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He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan
4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Epic, harrowing, Shakespearean, bleak af. Way darker than the first and trigger warnings abound but the scale is also much grander and the stakes higher. It definitely dragged at points but in the end I think even the dragging served a purpose.