next_gazelle 's review for:

Queen Amid Ashes by Christopher Ruocchio

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I don’t even know what to say, this is just really good. By far the best use of the memoir narration frame in the series so far. It’s unclear if Hadrian is trying to justify his future actions to the reader or to himself, but either way he is desperate to do so but not doing a great job at it, in a way that feels very real 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Slavery, Violence, War

Moderate: Genocide