quiticus 's review for:

Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik

4.0

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Listened to this in just two days, over two night shifts and I was entertained the whole time. Although it doesn’t have the grand battles of the other books have, I found that this long distance chase very exciting and interesting. The environmental challenges they faced where excellent when I compare them to the voyage in Black Powder War, which felt more tense than some of the battles as it chances of failure were so high. I feel like I say this every time but the world building is exceptional, especially for alternative history - it makes almost drastic changes but they never feel out of place. I was really excited about Lawrence and Temeraire building their home in the Australian outback but alas I know that won’t last. My only criticism is the name, I feel like there could have been something better fits, though I can see why it is called that. Would recommmed