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A review by berryzkobold
Dendera by Yuya Sato
5.0
WOW. This book was fantastic. Probably one of my favorite books I've read in a long time.
It really kept me on my toes. I kept expecting things - noble sacrifice? Lord of the Flies style social breakdowns and violence? Scheming and power grabs? Some kind of moral message about abandoning people once they're no longer of use?
And I sort of got all of those, but never in the way I expected. And I also got bear POV chapters. And so much ridiculous gore. And chaos. And truly bonkers escalation on top of escalation until I had no idea what to expect at all. And to top it all off, there was even an extremely satisfying ending.
This is dark, and sometimes hilarious, and sometimes poignant, and really surprising. I loved it.
It really kept me on my toes. I kept expecting things - noble sacrifice? Lord of the Flies style social breakdowns and violence? Scheming and power grabs? Some kind of moral message about abandoning people once they're no longer of use?
And I sort of got all of those, but never in the way I expected. And I also got bear POV chapters. And so much ridiculous gore. And chaos. And truly bonkers escalation on top of escalation until I had no idea what to expect at all. And to top it all off, there was even an extremely satisfying ending.
This is dark, and sometimes hilarious, and sometimes poignant, and really surprising. I loved it.