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Whay can I say? I am very invested in the story and its characters so I was really excited when I saw that my library had finally gotten a copy and I borrowed it straight away.

This book (and in general all of Natasha Pulley's books) is quite plotty, to put it simply a lot happens and keeps happening, and also the great majority of it is not exactly light stuff, quite the contrary. Still, the story is very intriguing and pulls you along, and it can also be quite funny at times.

Anyway, I think that the plot is very well balanced by a great cast of characters. They are very well-drawn (even the secondary ones) and they are explored in all of their complexities. Also, I think that the descriptions are really well-done, they manage to depict the setting and its atmosphere really well but they are not too long and overdone, they flow nicely.

I know that this book is not perfect (for example I'm a bit sad about the storyline of some of the female characters) but I just love it a lot. It has been a long time since I had such a fun, absorbing and also heartbreaking reading experience. It has a very special place in my heart.

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adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

i definitely enjoyed this one more than the first. the characters all felt much more fleshed out, and i found takiko to be a much better female lead than grace. it does still have a vague feeling plot, which i imagine is what everyone in the novel feels like when dealing with mori--you know something is going to happen, you just have to wait and see.

the chief mystery behind just why mori is doing everything that he is was also disappointingly easy to figure out very early in, and that took a lot away from my ability to enjoy the ending--especially in regard to takiko's death. the second i saw the line about an electron microscope, i said to myself "surely he isn't going to start an international incident to cure thaniel's tuberculosis," and yet here we are.

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