Do you feel like Vagabond established its setting well?
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Do you feel like Vagabond established its setting well?
What did you feel about the worldbuilding in Vagabond?
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I got this sense too! and it makes sense for a character driven story. I don't normally like high school settings but it IS an young adult novel. High school settings work because the characters see each other every day, so it doesn't have to be a particularly imaginative setting. What makes the lack of worldbuilding stick out in Vagabond is that the protagonist hasn't even been to school in her two centuries of life. Because the school is meant to be this safe, new place for Cecilia, the setting becomes a fundamental part of Cecilia's character growth.T T 2 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2021, 09:36 I do agree that the whole premise of a school setting was not depicted that well. The whole atmosphere of the school is through the characters but not the setting. It kind of lacked imagination but I think the author wanted us to focus more on the story rather than the background. That's what I felt.
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Exactly! For Cecelia, it is a completely new place so maybe the author could have given a bit more emphasis on the school setting from her eyes/perspective6eyed wrote: ↑08 Dec 2021, 00:08I got this sense too! and it makes sense for a character driven story. I don't normally like high school settings but it IS an young adult novel. High school settings work because the characters see each other every day, so it doesn't have to be a particularly imaginative setting. What makes the lack of worldbuilding stick out in Vagabond is that the protagonist hasn't even been to school in her two centuries of life. Because the school is meant to be this safe, new place for Cecilia, the setting becomes a fundamental part of Cecilia's character growth.T T 2 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2021, 09:36 I do agree that the whole premise of a school setting was not depicted that well. The whole atmosphere of the school is through the characters but not the setting. It kind of lacked imagination but I think the author wanted us to focus more on the story rather than the background. That's what I felt.
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