leitnerkev 's review for:

Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi

4.0

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The writing is stellar (as usual for Paolo). The layers are fascinating and the world comes alive in many ways. It's a tough world and our hero is unready for it, but that's part of the richness of the story. I gotta say though I didn't like the ending. Woulda been a 4.5 otherwise