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The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
5.0
challenging dark emotional mysterious
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i was skeptical going in because of lukewarm reviews but DAMN this has everything i love and it’s done so well. yes, many parts are (intentionally) confusing, and many elements are only explained in medias res, but i enjoyed slowly learning about the setting rather than through some lengthy exposition at the beginning. it kept me reading because i was curious and locked me in because i ended up loving it. 

it’s a brave thing to care, to open yourself up to pain, to be human. but if we don’t have that, what’s the point in living at all?