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A review by akallabeth
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
re-read notes: yes, i reread this fucking thing in january of 2023, after initially reading it in... december of 2022. i don't know, it did something to my brain chemistry and molecular structure. if that doesn't earn it a five star rating, what WOULD.
4.5, rounded up.
when richard siken said
"we have not touched the stars,
nor are we forgiven, which brings us back
to the hero’s shoulders and the gentleness that comes,
not from the absence of violence, but despite
the abundance of it"
he was talking, among other things, about this book generally, and maia drazhar specifically. like a decade before TGE was published. richad siken's MIND!
4.5, rounded up.
when richard siken said
"we have not touched the stars,
nor are we forgiven, which brings us back
to the hero’s shoulders and the gentleness that comes,
not from the absence of violence, but despite
the abundance of it"
he was talking, among other things, about this book generally, and maia drazhar specifically. like a decade before TGE was published. richad siken's MIND!
Compassion was all that he could hope for. He could not pray for love or forgiveness; both were out of reach. He could not forgive his father, and he could not love his brothers whom he had never met. But he could feel compassion for them, as he did for the other victims, and it was that he sought more than anything else: to mourn their deaths rather than holding on to his anger at their lives.