The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez weaves a spellbinding journey about a god who is seeking to overthrow a tyrannical ruler and his cruel sons.
Now, this is a sort of book that might not be everyone’s cup of tea. Content-wise, it’s utterly fantastical and bizarre. I mean, it’s got a talking tortoise.
Stylistically even it feels like a surreal fever dream to the point that the story felt very confusing to me. It bounces between tenses and timelines and from second to third person to first person. These switches felt jarring at times and took me away from the story every time I had to reorient myself so that I could try and piece together what the was going on.
All in all, I have to give major props to the author’s creativity and ambition, but be forewarned that is the sort of book that requires rereading over passages and a lot of brain juice.
Thank you, NetGalley and Del Rey, for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Book Details:
Publication Date : August 30, 2022
Publisher : Del Ray
IBSN : 0593156595
Pages : 544
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