hollydollyiow 's review for:

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this book, the tone, the atmosphere, the characters. There’s a lot of references to other works, but they’re well explained so it’s kind of like fun Easter eggs and not required reading. 
While I wouldn’t say it was super graphic, there definitely is some detail to the violence and some horrible things that happen, but I mean it is hell after all! Although I did have to stop reading before bed 🫣