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A review by jmconway
Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.0
8/10 - This is a love letter to the complicated, horrific and avoidable nature of war. In Guns of the Dawn we follow Emily, a gentlewoman who is drafted as a soldier on the losing side of an ugly war, fought in a creepy and fantastical marsh. Whilst this is a fantasy book, this plays such a small part in the story, when in reality we follow Emily as she is shocked by the horrors of war.
Adrian Tchaikovsky writes a brilliant tale that captures the perfect complication of human emotions; from unrequited love, jealously, anger and grief. A slow start but gripped me from the middle onwards.
“I am picked apart.
Each day, some new part of me is pecked out. I am losing those things that make me human.
Take me away from this place before it devours me, piece by piece.
But, of course, you cannot come here, and I cannot leave.”
Adrian Tchaikovsky writes a brilliant tale that captures the perfect complication of human emotions; from unrequited love, jealously, anger and grief. A slow start but gripped me from the middle onwards.
“I am picked apart.
Each day, some new part of me is pecked out. I am losing those things that make me human.
Take me away from this place before it devours me, piece by piece.
But, of course, you cannot come here, and I cannot leave.”