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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
challenging
mysterious
tense
slow-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
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-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
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A blistering, brilliant story about abusive dynamics in academia, and growing away from them through love. This was such a gorgeous love story, honestly I won’t say too much because it’s best to go into this knowing as little as possible. I loved reading this slowly, and it really worked by being savoured, but I also can’t wait to speed re-read this. The magic was so well thought-out, it felt so mysterious but also lived-in, like it was just another degree. This is only the second book I have read by R.F. Kuang but it has confirmed me as a lifelong fan of hers.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
Only R.F. Kuang Could Make Hell Glitter
A Joy of the Dark Acadamia subgenre. This story hits the ground running wherein you are completely swept away with the journey the two main characters are taking. A journey into Hell.
Discover why Alice and Peter would risk everything simply to return their professor to the world of the living. Uncover dark truths of life and of death itself. Including, what happens to a soul in the underworld? Who or what lurks down there in the darkness? And can a soul ever escape Hell?
Meet loveable and scornful characters trying to solve life's unanswerable questions in a relm of infinity, magic and sin.
Littered with references and quotes from the world of academia and a layered magic system built with mathematics, logic and analytics. This story is bound to facinate and maybe even inspire your reading, with the works of Dante Alighieri's, Desiderius Erasmus or Haraclitus but maybe thats just me.
Definitely one to add to the 'To Be Read' list. This is now my favourite Kuang novel. I can't wait for people to read it so I have someone else to talk about it with!
Thank you to the publishers for sending this to me as an early proof copy. As always, my opinions are unbiased and my own.
A Joy of the Dark Acadamia subgenre. This story hits the ground running wherein you are completely swept away with the journey the two main characters are taking. A journey into Hell.
Discover why Alice and Peter would risk everything simply to return their professor to the world of the living. Uncover dark truths of life and of death itself. Including, what happens to a soul in the underworld? Who or what lurks down there in the darkness? And can a soul ever escape Hell?
Meet loveable and scornful characters trying to solve life's unanswerable questions in a relm of infinity, magic and sin.
Littered with references and quotes from the world of academia and a layered magic system built with mathematics, logic and analytics. This story is bound to facinate and maybe even inspire your reading, with the works of Dante Alighieri's, Desiderius Erasmus or Haraclitus but maybe thats just me.
Definitely one to add to the 'To Be Read' list. This is now my favourite Kuang novel. I can't wait for people to read it so I have someone else to talk about it with!
Thank you to the publishers for sending this to me as an early proof copy. As always, my opinions are unbiased and my own.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Outsized expectations made this one feel like a big disappointment; still giving it 3 stars bc I guess it was alright?! I’m not objective when it comes to reading Kuang, perhaps. Or reading anyone really. This book felt like it was showing off her brilliance…but to what end?!
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes