This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post about Seraphina. Just as Aliette de Bodard had a specific issue that marred her enjoyment of that book, so I had a specific issue with Laura Lam’s debut novel, Pantomime. It is a shame, because Pantomime is otherwise a very promising and enjoyable book. I just don’t think it is a very good book about the specific sort of character it features. Luckily for the author, it is not the sort of thing that most people will notice. There is much spoilery discussion in the review, which you can read here.