I picked this up on a whim. The conceit is interesting enough: it's a fantasy set in a city divided in two, with half the population being unable to live in dark, the other half unable to live in light. The two societies function side by side, but distrust each other.The fantasy world is richly d...
The thing I found most fascinating about this book were the descriptions from the POV of those born in the dark. There were no colours and nothing described that could be "seen," it was all described as having been heard or sensed or felt or "sonned," which I suppose is a very specific kind of e...