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Soulsmith
Will Wight
2016 · 284 pages · Fantasy
How it reads
Soulsmith is fantasy (progression fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are coming of age, power and politics and friendship. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It's a later book in a series — you'll usually want to start earlier. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 284 pages it's a quick read. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want an escape
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
- you want dense, lingering prose
- you hate waiting for a sequel
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- fantasy
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- fictional world
- Setting: time
- timeless or multiple
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- third person, one viewpoint
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- later in a series
- Ending style
- cliffhanger
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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