I didn't notice it while reading, either. It made so much sense, I think because it all felt immediate anyway. I've noticed there's shades of the past-tense, and in this book it's very much a chronicling, not a recounting. If that makes sense. Part of that, I think, is how much inside Sym's head is the foreground of the story.
I was dubious about the premise, with "Titus" and all that, but the deafness and purposeful rejection issue sold it.
I love MacCaughrean. I don't love all her books, but as an author she is one of the coolest EVAR. The reason I don't love all her books is part of it--she never seems to tell a similar story to any of her others.
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Date: 2008-04-19 01:04 am (UTC)From:I was dubious about the premise, with "Titus" and all that, but the deafness and purposeful rejection issue sold it.
I love MacCaughrean. I don't love all her books, but as an author she is one of the coolest EVAR. The reason I don't love all her books is part of it--she never seems to tell a similar story to any of her others.