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srm's review
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Another beautiful and fascinating fantasy Renaissance book from Kay. After DNFing A Brightness Long Ago, I think I'm definitely going to have to give it another try after enjoying this and All the Seas of the World so much.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Colonisation, Suicide, War, Death, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Blood, and Child death
massivepizzacrust's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Although it took me a while to get into this one, I found the overall experience very rewarding. Guy Gavriel Kay has a way of crafting plot that makes the future seem at once unpredictable and inevitable. I loved the way the perspectives met and crossed, and the little moments where something was described from multiple points of view. I felt a little cheated that we never got the on-screen sibling reunion that I thought we were building towards but I thought all other story lines had very satisfying ends.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War, Death, Xenophobia, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Abortion and Confinement
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