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Darkland by Liz Williams

celiaedf12's review

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3.0

This was an interesting SF novel - I enjoyed the fact that the main character was both a woman and an assassin. Without trying to give away plot details, there is an assassination which is acheived through the rape of the main character, and I found the way she dealt with that interesting (although I'm sure some would find the scene highly disturbing, and should consider that before picking up the book).

The novel is written in two perspectives, on different worlds in alternating chapters - occasionally I found the changes in perspective happening a little too often, but for the most part they were fine. Darkland was an interesting and original story (with a nice but not too frustrating set-up at the end for a sequel), and the worlds Williams creates are also quite fascinating. I'd probably pick up the sequel out of curiousity, but I wasn't entirely enthralled.
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