# 📔 On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (Book) --- # ℹ️ Information **Author**:: [[Andrew Peterson]] **Category**:: [[Fiction (Book)]] **Series**:: [[Wingfeather Saga (Book Series)]] **Tags**:: #note/literature📖 #note/evergreen🌲 **Readwise**: N/A **Topics**: **Rating**:: 4.5 --- # 🏔️ What It's About A story about a family of commoners living in a land overrun by autocratic and tyrannical overloads called the Fangs of Dang. The story surrounds their journey of emerging through the oppression and brutality of this power struggle and how they, in many ways, survive. # 🧠 Overall Thoughts I liked it. I was a good read and one where it was a solid challenging read for someone just above [[Lola]]’s age - the vocabulary and grammar were solid for a kids book. ## 👍 What I Liked - [[Lola]] really liked it - sad it is one of [[Lola’s favorite books|her favorites]], so I’ve added it there - I like that it challenged me to expand my reading given the variety of characters and voices - I know [[Lola]] enjoyed this and I need to continue doing it. It makes for a much more engaging listening experience for her. - While I do have complaints (below) about the pacing of the overall story, I did find the pacing of particular characters really interesting in a good way. - Namely, I think the conflict between Peet and Podo and the intentional mystique that was regularly posited between them regularly kept you wondering what their history was and why, as well as *who* they both *truly* were, especially for Peet’s sake (lol, pun) ## 👎 What I Didn't Like - The main thing I disliked about the book was the pacing - It felt like it took *way to long* to sink a hook in the undertow of the main problem of the book - It felt like we were 30 chapters in with a lot of world-building context, but not a lot of clear direction about what the main problem was and how we were progressing toward the climax - This, in turn, did lend itself to the book feeling very heavy on the climax at the end of the book; the final 5-10 chapters bore the majority of the weight of the climax, and as a result of this, the falling action was likewise quite abrupt - I do think the transition to [[North Or Be Eaten (Book)]] was actually very good though; good continuity and it doesn’t baby/spoon feed the reader with a lot of context that it might’ve needed from the first book/for the saga in a burdensome way. - For which, given the slow start of the book, I was anticipating. # ☘️ How the Book Changed Me %% How my life / behavior / thoughts / ideas have changed as a result of reading the book. %% # 🤝 Who Should Read It? # ✍️ My Top 3 Quotes >