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A review by cozy_reading_times
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
4.0
4.5*
A captivating fantasy epic about culture, climate and the human condition.
I didn't expect too much of this book and won't recommend it to every person out there.
It isn't for every person out there.
It's very literary and often abstract.
The plot is far from linear and kind of directionless.
I very much understand that many people didn't enjoy this book.
It's far from perfect.
I did. I very much loved it.
It was lush and beautiful and endlessly fascinating.
The strongest aspects of this book were the prose and the world building. Hairston has a very evocative and ambitious writing style. I think it's like poetry.
The word building so big and nuanced and full of culture.
Master of Poisons is climate fiction. A epic fantasy cli fi about a dying world and humanity not acting despite the warnings and instead turning to hate. A book about extremism and colonialism and religious fanaticism. There also alot of hate for vesons - that world's version of nonbinary people.
It's a story about people being broken by all that but also still fighting and standing up again. A story about love and hope.
There are many sad and tragic and hard moments in this book. But also many happy ones, and at the end of it all, I just really loved it.
And I highly recommend this to fans of N.K. Jemisin. If anyone has a chance at enjoying this, it's Jemisin fans.
A captivating fantasy epic about culture, climate and the human condition.
I didn't expect too much of this book and won't recommend it to every person out there.
It isn't for every person out there.
It's very literary and often abstract.
The plot is far from linear and kind of directionless.
I very much understand that many people didn't enjoy this book.
It's far from perfect.
I did. I very much loved it.
It was lush and beautiful and endlessly fascinating.
The strongest aspects of this book were the prose and the world building. Hairston has a very evocative and ambitious writing style. I think it's like poetry.
The word building so big and nuanced and full of culture.
Master of Poisons is climate fiction. A epic fantasy cli fi about a dying world and humanity not acting despite the warnings and instead turning to hate. A book about extremism and colonialism and religious fanaticism. There also alot of hate for vesons - that world's version of nonbinary people.
It's a story about people being broken by all that but also still fighting and standing up again. A story about love and hope.
There are many sad and tragic and hard moments in this book. But also many happy ones, and at the end of it all, I just really loved it.
And I highly recommend this to fans of N.K. Jemisin. If anyone has a chance at enjoying this, it's Jemisin fans.