paltrygeist 's review for:

Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin

5.0

dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is a wonderful book of rich, kind characters in a world that makes people cruel. It reads with the same steady pace as the river steamboats it is about and the epilogue was so touching it made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery

Minor: Cannibalism