The Fluted Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi

[bluetyson]

Novelette

Number of words : 9300
Percent of complex words : 11.7
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 14.1

READABILITY INDICES

Fog : 10.3
Flesch : 63.8
Flesch-Kincaid : 7.9

PEOPLE

Lidia

The Fluted Girl who tries to hide. An altered human.

Comments

[peadarog]

For me, this one is a five out of five :-) It was the first of his stories I ever read and it might have something to do with that.

[bluetyson]

Could be. I didn't read this one first, certainly.

[bluetyson]

My opinion basically I think is that this is a simpler story, and not as sophisticated or original as some of the others.

I could probably go up to 4.0 I'd think, depending on the day.

[peadarog]

My thinking was that the atmosphere was beautiful and the worldbuilding deliciously baroque. And convincingly baroque, not like some of these people who throw a layer of steampunk or whaterver in an effort to be edgy. That boat has sailed.