words (and he discusses this choice of words thing a little in the second essay.) and how sharp they are.Įverybody and their mother would know Neil Gaiman is my favourite writer but even Gaiman does not have the same clarity that Pullman has. He knows where he is going and he invites you to join him. I think the thing that awes me the most is the absolute clarity of thought that comes through in Pullman's writing (or speech, since these were originally lectures.) Every word has a point, has a purpose. He also introduces other writers and various other texts which I quickly added to my to-read list. He uses many of his own writing as examples and they work as wonderful supplements. The two I've read have a conversational tone, much like how I'd expect an extremely accomplished, old, grumpy but witty professor to sound. I think part of it might because Pullman used to be an educator, and many of the essays were originally lectures he gave. I've only just finished the second essay because I'm slowly savouring the practical advice and slightly grumpy humour of Pullman but I have to pause and say, HE IS SO GOOD. (TBH, I'm amazed by the sheer number of essays he has on just storytelling but then again, he is an amazing storyteller.) I'm currently reading Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman and it's leaving me in awe.ĭaemon Voices is a collection of over 30 essays by Pullman on storytelling.
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