Wednesday, August 20, 2025

the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson

When it comes to politically didactic novels, I think this one is quite good because the prose is strong and the main character is intelligent while very obviously flawed. The start is gripping, but it drags on, and I think it suffers from how, from Baru's perspective, there isn't really any character who's smarter than Baru.

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