(August 25, 2023 – 1:39 PM)Benevolence Crouch Wrote: I'm just done.
Book 3 ENDING SPOILER DO NOT OPEN IF NOT FINISHED
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So the ending! I cried like a crazy person on the train - knew it was coming, thought it was the only way out for Robin at least
Again its a testament to the quality and depth of Kuang's research into colonial uprisings but the response rang true. I doubt the things referenced are exclusive to Ireland - but they tallied beat for beat. I recently read a book about the 1916 Rising in Ireland that had so many parrel 'moments' to book 3 - from the rationale, the reaction, the general feeling, and the inevitability of the ending mirrors that found in letters from the leaders of the rising - there is a line the Irish leader Pearse's letter to his mother 'You must not grieve for all this. We have preserved Ireland’s honour and our own' -that was an echo or something Robin said near the end.
Kuanh is to be commended for, in a way, honoring those who have in real life fought and died resisting colonial oppression and the effort she has gone to to be true to the real lived experience is actually wonderful.
What I would LOVE now is another book about Victoire because I want more of her story but it's also artistically satisfying knowing that Victoire's future is unknown.
I think it's better that it ends where it does but I also very much want more! It would be a brilliant plot for here, but I don't know how it would work.
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First, I'm probably the only person who HATES open ended endings so it honestly frustrated me that we never get to see what exactly happens with Victoire, but that’s my own thing. However, I definitely would love maybe a short story where we can follow her a bit? Maybe one of those mini novellas that are companion books to the main story? Idk if it work though. As much as I want to Know ™, sometimes when the author tries to add on more to a finished story it ends up terrible.
It actually took me forever to finish Book 3 because I was dreading the ending, as it was like, we know it couldn’t end with a happily ever after, of course, and I never went in thinking that, but still, it was like if I didn’t finish it, it didn’t happen xD Also, this is my first book by her, I didn’t read Poppy War, so I really wasn’t expecting such a dark tone, but I think if it didn’t, it would be a major disservice to the narrative. I was ugly crying for hours after and just kind of sat in silence.
This book is just one of those books that no matter who asks for a book rec, I recommend it.
It actually took me forever to finish Book 3 because I was dreading the ending, as it was like, we know it couldn’t end with a happily ever after, of course, and I never went in thinking that, but still, it was like if I didn’t finish it, it didn’t happen xD Also, this is my first book by her, I didn’t read Poppy War, so I really wasn’t expecting such a dark tone, but I think if it didn’t, it would be a major disservice to the narrative. I was ugly crying for hours after and just kind of sat in silence.
This book is just one of those books that no matter who asks for a book rec, I recommend it.
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Beautiful Set by MJ ♡ !