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Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
4.75
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thank you to Tor Nightfire and NetGalley for providing a review copy. 
Catriona Ward is the absolute master at writing the most unreliable of unreliable narrators. Looking Glass Sound has plenty of that, as well as a beautiful and horrible coming-of-age story. It is a slow, slow burn with things not really popping off until the last 20% of the book. When things come together, they do so spectacularly. The journey to the end is worth the wait.