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The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by Eugene Yelchin, M.T. Anderson
3.0
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The concept was really cool! An elf is sent to a goblin kingdom as a spy and sends back "mind image" transmissions. In his transmissions he depicts goblins are horrific and barbaric creatures, when in reality, they simply have a different culture and are not all that bad! The illustrations compete with the text in a dissonance until the end when it all gets sorted.