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The Grace of Kings

Ken Liu

3.83 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Yes

Astonishing anthropology, artfully articulated.
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bluebirdsongs's review

DID NOT FINISH: 30%

 I wanted to like the story but the plot events were so high-level that I couldn't get invested. The prose was also dry and I thought overly modern/colloquial at times for a fantasy. Seeing words like 'brunch' and 'mano a mano' took me out of the story. 
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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: Yes
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vamarama's review

4.5

READ THIS is you like complex political fantasy world building.
adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
adventurous dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ramtinaat1377's review

4.5
challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sabrinabarkouli's review

4.0
adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lolodee's review

5.0
medium-paced