But I knew it was going to be a five star review by page 70. On day three I read to page 283, and only stopped because it was after midnight and I couldn’t keep my head up. I suppose I will fall back on quantitative analysis: On day one I read to page 8. And it’s easy to see why.I put off writing my review of Josiah Bancroft’s Senlin Ascends, partly because no words would accurately describe how unique this book is.
Orbit picked them up a few years later, reprinting the first two and finishing the last two. It was a delight to watch him start to change but also stay true to himself! And while there wasn’t much Marya in this book, the picture being painted of her makes me think I’m going to love her even MORE.įun fact: The first two books in this series were originally self-published, and they absolutely knocked people’s socks off. He starts off naive and self-assured, but also clearly lovable.
I also have such a soft spot in my heart for Senlin. Anyway, it totally picked up at the end, and I love the hints at a nice little central mystery related to the tower itself, under the bigger mystery of Marya’s whereabouts. His resolve to find her turns into a true quest as he makes his way up the tower’s “ringdoms.” (Yes, there’s an echo of Dante’s Inferno there.)Ĭertain parts of this book moved a little slowly, but there was, of course, lots of worldbuilding to be done. But shortly after they get there, Marya disappears, and Senlin realizes the Tower isn’t all that he imagined it to be. They go to the famous Tower of Babel - a booming metropolis and reputed cultural center of the world that Senlin has long ached to see.
He’s a schoolteacher in his small seaside village, recently married to a bright-spirited woman named Marya. The story is about a man named Thomas Senlin. I’m glad I finally did! It’s a fun adventure with humor and imagination, but also substance. Senlin Ascends, the first book in Josiah Bancroft’s recently completed Books of Babel quartet, has been waiting for me to pluck it off my shelf for at least two years.
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