I think I'd have been more forgiving of the worldbuilding problems in Witchmark if I had the sense that the author knew the issues were there and was just focused on something else, but the healing thing is so very central to the plot that I couldn't forget about it.
I was more able to believe it when I was under the impression that the weather magic required constant power and attention, but, at that point, I couldn't figure out why the culture was discarding non-aristocrats with power.
The ways in which the social order was broken were the point of the book, so it was harder to suspend disbelief about them. Aristocracies do really stupid things in order to keep power, so that wasn't a stretch.
I don't know. I think that the alterations that would have made the worldbuilding more effective were all things that would have taken away the feeling of post-WWI England that I found so prevalent. That would have complicated other things.
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Date: 2020-03-02 04:43 am (UTC)I was more able to believe it when I was under the impression that the weather magic required constant power and attention, but, at that point, I couldn't figure out why the culture was discarding non-aristocrats with power.
The ways in which the social order was broken were the point of the book, so it was harder to suspend disbelief about them. Aristocracies do really stupid things in order to keep power, so that wasn't a stretch.
I don't know. I think that the alterations that would have made the worldbuilding more effective were all things that would have taken away the feeling of post-WWI England that I found so prevalent. That would have complicated other things.
I really liked The Iron Will of Genie Lo.