Review by melbotics - The Palace of Eros

melbotics 's review for:

The Palace of Eros by Caro De Robertis

3.75

dark hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved the exploration of gender, gender roles, and queerness in a patriarchal society in this book. I struggled with the pacing - the middle 50% is mostly sex and talking. There's a lot of interesting character work done in that section, but I still felt it went on too long.

The prose was quite lyrical, and I found it beautiful (but again - at times, rather lengthy).

The passage near the end directed at the reader / descendents was quite touching.

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