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impla77's review
challenging
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
4.25
Enjoyed this book on the whole, especially the prose (great translation!). Powerful story, detailing famine and plague, good characters (except Lucia, who of course is boring as sin), just drags a bit in places (it is 720 pages after all)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Gore
Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, War, and Sexual harassment
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