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A review by billie_budd
Book of Night by Holly Black
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.75
Holly Black is really excellent at writing compellingly sticky relationships and I loved getting to read that in an adult-fiction context. This book was grimy and gritty in all the right ways, really rich with setting and detail but still fast paced. Genuinely a delight to get a glimpse of drag shows and kink and gay makeouts in the background of so many scenes.
My main quibble with the book was with the magic-users’ little governance committee—I wish she’d gone for a structure and name without the antisemitic connotations of a “cabal.”
My main quibble with the book was with the magic-users’ little governance committee—I wish she’d gone for a structure and name without the antisemitic connotations of a “cabal.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Violence