Same! Thought the modern Irish vernacular worked so well with the ancient setting and found he had moments of real poetry and sadness mixed in with the otherwise fun, humorous prose. I hope he leans into his lyricism more heavily in future books, and I'm excited to have gotten in on the ground floor with a writer (hopefully) for a change.

yesiamapersonplease

5 days ago

Yes, there is very much a "ground floor" feeling--it felt a little like the first novel of an author who writes a home run 3rd or 4th time around. But maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part...

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