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A review by ktc8
A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir
5.0
“Will it always be chaos for us, Elias?”
“Curse this world for what it does to mothers, for what it does to daughters. Curse it for making us strong through loss and pain, our hearts torn from our chests again and again. Curse it for forcing us to endure.”
Wow this one was fantastic. The Battle of Antium something like out of Game of Thrones… and it all hurt…. I love how convoluted histories are in this one, like the jinn and Nightbringer: how the truth is necessary but painful. It’s not black and white and nothing is easy. Learning Keris’ history next book is gonna be so important. I love how this one was also so much of “becoming”: Helene finally to the complete role of Blood Shrike, Elias to the Soul Catcher, and Laia learning her role and her strengths and beliefs. No one is so easily broken but damn they all go through so much I wanna give them a hug.
Also fuck having to read the live version of the burning the “Library of Alexandria” ugh that hurt like a bitch UGH man never over that lolol my little ancient studies heart dies every time i think about it.
Anyways I loved this one!!
“Curse this world for what it does to mothers, for what it does to daughters. Curse it for making us strong through loss and pain, our hearts torn from our chests again and again. Curse it for forcing us to endure.”
Wow this one was fantastic. The Battle of Antium something like out of Game of Thrones… and it all hurt…. I love how convoluted histories are in this one, like the jinn and Nightbringer: how the truth is necessary but painful. It’s not black and white and nothing is easy. Learning Keris’ history next book is gonna be so important. I love how this one was also so much of “becoming”: Helene finally to the complete role of Blood Shrike, Elias to the Soul Catcher, and Laia learning her role and her strengths and beliefs. No one is so easily broken but damn they all go through so much I wanna give them a hug.
Also fuck having to read the live version of the burning the “Library of Alexandria” ugh that hurt like a bitch UGH man never over that lolol my little ancient studies heart dies every time i think about it.
Anyways I loved this one!!