Fantastic story, characters, and art. There are many layers to this book and I suspect this is not the first time I will read it.
Interesting characters, a wonderful setting, and layers upon layers of mystery that consistently unfold until the very end. It's not a roller coaster ride, more of a hike through tough but beautiful terrain.
A trip through Hell. So incredibly bleak and depressing, yet also somehow kept me holding on to a small shred of hope. I recommend this to everyone, but also with a warning that it's going to hurt.
This is probably a 7/5 for literary scholars but I have a small smooth brain and I have no idea what I just read.
I mean, I understand the broad strokes of the overall story, but the prose was... Experimental? I really didn't know what was going on at many points in the story.
Although I found the book confusing, it gets a 5/5 for ideas, philosophy, and imagination. I also laughed out loud a few times, which is rare for me, so it gets points there as well.
All in all, this is an amazing book if you have the time and the will to analyze every page. Or maybe think of it as a pilgrimage if you live and breathe dystopian sci-fi like 1984 or Brave New World?
Anyway, I can't wait to discuss this at book club, it was a great choice!
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