A review by machadamia
The Just City by Jo Walton

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I really enjoyed this book and after which had a compelling urge to read Plato. I loved all the questioning dialogues and the thought of someone setting up an ideal city, a form of utopia, supposedly, and for it to end that way was so unexpected but also completely justified. I liked all the relationships that formed between the cast of characters and even thought it was a large cast, it never felt like I was lost. I also loved the portrayal of socrates. The author clearly read and researched and loved greek literature and philosophers. A very interesting premise and is really only just getting started. 
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