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R F Kuang really know how to use fantasy as a tool to approach difficult topics.
Her portrait of colonialism, racism, white feminism and class war is brilliant. Their protagonists journeys are fascinating. I highly recommend this read as this book is one of a kind.
Only fault, the story have some pace issues and the author passion for linguistic despite being essential to the story creates unnecessary length bits.

This book is indisputably a great book.
The universe is so original, character well built, diverse etc... I've for sure never read anything similar.
But the writing was so difficult for me to get in.
The complexity of the informations you have to compute was important and due to English not being my first language I had difficulties to get in.
It is not a light reading !!
I am really curious to know what's going to happen in the next book now that I am more familiar with the all context. Would definitely recommend but not to people new to fantasy or reading in english.

Best book of V.E Schwab I've read so far
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Everything is really unique and the action rhythm is really good and makes you want to know more.

Some plot twist are reaaaaally well done.
Looking forward to discover the rest of this serie and see if the next book fill my expectations.

Best book read since Grishaverse two years ago.

Update -> finished the all serie. This is so so good highly recommend this reading.

I just dropped the book one day and never finished it. Why?
Because I got bored sincerely. I think it has the same faults as the maze runner series, it just lack something which makes you really care about the characters and what happen to them.
You have great ideas in this book but it just didn't work for me.