The Empress of Salt and Fortune

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

2020 • 75 pages

Ratings218

Average rating3.9

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JustCakie
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If you're going to read this read it with your heart. I can see why it was confusing for some people, but it's a book best felt rather than read.

January 22, 2024

Enjoyable on the first read, but really rewards re-reading.

June 28, 2020

This was good, but I would rather have seen the actual story unfold, without the frame tale. I couldn't have cared less about Chih and their dumb bird. Needs more badass empress!

March 15, 2022
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October 2, 2020

Took me a little while to adjust to the structure of the story but once I picked it up I couldn't put it down. A remarkable amount of story in so little space, and nothing feels cut or skipped.

April 25, 2021
September 1, 2022

Short and beautiful and lovely and lyrical and sad and sweet and excellent.

August 8, 2021
June 11, 2021

Such a good short story.

February 22, 2022

I definitely enjoyed this but felt like I was in a fog for most of it. Enjoyed the second one more.

April 7, 2022

This is so very well written. It feels like reading a piece of art. I like this look into an ancient country that I have largely only had a view of in context of a war that was dying out when I was born. I did not want to put this down. 

February 13, 2022
January 25, 2022

I'm a sucker for a story within a story narrative. So, there was no doubt I would this Asian inspired fantasy.

It's a short book, so I won't say much. But it's such a lovely story done really well, with unique characters.

October 2, 2023
June 11, 2023

Lyrically odd and engaging. This was a quick read but the story is one that will stick in my mind.

February 10, 2021
February 25, 2022

Beautiful writing but a bit confusing to follow.

September 12, 2022

Imagine being named ALMOST brilliant

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