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Unpacking the brilliance of R.F Kuang’s Babel ★★★★★ Spoiler free I think I’m in love with R.F. Kuang. Not in a weird stalker way, but in an “I want to live inside her brain” kind of way. Her ability to take enormous, nuanced concepts and weave them into metaphorical fantasy narratives is brilliant. It’s not…
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TLDR; This book was so beautiful, and everyone should read it. THIS is what is so fantastic about reading. Spoiler free sum-up: This novel is a slow burn- rich in prose and description, and heavily focused on character reflection and internal monologues. If you’re looking for fast paced, plot heavy fantasy I’d skip this one.…
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Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo Spoiler Free ★★★★★ This duology took me by surprise! I went in blind, without reading the Shadow and Bone trilogy (which technically kicks off the Grishaverse), but I’m here to tell you, Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom work perfectly fine as a standalone pair. Overall,…
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So, I finished The Poppy War. I’m devastated, and I have some thoughts. Let’s unpack if this series lived up to they hype. 📚 Spoiler-Free Reviews: The first book was tricky. It was good and it was a fun read but it started out very YA coded so I was a little confused about what…
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Serious spoilers for The Dragon Republic ahead. Ah, enemies to lovers.That wonderful slow burn. The bickering. The tension. The awkward but heavy eye contact. The- knife in the back? Sure, the trope has its flaws. (A little toxicity never hurt… until it does.) But what happens when the tension doesn’t spark love and instead, it…
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