A review by bearsincastles
The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

At times a dense and even exhausting read, but this book’s (many) moments of poetic clarity make it worth it. The explorations of the difference and distance between memory and history and the-often violent- mundanity of distilling one into the other was so well done. For those who enjoy fantasy but are ambivalent about the tropes of the genre and are interested in seeing them lovingly yet deftly upset and explored.

Looking forward to reading more by this author