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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
adventurous challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH: 61%

I wanted so badly to enjoy this book, I loved 'the Road' & the influence '... Meridian' supposedly had on Abercrombie's 'Red Country' perhaps set my expectations too high.

It's dense and the prose is hard to parse. The fast paced action scenes with no complex punctuation mean that pages slide by without being taken in.
challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

O início, o final e o juiz são os pontos de destaque, mas não sustentam o resto. Basicamente a gangue vai do ponto A ao ponto B e mata tudo pelo caminho por 200 paginas, consigo entender o porquê, mas junto com o estilo de escrita se torna chato demais. A alegoria ao gnosticismo é interessante. Pretendo reler algum dia.
dark sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Damn...