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A review by fluffy_oz
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
3.0
In the last third of the book it actually got good.
But as a Slavic girl, it's so difficult for me to get over the language intricacies in a novel so heavily based off Russian history and folklore!
Alina Starkov. Slavic languages gender EVERYTHING, even objects, and ESPECIALLY people.
Alina StarkovA. She's Alina Starkova.
And calling them Grisha is like calling them Janusze. Or Johns. Or Craigs. Or Barrys. It sounds so damn silly I find it impossible to treat it seriously.
But as a Slavic girl, it's so difficult for me to get over the language intricacies in a novel so heavily based off Russian history and folklore!
Alina Starkov. Slavic languages gender EVERYTHING, even objects, and ESPECIALLY people.
Alina StarkovA. She's Alina Starkova.
And calling them Grisha is like calling them Janusze. Or Johns. Or Craigs. Or Barrys. It sounds so damn silly I find it impossible to treat it seriously.