As Tom moves from his village, to the market, into the ground level of the tower, and starts ascending, we’re presented with an increasing level of weirdness.īeing weird for weirdness’ sake is easy, just look at the bad movies by Tim Burton (not the good ones, look at the bad ones). I don’t think I have ever read a book like this it is so fresh. What the author gives us is a unique story and approach to the myth of Babel. That book is tough, but it is very rewarding, like most good literary fiction. The way the reader experience the story feels like literary fiction. It is as if the author put the best of steampunk into a blender with some classic English novels. Senlin Ascends feels like a steampunk story sometimes. Somehow, Thomas gets separated from Marya, and the entire book is about his adventures as he ascends the Tower of Babel looking for his wife. It is with this setup that the story begins. And it is through a train that Thomas comes near the Tower.Ī caravanserai-like market surrounds the tower, with tents and stalls as far as the eyes can see. No one is really sure what happens on the upper levels.Īt the ground level, seven railways connect the tower to the rest of the world. People ascend the tower either through the stairs, or by using balloons and airships. It is a monumental structure, and each floor is its own ringdom (aka ring kingdom) with its own people and government. No one knows who built the Tower of Babel, or even how high it is since it pierces through a cloud lawyer that is perpetually around some of its higher levels. He couldn’t imagine a better way for Marya and him to enjoy travelling, if not for visiting the wonder of the world: The Tower of Babel. Being from a small village, all his knowledge of it comes from secondary sources such as travel guides. The Tower myths and legends enthralled Thomas. In Senlin Ascends we follow Thomas Senlin, the uptight headmaster of a small village school, as he travels to the Tower of Babel to spend his honeymoon with his wife Marya. I’m also looking forward to reading her own novel Peace and Turmoil. I agree with her a lot, and think she has excellent taste in books. Many of my recent favourite books were books I discovered through her reviews. Her channel is fantastic, I really recommend you subscribe to it. She mentioned it was in the intersection between fantasy and literary fiction, and that was more than enough to pick my interest. I first learned about this book by watching a review about it by Elliot Brooks in which she said that book made her feel dumb, but in a good way.
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