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A review by quillnqueer
Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
4.0
Imagine trying to describe this book to someone and all you can do is make vague noises and talk about magical pigs. At least, I think the pigs were magical. Perhaps they were just very talented? This is a strange, mysterious story with two POVs, where we follow a girl on a quest and a person in the future, also reading about the girl on a quest.
The person in the future only appears in footnotes, talking about their own thoughts and feelings on the strange little story. They would chime in at random moments, making me feel like I was experiencing this with an enthusiastic, if sometimes a little annoying, buddy reader.
This story left me with more questions than answers but for once, I don't think having an answers would help. I trusted to the story to take me somewhere interesting and it did, following paths to villages, seas and people, with Fairly questioning the meaning of the Quest along the way.
The person in the future only appears in footnotes, talking about their own thoughts and feelings on the strange little story. They would chime in at random moments, making me feel like I was experiencing this with an enthusiastic, if sometimes a little annoying, buddy reader.
This story left me with more questions than answers but for once, I don't think having an answers would help. I trusted to the story to take me somewhere interesting and it did, following paths to villages, seas and people, with Fairly questioning the meaning of the Quest along the way.