Review by aquastar41 - Katabasis

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aquastar41 's review for:

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The book was actually pretty good until the very last chapter, which upset me so much I dropped the score of 4.5 down to 3.75. Prior to reading this book I’d seen reviews saying the romance felt very “insta-lovey” which didn’t make sense to me because there was already yrs of history between the characters before chapter 1 and they were in a very small cohort at their uni.

However, the last chapter, which was filled of professions of love, the same chapter where our FMC Alice decides to turn away from the only life she’s ever known for a boy she only recently discovered her feelings towards? Yea that was def giving insta-love. Which is crazy considering I’d read ~500 pages at that point.

Anyway the mythology was nice, no the book wasn’t a difficult read, no I would not read it again (book didn’t feel satisfying).

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