Like Thunder : The Desert Magician's Duology

This second book in the duology worked better narratively for me than the first, and I felt like it was more of a conclusion to everything the first set up. Structurally, the frame story and missing time (along Dikéogu's separation from Ejii) paid off for me narratively in how they created a lot of expectation holes to fill in later.

(A few extra spoilery thoughts here: https://books.theunseen.city/user/picklish/status/130577#anchor-130577)

I feel a little bit bad here because my overall conclusion for both of these books feels a bit like I kind of just "didn't get it", but maybe this is just an older work by an author whose newer work I've enjoyed quite a bit more.

This was a good book on its own merits and a good follow up to Shadow Speaker. I vastly preferred Shadow Speaker and would have also been satisfied if it was a one off, I think I just preferred the tone and theme more than that of Like Thunder. It was still great to get to spend more time in the world and get to know more about Dikéogu. If you enjoyed the story telling of the first, it’s safe to say it’s worth your time to continue with this.