leibei10110 's review for:

Babylonia by Costanza Casati

4.5

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Really immersive and enjoyable.  Ancient Assyria is so maligned by Christian societies (past and present) that there is so much we have never been taught in the west.  I loved hearing the mythology, culture, and history of this culture.  Was a little slow in the first 100 pages, but a lot of that was world building and character introduction.  Pace picked up so much I just couldn’t put it down.  Loved Semiramis and her rebellion against the male dominated culture of her time!  I will be thinking about this book for a long time