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The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
4.0
adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
This book is a complicated mix of oral tradition, dream sequence, and diaspora narrative that sometimes overwhelms in its amount of layers. Told through three overlapping voices over three different time periods, this historical fantasy blends violence & authoritarianism with the search for belonging in a world that seems intent on your destruction. 
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