A review by thysparklyreads
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I really pushed myself to finish this book out of spite. I enjoyed the start of it a lot and hoped it would eventually become something else and it did.... just not what I wanted, at all.
Add to that them killing my favorite character and having a fade to black before anything remotely sexual happens (not even a kiss? really??????) and yeah, I won't be finishing this series. 


I know objectively that it's a good book and if you enjoy war/politics/strategy stories then this might be for you but I felt incredibly annoyed throughout most of it.
I just wish we'd gotten more of Baru as a human than Imperial Accountant TM but at some point I realized that's all we'd get and it's on me for continuing to read something I knew I wouldn't enjoy anymore.

Godspeed to those who choose to continue the series, may you not get scurvy! 
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