do characters even need agency really?? (The Summer War | Naomi Novik)

But I would say Spinning Silver blends modes and genres just as well as this does, but it's more satisfying cuz it delivers on everything that it lays out.

I like all of the individual components, but it feels like somebody tried to flesh out a fairy tale, but then didn't get far enough to flesh it out into like a full story. I like the characters, but they're never fleshed out enough.