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[Devices and Desires] (By: K. J. Parker) [published: January, 2010]
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March 23, 2025
It’s hard to really explain this book� it has the makings of some really deep, theatrical themes - love, law, and the fallibility of the human condition - but it is also oddly dispassionate. The writing flows out like a stream of consciousness, strangely contemporary language and thought woven throughout in a decidedly fantasy setting, almost dissociative. I enjoyed it because it was so devoid of any real fear or pain, but at the same time I noticed the lack of really feeling emotionally attached to any of the characters. If you have the time to spend ambling along long, well written chapters of internal dialogue, and don’t mind journeying into a place that transports you but doesn’t really put you there, it’s totally worth it. There is a bit of a twist at the end that definitely puts the next book in the series into my queue.
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