A review by ellen_is_reading
Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this. Beautiful letter to earth and how we take care of it or do not. Examination of the consequences of our current age. Political twists and personal intrigues. Complicated futures and what could become of us all.

However, quite slow and dense. The descriptions are lovely but sometimes hard to follow, and the politics mean it is a slow, drawn out read ( like the war) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Excrement and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content