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I feel SO PRIVILEGED that such amazing books are available.

I love the scope of this masterpiece. How it interweaves distant stories, people and times into a grand tale giving sense to everything from the tiniest acts and moments to huge swaths of history.

I truly care about the characters. I’ve already felt immense stings of both sadness and joy.

Bravo!

All the praise that it has received is so well deserved!

This is such an emotionally and humanly beautiful story.

It’s masterfully written. So playful and expressive. Literature at its best!

Every word brings us closer to the key characters. Every chapter increases the stakes and emotional resonance.

There is nothing surprising here. It’s all about deep human truths. But hey… there’s so much to this truth. Makes me feel human and makes me reflect on my own life.

I’m about 40 minutes into this book and already love LOVE it!

*This* is how storytelling should be done.

I’m listening to it on audible, where it’s narrated by the author Daniel Nayeri.

The story, the reading, the voice, the language, the mental pictures, the utter power of the author’s narrative confidence feels like Neil Gaiman felt to me (before his wall from grace… now I can’t enjoy him anymore).

I looooooooooove listening to this this book. The unfolding setting. The main character. The magic. The language. The insights it is based on. Uuuh… so much intellectual and narrative joy 🥰🥰🥰

Seeking recommendations

I'm looking for something similar to the Expanse series. I've devoured the Expanse books and love the series as well.

I love the high pace (there is always something interesting going on), the dramatically expanding plotlines, the ongoing discovery of ever more wonderful/nightmarish technologies (that still make sense) and the interdependence of high tech, politics and personal drama.

This is an interesting list of books by one of my favourite authors, China Miéville.

Ended buying most of them...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/200...