Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“One result of reading a book many times is that I start looking at the world and the plot for internal consistency. … It would be nice if[Naomi] Novik paid attention to the internal consistency of her story and world; it is, after all, supposed to be our world plus the wizards and mals that the rest of us don’t know about. But it doesn’t really matter, because factual consistency is not what the books are about. Novik is a painter, a very good painter, and she is painting in emotions.” (04/28/26)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/what-is-wrong-with-some-books-i-like