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A review by azure_dawn
The Devil's Elixirs by E.T.A. Hoffmann
5.0
OH MY GOD, this is sooo fun. I expected this to be a snooze-fest with some religious undertones, but it honestly reads like a thriller! I couldn't stop reading! The twists! The murders! The drama!
EVERYTHING is tied together perfectly! And the reveals are done in a way, that is unique and makes you think about the evolution of stories (there is literally a several page-long infodamp, which introduces like 5 new characters which never show up outside of that infodump).
AND AND ALSO
This story is extremely smart about the medium of books! Like this is literally some meta-thinking, oh my god.
Love this one to death.
EVERYTHING is tied together perfectly! And the reveals are done in a way, that is unique and makes you think about the evolution of stories (there is literally a several page-long infodamp, which introduces like 5 new characters which never show up outside of that infodump).
AND AND ALSO
This story is extremely smart about the medium of books! Like this is literally some meta-thinking, oh my god.
Love this one to death.