venneh 's review for:

The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This one took me multiple borrows from the library to finish just because of how thick it was, but godfuckingdamn, this book is absolutely wild, in the best kind of way. Baru's plots both come to fruition and deepen even further over the course of this book, and I have to tip my hat to her own plans allowing for her to be lobotomized. The dark clockwork of empire as seen here is astounding, and it all almost gets thrown off because Baru's fucking parents decide to show up after not seeing them for quite some time, which lbr, would throw anyone off. I genuinely thought this was going to end with this book, though about a third of the way through I wasn't sure how he was gonna pull it off, so I'm happy we get another book. It might take you a while, but put the time in, and it'll reward you and then some. Great read.