A review by aphrodykery
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

challenging dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


Tain Hu should have been at the club!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

Gut-wrenching book about the horrors of colonialism — especially the interpersonal horrors. 

An incredibly accessible look into the cogs of empire and the politics/economics surrounding it. Yes, I enjoyed the economics, even as a self-identified math hater. 

Felt so connected to the characters and the world despite my better judgement. Can’t even fully describe it, but this is the kind of book that is so perfect to me.

Ending made me sick to my stomach. 10/10!

Baru might be for you if your favorite TLT book is Harrow the Ninth (so if you’re me) 
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