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metanarrates · 8 months ago

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rereading orv closely is a very rewarding experience because you can see how genuinely tightly the narrative threads are woven throughout this very long action-heavy fantasy novel. even the arcs I think have a little less substance than others still further the themes and foreshadow plot in interesting ways and even the most cliche power fantasy moments still have shockingly complex things to say about the world and characters. nearly every scene, even the most rote battle scenes, has a lot of depth if you poke at it! its incredible. also its still really really fucking funny

#narrates #orv #its kind of INSANE how much page time is overtly taken up by Cool Fights #but the Cool Fights almost always carry a huge amount of interesting subtext #they put themes and character work into my silly little power scaling battle!!!!#it makes orv a very accessible read tbh! fans who like just fun paced action fantasy get that done insanely well #but orv yields itself well to a close reading also. and of course it has a frog pot boiling effect #where its complex charavter work and themes become more and more deeply explored over time and its discussions of literary concepts #get brought more and more to the forefront. it is astoundingly clever

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